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Glenn Branca
Artist Biography For Glenn Branca
Glenn Branca Harrisburg Pennsylvania October 6 1948 - May 13 2018 Was An American Avant-Garde Composer And Guitarist Known For His Use Of Volume Alternative Guitar Tunings Repetition Droning And The Harmonic Series. Branca Received A 2009 Foundation For Contemporary Arts Grants To Artists Award. Branca Studied Theater At Emerson College In Boston In The Early 1970s. While There He Began Experimenting With Sound As The Founder Of An Experimental Theater Group Called Bastard Theater. He Moved To New York In 1976. His First Encounter With The NYC Music Scene Was With The N.Dodo Band Whom He Observed Many Times At Their Rehearsal Space- Phil Demise's Gegenschein Vaudeville Placenter. This Is Where He First Met Jeffrey Lohn Who Was Playing Electric Violin With The N. Dodo Band. He Then Formed Two Bands In The Late 1970s First Theoretical Girls In 1977 With Composer/guitarist Jeffrey Lohn And Later The Static. He Also Performed In Rhys Chatham & His Guitar Trio All-Stars In 1977 An Experience That Was Very Important In The Development Of His Compositional Voice Branca 1979 . In The Early 1980s He Composed Several Medium-Length Compositions For Electric Guitar Ensembles Including The Ascension 1981 And Indeterminate Activity Of Resultant Masses 1981 . He Soon Thereafter Began Composing Symphonies For Orchestras Of Electric Guitars And Percussion Which Blended Droning Industrial Cacophony And Microtonality With Quasi-Mysticism And Advanced Mathematics. Starting With Symphony No. 3 Gloria 1983 He Began To Systematically Compose For The Harmonic Series Which He Considered To Be The Structure Underlying Not Only All Music But Most Human Endeavors. In This Project Branca Was Initially Influenced By The Writings Of Dane Rudhyar Hermann Von Helmholtz And Harry Partch. He Also Built Several Electrically Amplified Instruments Of His Own Invention Expanding His Ensemble Beyond The Guitar. Early Members Of His Group Included Thurston Moore And Lee Ranaldo Of Sonic Youth Page Hamilton Of Helmet And Several Members Of Swans. Later On On The Early Nineties David Baratier Attempted To Document Branca's Teaching Style In "They Walked In Line." Beginning With Symphony No. 7 Branca Began Composing For Traditional Orchestra Although He Never Abandoned The Electric Guitar . Branca Also Plays Duets For Excessively Amplified Guitars With His Wife And Conducted His 13th Symphony For 100 Electric Guitars At The Base Of The World Trade Center In New York City In 2001. His Album The Ascension The Sequel Was Released On February 27th 2010- Featuring A 4 Guitar Bass And Drum Lineup Similar To The Original Ascension And Conducted By Branca Himself. Branca's Music Has Finally Begun To Receive Academic Attention. Some Scholars Most Prominently Kyle Gann Consider Him And Chatham To Be A Member Of The Totalist School Of Post-Minimalism. In October 2014 Branca Premiered Ascension Three Touring It With Glenn Branca Ensemble In Europe. In February 2015 Branca's Second 100 Electric Guitars Piece "Symphony No. 16 Orgasm " Was Premiered At Cité De La Musique In Paris. The Light For David For Four Guitars Bass And Drums Premiered In October 2016 At The Roulette In Brooklyn. Glenn Branca Died On May 13 2018.
50 Top Music Tracks For Glenn Branca - Frogtoon Music
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 2
Glenn Branca - Structure
Glenn Branca - The Spectacular Commodity
Glenn Branca - The Ascension
Glenn Branca - Light Field In Consonance
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1 For Electric Guitar
Glenn Branca - Sym. No. 1, Movement 1
Glenn Branca - The Tone Row That Ruled The World
Glenn Branca - Dissonance
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1
Glenn Branca - First Movement
Glenn Branca - Third Movement
Glenn Branca - Bad Smells
Glenn Branca - Second Movement
Glenn Branca - Light Field
Glenn Branca - Carbon Monoxide
Glenn Branca - My Relationship
Glenn Branca - Fourth Movement
Glenn Branca - Don't Let Me Stop You
Glenn Branca - You Got Me
Glenn Branca - Quadratonic
Glenn Branca - Sym. No. 1, Movement 2
Glenn Branca - Velvets And Pearls
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 3 Tribute To Steve Reich
Glenn Branca - Fuck Yourself
Glenn Branca - The Spectacular Commodity For Eiko And Koma
Glenn Branca - The Blood
Glenn Branca - Sym. No. 1, Movement 3
Glenn Branca - TV Song
Glenn Branca - Lost Chords
Glenn Branca - Glazened Idols
Glenn Branca - Jill
Glenn Branca - Sym. No. 1, Movement 4
Glenn Branca - You
Glenn Branca - Fifth Movement
Glenn Branca - German Expressionism
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 4
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 6: Second Movement
Glenn Branca - The Smoke Guitar Concerto For Arad Evans
Glenn Branca - First Movement Slow Mass
Glenn Branca - Twisting In Space
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 3 - Gloria - First Movement
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 5: 1st Movement
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 5: 3rd Movement
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 5: 2nd Movement
Glenn Branca - Cold Thing La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 3 - Gloria - Third Movement
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 6: First Movement
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 6: Fourth Movement
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 5: 4th Movement
50 Top Music Lyrics For Glenn Branca - Frogtoon Music
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 2 | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Structure | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - The Spectacular Commodity | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - The Ascension | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Light Field In Consonance | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1 For Electric Guitar | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Sym. No. 1, Movement 1 | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - The Tone Row That Ruled The World | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Dissonance | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1 | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - First Movement | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Third Movement | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Bad Smells | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Second Movement | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Light Field | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Carbon Monoxide | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - My Relationship | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Fourth Movement | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Don't Let Me Stop You | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - You Got Me | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Quadratonic | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Sym. No. 1, Movement 2 | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Velvets And Pearls | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 3 Tribute To Steve Reich | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Fuck Yourself | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - The Spectacular Commodity For Eiko And Koma | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - The Blood | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Sym. No. 1, Movement 3 | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - TV Song | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Lost Chords | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Glazened Idols | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Jill | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Sym. No. 1, Movement 4 | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - You | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Fifth Movement | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - German Expressionism | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 4 | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 6: Second Movement | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - The Smoke Guitar Concerto For Arad Evans | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - First Movement Slow Mass | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Twisting In Space | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 3 - Gloria - First Movement | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 5: 1st Movement | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 5: 3rd Movement | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 5: 2nd Movement | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Cold Thing La Belle Dame Sans Merci | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 3 - Gloria - Third Movement | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 6: First Movement | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 6: Fourth Movement | Lyrics
Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 5: 4th Movement | Lyrics
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