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Also known as George Henry Crumb

American composer (1929-2022)

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George Crumb was born on 24 October 1929 and began his work in 1944. He was based in the United States and tagged across the genres avant-garde, classical, composer, contemporary classical, and 20th century classical. He died on 6 February 2022. Crumb is recognised in both the Pulitzer Prize collection and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences collection.

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Person · Open Library

Works
34

Top works

  • An expanded concept of timbre and its structural significance
  • Eleven Echoes of Autumn for Violin, Alto Flute, Clarinet, Piano
  • Eleven echoes of autumn, 1965
  • An idyll for the misbegotten
  • Quest

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
41,144
Total plays
298,534

Tags

contemporary classicalAvant-GardeClassical20th Century Classicalcomposers

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. After initially being influenced by Anton Webern, Crumb became interested in exploring unusual timbres. He often asks for instruments to be played in unusual ways and several of his pieces are written for electrically amplified instrume

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A short history of<i>SHELX</i>

    · 2007 · cited 79,955x

  2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

    · 1997 · cited 48,650x

  3. Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>

    · 2015 · cited 40,940x

  4. <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination

    · 2015 · cited 27,696x

  5. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity

    · 1961 · cited 23,207x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
George
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Charleston
Place of death
Media
Occupation
composer
Languages spoken
English language
Official website
www.georgecrumb.net
Image
George Crumb.jpg
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date of birth
1929-10-24
Commons category
George Crumb
name in native language
George Crumb
start of work period
1944-00-00
date of death
2022-02-06
birth name
George Henry Crumb Jr.
Sources (6)

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