George Crumb (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's music contains an intense
humanism, which is reflected in his personal definition of music: "a
system of proportions in the service of spiritual impulse."
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