George Crumb (1929–2022)
Author of Ancient Voices of Children / Music for a Summer Evening
About the Author
Image credit: Sabine Matthes
Works by George Crumb
Makrokosmos. twelve fantasy-pieces after the zodiac for amplified piano, Volume 1 [score] (1972) 7 copies, 1 review
Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 3 : Star-Child ; Mundus Canis (A Dog's World) ; Three Early Songs 2 copies
George Crumb: A Little Suite For Christmas, A.D. 1979 (Piano Solo, No. 66833) (1979) 2 copies, 1 review
Star-child : a parable for soprano, antiphonal children's voices, male speaking choir and bellringers, and large orches 2 copies, 1 review
Makrokosmos, Vol. 1 (1972), Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano. (1974) 2 copies
Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 10 : The River of Life (American Songbook I) ; Unto the Hills (American Songbook III) (2007) 2 copies
Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 5 : Easter Dawning ; Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV) ; A Haunted Landscape ; Processional (2001) 2 copies
A Haunted Landscape 2 copies
Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 4 : Zeitgeist (Six Tableaux for Two Amplified Pianos) ; Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) (2001) 2 copies
Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 16 : Sun and Shadow (Spanish Songbook II) ; Voices from the Heartland (American Songbook VII) (2014) 2 copies
Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death 2 copies
Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV): Cosmic Dances for Amplified Piano, 4 Hands (Edition Peters) (2022) 1 copy
Three Early Songs 1 copy
Madrigals, Book IV [score] 1 copy
Madrigals, Book I 1 copy
Echoes of Time and the River 1 copy
Associated Works
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Crumb, George Henry, Jr.
- Birthdate
- 1929-10-24
- Date of death
- 2022-02-06
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Mason College of Music (Bx)
University of Illinois (MM)
University of Michigan (DMA, 1959) - Occupations
- composer
music teacher
professor - Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Music ∙ 1975)
University of Pennsylvania - Awards and honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Music, 1967)
- Relationships
- Crumb, David (offspring)
Crumb, Ann (offspring) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Charleston, West Virginia, USA
- Place of death
- Media, Pennsylvania, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
Bought in New York, mid-70s. Probably one of the only concert pieces inspired by the Vietnam War. But it is also a study in spiritual annihilation. I heard this piece for the first time in the darkest time of my own 70s, and it scared the bejabbers out of me. At the time, Crumb was one of the new voices in composition and Black Angels one of his most chaotic works. It’s still hard for me to hear this piece without a sense of foreboding. Truly, at times, it sounds like the devil’s own work.
I listened to Poe's The Sleeper at least five times today (2.32 minutes). I think this is Poe's most beautiful poem and Ralph Cosham is an amazing reader.
Not really creepy, sad and beautiful.
https://bookaudio.online/768-the-sleeper.html
https://poets.org/poem/sleeper
Not really creepy, sad and beautiful.
https://bookaudio.online/768-the-sleeper.html
https://poets.org/poem/sleeper
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Statistics
- Works
- 71
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 131
- Popularity
- #154,466
- Rating
- 4.6
- Reviews
- 26
- ISBNs
- 2