Crumb, George, 1929-

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Birth 1929-10-24
Active 1778
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George Crumb (b. Oct. 24, 1929, in Charleston, W.V.) is an American composer.

From the description of George Crumb papers, 1956-2011 (bulk 1965-2003). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778991658

Composer.

From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : Philadelphia, to George Watras, 1979 Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270911566

American composer.

From the description of "VOX BALAENAE / FOR THREE MASKED PLAYERS / (Electric Flute, Electric Cello, Electric Piano / George Crumb." : autograph manuscript, 1971 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562414

From the description of Adoration of the Magi, from A little suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979, for piano : musical quotation, 1982 Oct. 12. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364298

Biographical Note

1929, October 24 Born, Charleston, West Virginia, to musicians George Henry Crumb, Sr. and Vivian Crumb circa 1939 Began composing works "somewhat in the style of Mozart" 1944 1947 Attended Charleston High School 1948 1950 Studied piano and composition at Mason College of Music, Charleston, W. Va. 1949, May 21 Married Elizabeth May Brown 1950 Daughter Elizabeth Ann Crumb born 1951 1952 Studied composition with Eugene Weigel at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 1953 1959 Studied composition with Ross Lee Finney at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Finney emphasized meticulous notation, a characteristic evident in Crumb's works. At Michigan, he was introduced to and inspired by the poetry of Federico García Lorca, whose texts become the source for many future compositions 1955 1956 Studied composition with Boris Blacher at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik on a Fulbright grant 1959 Doctorate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His dissertational submission, Variazioni, is not premiered until 1965 Taught piano and composition, University of Colorado, Boulder Met pianist David Burge and composed Five Pieces for Piano, a work that earned Crumb widespread praise 1962 Son David Reed Crumb born 1964 1965 Began residency at the Buffalo Center for the Creative and Performing Arts 1965 Moved to Media, Pennsylvania Son Peter Stanley Crumb born Premiere of Madrigals, Books I-II, commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress 1965 1997 Professor, composition, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Penn. 1967 Composed Echoes of Time and the River 1968 Received Pulitzer Prize for Echoes of Time and the River 1969, July 16 24 Composed Night of the Four Moons, a work inspired by the Apollo 11 space flight 1969 Completed Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death, his first Lorca-inspired work that had been started in 1962 1970, Oct. 23 Premiere of Black Angels by the Stanley Quartet at the University of Michigan 1970, Oct. 31 Premiere of Ancient Voices of Children at the 14th Coolidge Festival of Chamber Music. The piece was commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress 1972, Mar. 17 First performance of Vox Balaenae by the New York Camerata at the Library of Congress. The work contained masked performers and other theatrical elements similar to Lux Aeterna, composed the previous year 1972 1979 Composed Makrokosmos, a cycle of four works for amplified piano 1977, May 5 New York Philharmonic premiere of Star-Child under Pierre Boulez 1978 PBS broadcast of Robert Mugge's film, George Crumb: Voice of the Whale 1984, June 7 New York Philharmonic premiere of tone-poem A Haunted Landscape under Arthur Wiesberg 1986 Apr. Served as the American representative at the Conference of the Union of Soviet Composers 1988, Jan. 17 Zeitgeist is premiered at the Charles Ives Festival in Duisburg, Germany 1997 Composed Mundis Canis, a work inspired by the personalities of the Crumb family dogs. 1998 Mundis Canis premiered by guitarist David Starobin and Crumb himself on percussion 2000 Star-Child, recorded for the first time on Bridge Records' Complete Crumb Edition, won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition 2002 2007 Composed the American Songbook, a cycle of six works for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano 2011, Apr. 28 Thomas Hampson performed selections from the American Songbook at the Library of Congress

From the guide to the George Crumb Papers, 1956-2011, (bulk 1965-2003), (Music Division Library of Congress)

American composer.

From the description of "Music for a Summer Evening.", 1979 Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919792

Epithet: composer

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x0000cd

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