Sentence examples for innovative composer from inspiring English sources

Carl Fischer Music, his principal publisher, mourns the passing on April 26 of the distinguished and innovative composer Henry Brant, winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Music.

Each movement is filled with beguiling sounds; in terms of original timbres there may be no more innovative composer than Mr. Crumb.

Wind symphony players note that Grainger was a prodigious and innovative composer who was a protégé of Edvard Grieg and a friend of Frederick Delius.

An innovative composer and arranger, he wrote for Boyd Raeburn, Gene Krupa, Ted Heath, Sam Donahue, Les Brown and Buddy Rich and was one of the first arrangers to incorporate strings into big-band settings.

Henry Mancini, the prolific and innovative composer, arranger and conductor who gave the world memorable, elegant music for its movies ranging from the "Pink Panther" comedies and cartoons to the classic about alcoholism, "Days of Wine and Roses," died Tuesday.

Liszt, one of the most innovative composer-pianists of the 19th century, pioneered the modern solo recital format and performed both his own works and those by other musicians during his flamboyant concerts.

After growing up in Memphis, where he knew musicians like Booker Little and Phineas Newborn, he moved to Los Angeles and played with the innovative composer-performers Gerald Wilson and Chico Hamilton.

The great innovative composers of the period were Venetians.

(Anderson James Martin Music/Dancee (Friday and Saturday) "The Enchanted Piano" features dances to unusual piano music by four innovative composers: Henry Cowell, George Crumb, Mario Davidovsky and Maurice Wright.

One of the 20th century's most innovative composers will be honored by new works to his music by Ariane Anthony, Elke Rindfleisch, Marjorie Gamso and Carolyn Lord.

It's a shame that… Stockhausen, one of last century's most innovative composers, died in 2007 and so, sadly, never witnessed a full staging.