Prized Composers
Henry Brant
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Awards:
Pulitzer Prize (2002): Ice Field for Augmented Orchestra and Improv. Organ
American Academy of Arts and Letters Music Prize (1955)
Compositions for Winds:
Dormant Craters (1995) for 16 Percussionists
Flight over a Global Map (1989) for 52 Trumpets, 3 Percussion, Piano, 2 Conductors
Whoopee in D (1938/1984) for 10 Winds
Millennium II (1954) for Wind Ensemble
Signs and Alarms (1953) for 10 Winds and 2 Percussion
Millennium I (1950) for 8 Trumpets and 3 Percussion
Street Music (3 Places in Montreal) (1949) for Winds and Drumset
Orbits for 80 Trombones
Ghosts and Gargoyles for 9 Flutes