George Crumb
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George Crumb was an American avant-garde composer known for his innovative timbral explorations, unconventional notation, and evocative, often mystical sound worlds.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Crumb canonical | 1 |
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
avant-garde composer
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fulbright Scholarship
NERFINISHED
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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition NERFINISHED ⓘ Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ Koussevitzky International Recording Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-10-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-02-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Mason College of Music and Fine Arts
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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ University of Michigan ⓘ |
| employer | University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| familyName | Crumb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | music composition ⓘ |
| fullName | George Henry Crumb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
chamber music
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contemporary classical music ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ vocal music ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | David Crumb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Anton Webern
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Béla Bartók NERFINISHED ⓘ Claude Debussy NERFINISHED ⓘ Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| movement |
avant-garde music
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contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocative and mystical sound worlds
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extended instrumental techniques ⓘ innovative timbral explorations ⓘ unconventional musical notation ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Haunted Landscape
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Ancient Voices of Children NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Angels NERFINISHED ⓘ Echoes of Time and the River NERFINISHED ⓘ Makrokosmos NERFINISHED ⓘ Makrokosmos, Volume I NERFINISHED ⓘ Makrokosmos, Volume II NERFINISHED ⓘ Makrokosmos, Volume III (Music for a Summer Evening) NERFINISHED ⓘ Makrokosmos, Volume IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Star-Child NERFINISHED ⓘ Vox Balaenae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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music educator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Charleston, West Virginia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Media, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| relative | David Crumb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
extended vocal techniques
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graphic notation ⓘ prepared piano ⓘ spatialized ensemble placement ⓘ |
| workAwarded | Echoes of Time and the River – Pulitzer Prize for Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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