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George Crumb

cwb, perc, p, *1929 US, Charleston, West Virginia
Singer / Musician / Composer of Classical
A.k.a. George Henry Crumb

George Crumb (born October 24, 1929) is an American composer of avant-garde music. He is noted as an explorer of unusual timbres, alternative forms of notation, and extended instrumental and vocal techniques. Examples include seagull effect for the cello (e.g. Vox Balaenae), metallic vibrato for the piano (e.g. Five Pieces for Piano), and using a mallet to play the strings of a contrabass (e.g. Madrigals, Book I), among numerous others. He is not an electronic music composer; however, many works call for amplification of instruments, such as Black Angels (string quartet) or Ancient Voices of Children (mixed ensemble). Crumb defines music as "a system of proportions in the service of spiritual impulse."

     
Instruments
  • Cowbell
  • Percussion
  • Piano
Genres
  • Classical
  • Electronic
  • Spoken Word
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Makrokosmos I‎–IIIGeorge Crumb - Yoshiko Shimizu, Rupert Struber2018Album
Metamorphoses (Book I); Five Pieces For PianoGeorge Crumb, Margaret Leng Tan2018Album
Anthology Of American Piano Music Vol. 2: Music Of The Night - American NocturnesGeorge Crumb, Samuel Barber, Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Aaron Copland, Marc-André Hamelin, Cecile Licad2017Album
Les Poetes MauditsLore Binon, Inge Spinette - George Crumb, Claude Debussy, Reynaldo Hahn2017Album
The Yellow Moon Of Andalusia; Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik; Celestial Mechanics; YesteryearGeorge Crumb2017Album
Dream ImagesSvetozar Ivanov - George Crumb, Alexander Scriabine, Luciano Berio2016Album
Palais De Mari / Intermission 5 / Piano Piece 1952 / Extensions 3 / Processional / A Little Suite For ChristmasMorton Feldman, George Crumb - Steven Osborne2016Album
Voices From The Morning Of The Earth (American Songbook VI) / An Idyll For The Misbegotten / The SleeperGeorge Crumb2015Album
Voices From The Heartland (American Songbook VII) / Sun And Shadow (Spanish Songbook II)George Crumb2014Album
Vox BalaenaeGeorge Crumb, Michio Miyagi, Alfredo Casella, Claude Debussy, Steve Reich - Alessandro Crosta, Nadia Testa, Caroline Stevens2008Album
Complete Crumb Edition Vol. 13George Crumb2008Album
Makrokosmos I-IIGeorge Crumb, Ellen Ugelvik2008Single
Mythical DancesIgor Stravinsky, George Crumb2008Album
Complete Crumb Edition • Volume Ten: The River Of Life / Unto The HillsGeorge Crumb – Ann Crumb, Orchestra 2001, James Freeman2007Album
Primeval SoundsClaude Debussy, George Crumb2007Album
Magical Worlds Of SoundGeorge Crumb / Stefano Gervasoni / Georg Friedrich Haas - Makrokosmos Quartet2007Album
Songs, Drones, And Refrains Of DeathGeorge Crumb - Ensemble New Art • Fuat Kent2006Album
Vox BalaenaeGeorge Crumb - Ensemble Für Neue Musik Zürich2006Album
Vox Balaenae (Voice Of The Whale)George Crumb, New Music Concerts Ensemble • Robert Aitken2006Album
Black Angels, Makrokosmos IIIGeorge Crumb2006Album
A Little Suite For ChristmasGeorge Crumb2006Single
Complete Crumb Edition, Volume NineGeorge Crumb, Tony Arnold, Emanuele Arciuli2005Album
Complete Crumb Edition, Volume 8George Crumb - Robert Shannon, Quattro Mani2004Album
Makrokosmos I & IIGeorge Crumb / Margaret Leng Tan2004Album
Makrokosmos Fantasy - Pieces After The Zodiac For Amplified PianoGeorge Crumb, Toros Can2003Album
Orchestral MusicGeorge Crumb – The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Conlin2003Compil.
George Crumb The Louisville OrchestraGeorge Crumb, The Louisville Orchestra2003Compil.
