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George Crumb PapersProcessed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress2012
Biographical Note
Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe George Crumb Papers span the period 1956 to 2011, with the majority of the materials dating from 1965 to 2003. The collection consists of holograph manuscript scores and sketches, correspondence and business papers, and a series of meticulously assembled scrapbooks chronicling Crumb's distinguished career as a composer. The music materials represent works composed exclusively from 1959 to the present day, beginning with Crumb's Variazioni, his dissertational submission to the University of Michigan. They include inked score paste-ups for publication, pencil scores and sketches, drafts, annotated photo-reproductions, and several score transparencies. Crumb's final copy scores are inked with extraordinary precision and reflect the influence of his father's skills as a copyist and Ross Lee Finney's pedagogy. Most contain extensive patches of inked-over whiteout and pasted insertions. Notable scores include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Echoes of Time and the River, Ancient Voices of Children, Black Angels, Five Pieces for Piano, A Haunted Landscape, Lux Aeterna, Madrigals, Makrokosmos, Mundis Canis, Star-Child, and Vox Balaenae. Additionally, the collection includes several sketchbooks with materials to numerous compositions, currently identified only as volumes "A" through "C". A more comprehensive list of their contents will be available at a later time. Business papers consist chiefly of letters, telegrams, contracts, programs, and other documents from 1956 to 2011. Included is university and publisher correspondence, student inquiries, and letters from various colleagues and friends, such as David Burge. The scrapbooks comprise seven custom bound volumes of clippings, programs, photographs, interviews, posters, and other materials that detail Crumb's musical accomplishments from roughly 1963 to 2001. These are assembled with the same meticulous care as the composer's scores and include hundreds of performance reviews from both American and international newspapers. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Organization of the George Crumb PapersThe George Crumb Papers are organized in three series: Return to the Table of Contents Container ListMusic, 1959-2003Holograph manuscript scores and sketches, drafts, annotated scores, sketchbooks, and several transparencies. Final copy manuscripts contain inked-over whiteout and pasted insertions that may require special handling. Arranged alphabetically by title of work. Cross references are provided for components of multi-volume works with distinctive titles, namely Makrokosmos, Images, and American Songbook. InstrumentalBlack angels: Images I: thirteen images from the dark land: for electric string quartet, 1970Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketchesCelestial mechanics: Makrokosmos IV: cosmic dances for amplified piano, four hands, 1979Holograph manuscript score paste-upHolograph manuscript scoreDream sequence: Images II: for violin, cello, piano, and percussion (and offstage "glass harmonica"), 1976Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketchesEaster dawning: for carillon, 1991Holograph manuscript scoreHolograph manuscript score paste-upSketches and draftsEchoes of time and the river: Echoes II: four processionals for orchestra, 1967SketchesEine kleine Mitternachtmusik (A little midnight music): ruminations on a tune of Thelonius Monk: for amplified piano, 2001Sketches and draftsEleven echoes of autumn: Echoes I: for violin, alto flute, clarinet, and piano, 1965Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketches and draftsFive pieces for piano, 1962Holograph manuscript score paste-upFour nocturnes: Night music II: for violin and piano, 19642 holograph manuscript score paste-upsPrinted holograph manuscript score transparencyPhotocopied holograph manuscript scoreSketches and draftsGnomic variations: for piano, 1981Holograph manuscript score paste-upHolograph manuscript scoreSketchesA haunted landscape: for orchestra, 1984Holograph manuscript score paste-upPhotocopied holograph manuscript scoreSketchesAn idyll for the misbegotten: amplified piano and percussion, 3 players, 1986Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketches and draftsImages Isee Black angelsImages IIsee Dream sequenceA little suite for Christmas: A.D. 1979: for piano, 19802 holograph manuscript score paste-upsSketchesMakrokosmos I: twelve fantasy-pieces after the Zodiac: for amplified piano, 1972Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketchesMakrokosmos II: twelve fantasy-pieces after the Zodiac: for amplified piano, 1973Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketchesMakrokosmos IIIsee Music for a summer eveningMakrokosmos IVsee Celestial