When Innova instituted its The Henry Brant Collection, Brant had amassed a library of more than 300 compositions, some stretching back to the 1920s, but had achieved practically no presence on CDs. A composer who wandered from campus to concert hall, assembling one-time compositions in vast, multi-spatial dimensions that often left behind an impression of confusion, Brant went for the most part largely unrecognized as a force of contemporary music. Innova's series for the first time made clear that Brant scored some ...
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When Innova instituted its The Henry Brant Collection, Brant had amassed a library of more than 300 compositions, some stretching back to the 1920s, but had achieved practically no presence on CDs. A composer who wandered from campus to concert hall, assembling one-time compositions in vast, multi-spatial dimensions that often left behind an impression of confusion, Brant went for the most part largely unrecognized as a force of contemporary music. Innova's series for the first time made clear that Brant scored some impressive achievements across the broad span of time in which he worked and he was consistent in the quality of his work, remaining true to his heritage as an experimental composer. Not long after the eighth and ninth volumes of the series appeared, its subject passed away. The Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 9, was never intended as a summary or tribute; no expectation was made of Brant's demise, as it was not apparent. It is another installment in the continuing series, though it contains...
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