Unto The Hills / Black AngelsGeorge Crumb - Ann Crumb, Orchestra 2001, James Freeman / Miró Quartet2003Album
Complete Crumb Edition, Volume SixGeorge Crumb2003Album
Makrokosmos Vol. 1&2: Twenty-Four Fantasy Pieces After The Zodiac For Amplified PianoGeorge Crumb, Laurie Hudicek2002Album
Shapey • Riegger • Piston • Crumb • Sollberger • BergerPaul Zukofsky / Ralph Shapey • Wallingford Riegger • Walter Piston • George Crumb • Harvey Sollberger • Arthur Berger2002Album
Flute PortraitJudith Müller, Alfredo Casella, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Arthur Honegger, Lowell Liebermann, George Crumb2002Album
Contemporary String QuartetsGeorge Crumb • Henri Dutilleux • Raymond Depraz – Quatuor Stanislas2002Album
Voice Of The WhaleGeorge Crumb - Andrew Russo - Conchord2002Album
Complete Crumb Edition Volume FourGeorge Crumb, Quattro Mani2001Compil.
Complete Crumb Edition: Volume FiveGeorge Crumb / Don Cook, Robert Shannon, Haewon Song, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Conlin2001Album
Recital - Voices Of Our Time - A Contemporary Songs SelectionDawn Upshaw2000Album
Recital 2000Sergei Prokofiev • George Crumb • Anton Webern • Ottorino Respighi • Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis2000Album
Americans! - XXth Century Piano Music Of American ComposersEmanuele Arciuli, John Adams - Samuel Barber - George Crumb - Joel Hoffman - John Cage - Frederic Rzewski2000Album
Makrokosmos I-IVGeorge Crumb2000Album
Makrokosmos I & IIGeorge Crumb1999Album
Music For A Summer Evening / A Little Suite For Christmas / Five Pieces For PianoGeorge Crumb / Ensemble New Art1999Album
70th Birthday AlbumGeorge Crumb1999Album
Ancient Voices of Children / A Little Suite For Christmas, A.D. 1979 / Three Early Songs / Dream Sequence (Images II)George Crumb1998Album
A Little Suite For Christmas / Gnomic VariationsUrsula Kneihs, George Crumb1998Album
Piano & PercussionLuciano Berio, Dieter Mack, George Crumb1997Album
Guitar ConcertanteGeorge Crumb • Poul Ruders • John Anthony Lennon — David Starobin1997Compil.
Contemporary Chamber MusicMarjan Mozetich / Michael Berkeley / George Crumb - Chamber Music Ensembles Of The Royal Conservatory Of Ghent1996Album
Quest; Federico's Little Songs For Children; Night Music IGeorge Crumb – Speculum Musicae, David Starobin, Susan Narucki, Donald Sinta1996Album
Black AngelsCikada String Quartet, George Crumb, Anton Webern, Witold Lutoslawski1995Album
Music Of Schoenberg, Dallapiccola, Crumb, Boulez, OthersThe Orchestra Of Our Time - Joel Thome, Arnold Schoenberg, Luigi Dallapiccola, George Crumb1995Album
SonanzaAnders Nilsson, George Crumb, Anders Eliasson, Daniel Börtz, Sonanza Chamber Ensemble, Göran Söllscher1995Album
Gnomic VariationsGeorge Crumb1994Album
Complete Works For One PianoGeorge Crumb1993Album
Der Tod Und Das Mädchen / Black AngelsFranz Schubert / George Crumb, Brodsky Quartet1993Album
New Music For 1, 2 & 3 PianosGeorge Crumb / Earle Brown - Piano Duo Degenhardt-Kent1991Album
Songs, Drones And Refrains Of Death / Apparition / A Little Suite For Christmas, A.D. 1979George Crumb1991Album
Suite & Sonatas For Solo CelloMatt Haimovitz - Benjamin Britten, Max Reger, George Crumb, György Ligeti1991Album
Works For Piano, Vol. 2George Crumb1991Album
Makrokosmos I+II (Fantasiestücke Über Den Tierkreis Für Verstärktes Klavier)George Crumb1990Album
Works For Piano, Vol. 1George Crumb1990Album
Ancient Voices Of Children / Music For A Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III)George Crumb1990Compil.
