George Crumb

George Crumb (born October 24, 1929) is an American composer of modern and avant garde music. He is noted as an explorer of unusual timbres. Examples include spoken flute (one speaks while blowing into the instrument) and glass marbles poured onto an open piano)

Works

• Two Duos (1944?) for flute and clarinet
• Four Pieces (1945) for violin and piano
• Four Songs (1945?) for voice, clarinet and piano
• Sonata for piano (1945)
• Poem (1946)
• Seven Songs (1946) for voice and piano
• Gethsemane (1947) for small orchestra
• Three Early Songs (1947) for voice and piano
• Alleluja (1948) for unaccompanied chorus
• Sonata for violin and piano (1949)
• A Cycle of Greek Lyrics (1950?) for voice and piano
• Prelude and Toccata (1951) for piano
• String Trio (1952)
• Three Pastoral Pieces (1952) for oboe and piano
• Sonata for viola and piano (1953)
• String Quartet (1954)
• Sonata for solo cello (1955)
• Diptych (1955) for orchestra
• Variazioni (1959) for large orchestra
• Five Pieces (1962) for piano
• Night Music I (1963, revised 1976) for soprano, piano/celeste, and two percussionists
• Four Nocturnes (Night Music II) (1964) for violin and piano
• Madrigals, Books I (1965) for soprano, vibraphone, and double bass
• Madrigals, Books II (1965) for soprano, flute/alto flute/piccolo, and percussion
• Eleven Echoes of Autumn (Echoes I) (1966) for violin, alto flute, clarinet, and piano
• Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II) (1967) for orchestra
• Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death (1968) for baritone, electric guitar, electric double bass, amplified piano/electric harpsichord, and two percussionists
• Night of the Four Moons (1969) for alto, alto flute/piccolo, banjo, electric cello, and percussion
• Madrigals, Books III (1969) for soprano, harp, and percussion
• Madrigals, Books IV (1969) for soprano, flute/alto flute/piccolo, harp, double bass, and percussion
• Ancient Voices of Children (1970) for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, amplified piano (and toy piano), and percussion (three players)
• Black Angels (Images I) (1970) for electric string quartet
• Lux Aeterna (1971) for soprano, bass flute/soprano recorder, sitar, and percussion (two players)
• Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) (1971) for electric flute, electric cello, and amplified piano
• Makrokosmos, Volume I (1972) for amplified piano
• Makrokosmos, Volume II (1973) for amplified piano
• Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) (1974) for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players).
• Dream Sequence (Images II) (1976) for violin, cello, piano, percussion (one player), and off-stage glass harmonica (two players)
• Star-Child (1977, revised 1979) for soprano, antiphonal children's voices, male speaking choir, bell ringers, and large orchestra
• Apparition (1979) for soprano and amplified piano
• Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV) (1979) for amplified piano (four hands)
• A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 (1980) for piano
• Gnomic Variations (1981) for piano
• Pastoral Drone (1982) for organ
• Trio for Strings (1982)
• Processional (1983) for piano
• A Haunted Landscape (1984) for orchestra
• The Sleeper (1984) for soprano and piano
• An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) (1986) for amplified flute and percussion (three players).
• Federico's Little Songs for Children (1986) for soprano, flute/piccolo/alto flute/bass flute, and harp
• Zeitgeist (Tableaux Vivants) (1988) for two amplified pianos
• Easter Dawning (1991) for carillon
• Quest (1994) for guitar, soprano saxophone, harp, double bass, and percussion (two players)
• Mundus Canis (A Dog's World) (1998) for guitar and percussion
• Unto the Hills (2001) for soprano, percussion quartet and piano.
• Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music) (2002) for piano
• A Journey Beyond Time (2003) for soprano, percussion quartet and piano.
• Otherworldly Resonances (2003) for two pianos
• River of Life (2003) for soprano, percussion quartet and piano.
• Winds of Destiny (2004) for soprano, percussion quartet and piano.