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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instanceOf avant-garde composer
composer
human
awardReceived Fulbright Scholarship NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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
contemporary classical music
orchestral music
vocal music
givenName George NERFINISHED
hasChild David Crumb NERFINISHED
influencedBy Anton Webern NERFINISHED
Béla Bartók NERFINISHED
Claude Debussy NERFINISHED
Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
movement avant-garde music
contemporary classical music
notableFor evocative and mystical sound worlds
extended instrumental techniques
innovative timbral explorations
unconventional musical notation
notableWork A Haunted Landscape NERFINISHED
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
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
graphic notation
prepared piano
spatialized ensemble placement
workAwarded Echoes of Time and the River – Pulitzer Prize for Music NERFINISHED

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Jennifer Higdon influencedBy George Crumb