George Crumb

George Henry Crumb (Charleston, Mendebaldeko Virginia, 1929ko urriaren 24a - Media, Pennsylvania, 2022ko otsailaren 6a) estatubatuar musika klasiko moderno eta abangoardiako musikagilea izan zen.

Michiganen eta Charlestonen musika ikasi zuen eta Coloradoko Unibertsitatean eta Pennsylvaniako Unibertsitatean musika irakaskuntzan aritu zen.

Hasierako etapan Anton Webernen eragina izan zuen, baina laster tinbre ezohikoak erabili zituen. Era berean, musika idazteko modu alternatiboak eta teknika hedatuak erabiltzen ditu, bai bokalak, bai instrumentalak. Musika "bultzada espiritualaren zerbitzura dauden proportzioen sistema gisa" definitu zuen.

1968an Pulitzer Saria Musikan irabazi zuen Echoes of Time and the River lanarekin eta 2000. urtean Emmy Saria irabazi zuen Star Child lanarekin.

Lanak

Orkestra 
 Gethsemane (1947), for small orchestra
 Diptych (1955)
 Variazioni (1959), for large orchestra
 Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II) (1967)
 A Haunted Landscape (1984)

Ahotsa orkestrarekin 
 Star-Child (1977, revised 1979), for soprano, antiphonal children's voices, male speaking choir, bell ringers, and large orchestra

Ganberako musika 
 Two Duos (1944?), for flute and clarinet
 Four Pieces (1945), for violin and piano
 Violin Sonata (1949)
 Three Pastoral Pieces (1952), for oboe and piano
 Viola Sonata (1953)
 String Quartet (1954)
 Sonata for Solo Cello (1955)
 Four Nocturnes (Night Music II) (1964), for violin and piano
 Eleven Echoes of Autumn, 1965 (Echoes I) (1966), for violin, alto flute, clarinet, and piano
 Black Angels (Images I) (1970), for electric string quartet
 Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) (1971), for electric flute, electric cello, and 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)
 Pastoral Drone (1982), for organ
 An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) (1986), for amplified flute and percussion (three players).
 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

Piano 
 Piano Sonata (1945)
 Prelude and Toccata (1951)
 Five Pieces (1962)
 Makrokosmos, Volume I (1972), for amplified piano
 Makrokosmos, Volume II (1973), for amplified piano
 Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV) (1979), for amplified piano (four hands)
 A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 (1980)
 Gnomic Variations (1981)
Processional (1983)
 Zeitgeist (Tableaux Vivants) (1988), for two amplified pianos
 Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music) (2001)
 Otherworldly Resonances (2003), for two pianos
 Metamorphoses, Book I (2017)

Ahotsa 
 Four Songs (1945?), for voice, clarinet and piano
 Seven Songs (1946), for voice and piano
 Three Early Songs (1947), for voice and piano
 A Cycle of Greek Lyrics (1950?), for voice and piano
 Night Music I (1963, revised 1976), for soprano, piano/celeste, and two percussionists
 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
 Ancient Voices of Children (1970), for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, amplified piano (and toy piano), and percussion (three players)
 Lux Aeterna (1971) for soprano, bass flute/soprano recorder, sitar, and percussion (two players)
 Apparition (1979), for soprano and amplified piano
 The Sleeper (1984), for soprano and piano
 Federico's Little Songs for Children (1986), for soprano, flute/piccolo/alto flute/bass flute, and harp
 Yesteryear (2005/13), for mezzo-soprano, amplified piano, and percussion (two players)

Madrigals 

 Madrigals, Book I (1965), for soprano, vibraphone, and double bass
 Madrigals, Book II (1965), for soprano, flute/alto flute/piccolo, and percussion
 Madrigals, Book III (1969), for soprano, harp, and percussion
 Madrigals, Book IV (1969), for soprano, flute/alto flute/piccolo, harp, double bass, and percussion

American Songbook 

 American Songbook I: The River of Life (2003), for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
 American Songbook II: A Journey Beyond Time (2003), for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
 American Songbook III: Unto the Hills (2001), for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
 American Songbook IV: Winds of Destiny (2004), for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
 American Songbook V: Voices from a Forgotten World (2007), for soprano, baritone, percussion quartet and piano
 American Songbook VI: Voices from the Morning of the Earth (2008), for soprano, baritone, percussion quartet and piano
 American Songbook VII: Voices from the Heartland (2010), for soprano, baritone, percussion quartet and piano

Spanish Songbook 

 Spanish Songbook I: The Ghosts of Alhambra (2008), for baritone, guitar and percussion
 Spanish Songbook II: Sun and Shadow (2009), for female voice and amplified piano
 Spanish Songbook III: The Yellow Moon of Andalusia (2012), for mezzo-soprano and amplified piano

Musika korala 
 Alleluja (1948), for unaccompanied chorus

Kanpo estekak 

Mendebaldeko Virginiarrak
Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako musikagileak
Musika klasikoko musikagileak