!!!Brand, Max

Brand, Max, b. Lvív, Ukraine (then Lemberg), April 26, 1896, 
d. Langenzersdorf (Lower Austria), April 5, 1980, composer. Studied 
composition with F.  Schreker in Vienna; concentrated on modern opera 
("Der Maschinist Hopkins", 1929). 1937 emigrated to 
Switzerland via Prague; 1939 emigrated to New York via Brazil; became 
an American citizen in 1946. From 1959 focused increasingly on 
electronic music; Robert Moog built B. a prototype of the synthesiser 
for which he later became famous. B. returned to Austria in 1975; he 
destroyed most of his manuscripts and tapes shortly before his death.

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Other works: Notturno brasileiro, 1959; Die Astronauten, 1962; Ilian 
4, 1974.



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