mechanicsMundus canis (A dog's world): five humoresques for guitar and percussion (one player), 1997Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketches and draftsMusic for a summer evening: Makrokosmos III: for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players), 1974Holograph manuscript score paste-upNight music IIsee Four nocturnesOtherworldly resonances: six tableaux for two amplified pianos, book II, 20022 holograph manuscript score paste-upsSketchesPastoral drone: for organ, 1982Holograph manuscript score paste-upProcessional (piano), 1983Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketchesQuest: for guitar, soprano saxophone, harp, contrabass, and percussion (two players), 1990Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketchesVariazioni: for large orchestra, 1959Holograph manuscript score paste-up2 photocopied holograph manuscript score paste-upsVox balaenae (Voice of the whale): for three masked players: electric flute, electric cello, electric piano, 1971SketchesZeitgeist: six tableaux for two amplified pianos, book I, 1987Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketchesVocalAmerican songbook, 2002-2007Ancient voices of children: for soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, electric piano (and toy piano), and percussion (three players), 1970Holograph manuscript score paste-upApparition: elegiac songs and vocalises for soprano and amplified piano (on texts from Walt Whitman's "When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd"), 1979Holograph manuscript score paste-upHolograph manuscript scoreSketchesFederico's little songs for children: for soprano, flute (also piccolo, alto flute, and bass flute), and harp, 1986Holograph manuscript scorePhotocopied holograph manuscript scoreSketches and draftsA journey beyond time: American songbook II: songs of despair and hope: a cycle of Afro-American spirituals for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003Holograph manuscript score paste-upLux aeterna: for five masked musicians (soprano, bass flute (and soprano recorder), sitar, and two percussionists), 1971Holograph manuscript score paste-upHolograph manuscript score paste-upSketchesMadrigals (soprano, various instruments), 1965-1969Holograph manuscript score paste-upPhotocopied holograph manuscript scorePerformance instructions paste-up2 holograph manuscript scoresSketchesNight music I: for soprano, piano (and celesta), and percussion (two players), 1963Holograph manuscript score paste-upPrinted holograph manuscript score transparencySketchesNight of the four moons: for alto, alto flute (doubling piccolo), banjo, electric cello, and percussion (one player), 1969Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketchesThe river of life: American songbook I: songs of joy and sorrow: a cycle of hymns, spirituals, and revival tunes for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2003Holograph manuscript score paste-upThe sleeper: for mezzo-soprano and piano, 1984Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketches and draftsSongs, drones, and refrains of death: a cycle of poems by Federico García Lorca: for baritone, electric guitar, electric contrabass, electric piano (and electric harpsichord), and percussion (two players), 1968Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketchesStar-child: a parable for soprano, antiphonal children's voices, male speaking choir (and bell ringers), and large orchestra, 1977Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketchesUnto the hills: American songbook III: songs of sadness, yearning, and innocence: a cycle of Appalachian folk songs for voice, percussion quartet, and amplified piano, 2002Holograph manuscript score paste-upSketchbooksSketchbook "A", undatedSketchbook "B", undatedSketchbook "C", undatedBusiness Papers, 1956-2011Letters, telegrams, contracts, programs, royalty statements, itineraries, and other documents. Correspondence from publishers (mostly C.F. Peters), collegiate staff, and students is heavily represented. Also included are letters from various colleagues and friends, such as David Burge. Arranged chronologically. 1956-19661967-1969 March1969 April-19711972-19731974-1976 March1976 April-1978 June1978 July-1980 September1980 October-1983 June1983 July-1985 June1985 July-19871988-19901991-1995 March1995 April-1998 June1998 July-2001 March2001 April-2004 September2004-October 20072008-2010 June2010 July-2011 AprilScrapbooks, 1963-2001Meticulously assembled volumes of clippings, programs, photographs, and other materials. Arranged numerically by volume number. Volumes are roughly chronological in content order, but may contain miscellaneous items within several years of the dates specified. Volume I: 1963-1973Volume II: 1973-1978Volume III: 1978-1984Volume IV: 1984-1989Volume V: 1989-1997Volume VI: 1997-2000Volume VII: 2000-2001Return to the Table of Contents |
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