Birth Name:

George Crumb

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Oct 24, 1929

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Charleston, West Virginia, United States

Age:

94

Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio

Astrology Data:

Sun

0°

Sco

48'

About George Crumb

George Henry Crumb or George Henry Jr. Crumb (born October 24, 1929) is an American composer of modern classical and avant-garde music. He is known as an explorer of unusual timbres, alternative forms of notation, and extended instrumental and vocal techniques, which obtain vivid sonorities. 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 double bass (e.g. Madrigals, Book I), among numerous others. Crumb's most renowned works include Ancient Voices of Children (1970), Black Angels (1971), and Makrokosmos III (1974).

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Official home page

• Crumb's bio from Naxos

• George Crumb interview by Bruce Duffie, August 27, 1988

• Art of the States: George Crumb four works by the composer

• George Crumb: Voice of the Whale plays Vox Balaenae with a synchronized display of its score

• An interview with George Crumb in September, 2009 by Marc Medwin

• "George Crumb biography" (in French). IRCAM.

• Recordings of premiere performances of The Yellow Moon of Andalusia and Yesteryear (revised 2015) San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for George Crumb: Sun 0 Scorpio, Moon 22 Cancer, Mercury 12 Libra, Venus 5 Libra, Mars 12 Scorpio, Jupiter 15 Gemini, Saturn 26 Sagittarius, Uranus 8 Aries, Neptune 3 Virgo, Pluto 19 Cancer, Sun Sextile Neptune, Mercury Opposition Uranus, Sun Sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Mercury Semi Sextile Mars, Mercury Trine Jupiter, Venus Opposition Uranus, Mars Semi Square Saturn, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

Categories related to George Crumb: Living people, 20th-century American composers, 20th-century American male musicians, 21st-century American male musicians, 20th-century classical composers, 21st-century classical composers, Arizona State University faculty, West Virginia, October 24 births, Grammy Award winners, University of Pennsylvania faculty, Musicians from Charleston, 21st-century American composers, University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni, Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, American classical composers, Composers for carillon, American male classical composers, Music & Arts artists, Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, International Rostrum of Composers prize-winners, 1929 births, Pulitzer Prize for Music winners, Centaur Records artists, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign School of Music alumni, Avant-garde music, Pupils of Ross Lee Finney

Photo attribution: Peter Matthews from New York City, United States, George Crumb at 90, Alice Tully Hall