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    George Henry Crumb Jr. (24 October 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an American composer of avant-garde contemporary classical music. Early in his life he rejected...
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    Robert Dennis Crumb (/krʌm/; born August 30, 1943) is an American cartoonist who often signs his work R. Crumb. His work displays a nostalgia for American...
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  • work for "electric string quartet" by the American avant-garde composer George Crumb. It was composed over the course of a year and is dated "Friday the Thirteenth...
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  • sensibility, it is exceptionally difficult to sing.) Her collaboration with George Crumb was also a fruitful one; she premiered his song cycle Ancient Voices...
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  • Crumb is an English surname. Those bearing it include: George Crumb (1929–2022), composer David Crumb (born 1962), composer son of George Crumb Ann Crumb...
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  • David Crumb (born May 21, 1962) is an American contemporary composer born into a musical family. His father was composer George Crumb, and his sister...
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  • piece written in 1977 for orchestra and voices by the American composer George Crumb. Harold C. Schonberg of The New York Times said of the work, "Star-Child…is...
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  • Angels (Crumb), a 1970 composition for string quartet by George Crumb Black Angels (album), a 1990 album by Kronos Quartet, featuring Crumb's composition...
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  • Seasons Lux Aeterna for 5 masked musicians, a 1971 avant-garde piece by George Crumb Symphony N 5 Lux Aeterna, a 2006 avant-garde piece by Vassil Kazandjiev...
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    technique has been normalized in contemporary music, with ample examples by George Crumb, Toru Takemitsu, Helmut Lachenmann, and others) as one of the variety...
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    Ann Crumb (May 25, 1950 – October 31, 2019) was an American actress and singer. The daughter of composer George Crumb and mother Elizabeth Crumb, pianist...
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  • the term "string piano" to describe their use of the piano strings (George Crumb, for instance, refers to the "resources of the 'extended piano'"), such...
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    paid homage to (or in some cases parodied) the music of Chopin included George Crumb, Leopold Godowsky, Bohuslav Martinů, Darius Milhaud, Igor Stravinsky...
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    keyboard, playing inside the piano), John Cage (prepared piano), and George Crumb. The Kronos Quartet, which has been among the most active ensembles in...
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  • Tavener – Eternity's Sunrise Thomas Adès – Asyla Andrew Imbrie – Requiem 2001 George Crumb Star-Child Heiner Goebbels – Surrogate Cities Nicholas Maw – Violin Concerto...
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  • For American composer George Henry Crumb, see George Crumb. George Francis Crum (26 October 1926 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA – 8 September 2007 in...
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  • t e West Virginia Music Hall of Fame Class of 2007 Leon “Chu” Berry George Crumb Hazel Dickens Little Jimmy Dickens Johnnie Johnson Clark Kessinger Molly...
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    Composers contributing included Milton Babbitt, William Bolcom, David Crumb, George Crumb, Michael Daugherty, John Harbison, Joel Hoffman, Aaron Jay Kernis...
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    Zaire four weeks prior to the historic Rumble in the Jungle fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. Footage of his performance was included in the...
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  • Christopher Rouse (composer) (category Pupils of George Crumb)
    Cornell University in 1977. In between, Rouse studied privately with George Crumb. Early recognition came from the BMI Foundation's BMI Student Composer...
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  • vocal technique can be found in the music of Luciano Berio, John Cage, George Crumb, Peter Maxwell Davies, Hans Werner Henze, György Ligeti, Demetrio Stratos...
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  • co-wrote many country songs for artists such as Gene Autry, Hank Snow, George Jones, Eddy Arnold and Jimmy Durante. Biography portal Category:Songs written...
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    Bernstein; Benjamin Britten; Rhoda Coghill; David Conte; Ronald Corp; George Crumb; Frederick Delius; Howard Hanson; Karl Amadeus Hartmann; Hans Werner...
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  • Makrokosmos (category Compositions by George Crumb)
    piano by American composer George Crumb. The name alludes to Mikrokosmos, a set of piano pieces by Béla Bartók, one of Crumb's favorite 20th-century composers...
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    Symphony, featuring Alessi as soloist. His 1999 recording of Star-Child, by George Crumb, was voted Best Classical Contemporary Composition at the 43rd Grammy...
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    1967: Leon Kirchner, Quartet No. 3 for strings and electronic tape 1968: George Crumb, Echoes of Time and the River 1969: Karel Husa, String Quartet No. 3...
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  • Petronilla Brand Frederick Piper as customs inspector Charles Hawtrey as George Crumb Michael Trubshawe as Redworth Alfie Bass as Dallyn Wilfrid Caithness...
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  • Toff (1952) as cashier (uncredited) Brandy for the Parson (1952) as George Crumb You're Only Young Twice (1952) as Adolphus Hayman Five Days (1954) as...
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  • hundred new compositions including music by composers Elliott Carter, George Crumb, Poul Ruders and Gunther Schuller.[citation needed] Starobin was born...
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    Caprichos de Goya, Op. 195: "XII. No hubo remedio" (plate 24) (1961) George Crumb – Black Angels (1970) Luigi Dallapiccola – Canti di prigionia Michael...
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