Вечные Голоса Детей - Вечный СветGeorge Crumb1989Album
An Idyll For The Misbegotten / Vox Balaenae / Madrigals, Books I-IVGeorge Crumb1987Album
UntitledTruls Mørk, Arne Nordheim, George Crumb, Ingvar Lidholm, Zoltán Kodály1987Album
George CrumbGeorge Crumb, Robert Nasveld1987Album
A Little Suite For Christmas / Sonata For Piano (Reflections Of A Dark Light)Lambert Orkis, George Crumb, Richard Wernick1986Album
Makrokosmos I & IIRobert Nasveld Plays: George Crumb1985Album
A Haunted Landscape / Three Colloquies For Horn And OrchestraGeorge Crumb / William Schuman1985Album
Madrigals / Five Pieces For Piano / Makrokosmos IIIGeorge Crumb1985Album
Music For A Summer Evening - Makrokosmos IIIGeorge Crumb1984Album
Apparition / SongsGeorge Crumb / Charles Ives Performed By Jan DeGaetani & Gilbert Kalish1983Album
Gnomic Variations (1982) / 2 Poems / Sonata Number Twelve (1981)George Crumb, Vincent Persichetti - Jeffrey Jacob1983Album
Walter Boudreau / George CrumbWalter Boudreau / George Crumb1982Album
The Twentieth Century Consort / Vol. IIThe Twentieth Century Consort, Christopher Kendall - Stephen Albert / George Crumb / Mario Davidovsky / Richard Wernick / Maurice Wright1982Album
Makrokosmos, Volumes I And IIRobert Groslot - George Crumb1982Album
Contemporary American Chamber MusicGeorge Crumb / George Rochberg / University of New South Wales Ensemble1982Album
Varazioni / FrescoGeorge Crumb / Sydney Hodkinson - The Louisville Orchestra, David Gilbert1981Album
Night Music I / Eclat / Fire Fragile Flight / Surabaya JohnnyGeorge Crumb / Pierre Boulez / Lucia Dlugoszewski / Luciano Berio - Kurt Weill, Jan DeGaetani, Johanna Albrecht, The Orchestra Of Our Time Conducted By Joel Thome1979Album
Lux Aeterna / Dream Sequence / Four NocturnesGeorge Crumb1978Album
Makrokosmos Vol. IIGeorge Crumb - Robert Miller1976Album
Black Angels (Images 1) / String Quartet In Four PartsGeorge Crumb / John Cage - The Concord String Quartet1976Album
Music For A Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III)George Crumb1975Album
Black Angels / String Quartet No. 2 / String Quartet No. 2George Crumb / Enrique Raxach, Gaudeamus String Quartet1974Album
Robert Sylvester Plays Ysaye, Crumb, Wellesz, HindemithRobert Sylvester Plays Eugène Ysaÿe, George Crumb, Egon Wellesz, Paul Hindemith1974Album
Makrokosmos, Volume IGeorge Crumb1974Album
Voice Of The Whale / Night Of The Four MoonsGeorge Crumb With Jan DeGaetani, Aeolian Chamber Players1974Album
MadrigalsGeorge Crumb1973Album
Concertino For Chamber Orchestra / Songs, Drones And Refrains Of DeathRoger Sessions / George Crumb1973Album
Black Angels (For Electric String Quartet) / String Quartet No. 6 / SonatinaGeorge Crumb / Charles Jones With Paul Zukofsky1972Album
Ancient Voices Of ChildrenGeorge Crumb1971Album
Portraits Of Three Ladies (American) / Madrigals, Books I-IVEdwin London / George Crumb1971Album
Echos Of Time And The River, KaleidoscopeThe Louisville Orchestra Perform George Crumb And Merrill Ellis1970Album
Trio / Eleven Echoes Of Autumn, 1965Stefan Wolpe / George Crumb1969Album
Night Music I / Chamber ConcertoGeorge Crumb / Robert Erickson1967Album
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