Vox balaenae george crumb biography

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Vox Balaenae

Vox Balaenae
English	Voice of the Whale
Composed	1971 (1971)
Duration	~20 minutes
Movements	8
Scoring	electric flute electric cello amplified piano

Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale), is a work for electric flute, electric cello and amplified piano by the American avant-garde composer George Crumb. It was composed for performance by the New York Camerata in 1971.^[1]

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As the name of the piece indicates, Vox Balaenae was inspired by whale songs. "Late in the 1960s, George Crumb heard a tape recording prepared by a marine scientist of the sounds emitted by the humpback whale.... In 1971, Crumb drew on these sounds as the inspiration...".^[1] Although the piece has eight movements, these are grouped into three structurally similar parts: the first two movements "(...for the beginning of time)", five variations named after geologic time periods, and the last movement "(...for the end

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Crumb Vox Balaenae

Protest music that makes a strong point for our own times, too

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Composer or Director:George (Henry) Crumb

Label: Hat-Hut

Magazine Review Date: 4/2007

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 0

Catalogue Number: HATN166

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Composition	Artist Credit
Vox balaenae	George (Henry) Crumb, Composer George (Henry) Crumb, Composer Zurich New Music Ensemble
Eleven echoes of autumn	George (Henry) Crumb, Composer George (Henry) Crumb, Composer Zurich New Music Ensemble
Four Nocturnes (Night Music II)	George (Henry) Crumb, Composer George (Henry) Crumb, Composer Zurich New Music Ensemble

Composer or Director:George (Henry) Crumb

Label: Mode Records

Magazine Review Date: 4/2007

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 0

Catalogue Number: MODE170

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Composition	Artist Credit
Makrokosmos III, `Mus • George Crumb, New Timbres, and "Vox Balaenae" *George Crumb’s Vox Balaenae* or, Voice of the Whale (translated from Latin)** George Crumb was Born in Charleston, West Virginia on October 24, 1929. He is still living; at 85 years of age. He received his Bachelors from the Mason College of Music in Charleston in 1950. He obtained a masters degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He then studied briefly in Berlin. For his doctorate, Crumb studied at the University of Michigan with Ross Lee Finney, and earned his DMA in 1959. Crumb fryst vatten one of the most decorated composers of our times; he won a Pulitzer Prize for Echoes of Time and the River: fyra Processionals for Orchestra in 1968. He’s also won a few Grammy’s. Black Angels for Electric Sting Quartet is probably Crumb’s most famous del av helhet. It was written in 1970 (Cope 58). In 1971, Crumb won an International talarstol of Composers Award from UNESCO for Ancient Voices of Children.

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Makrokosmos III, `Mus

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George Crumb, New Timbres, and "Vox Balaenae"

George Crumb’s Vox Balaenae or, Voice of the Whale (translated from Latin)

George Crumb was Born in Charleston, West Virginia on October 24, 1929. He is still living; at 85 years of age. He received his Bachelors from the Mason College of Music in Charleston in 1950. He obtained a masters degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He then studied briefly in Berlin. For his doctorate, Crumb studied at the University of Michigan with Ross Lee Finney, and earned his DMA in 1959. Crumb fryst vatten one of the most decorated composers of our times; he won a Pulitzer Prize for Echoes of Time and the River: fyra Processionals for Orchestra in 1968. He’s also won a few Grammy’s. Black Angels for Electric Sting Quartet is probably Crumb’s most famous del av helhet. It was written in 1970 (Cope 58). In 1971, Crumb won an International talarstol of Composers Award from UNESCO for Ancient Voices of Children.