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David Crumb (born May 21, 1962Presser) is an American contemporary composer born into a musical family. His father was composer
George Crumb George Henry Crumb Jr. (24 October 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an American composer of avant-garde contemporary classical music. Early in his life he rejected the widespread modernist usage of serialism, developing a highly personal musical ...
, and his sister was singer Ann Crumb.Inside Oregon His music is not as avant-garde or experimental as his father's; it has been called "attractive, accessible, imaginative, well-crafted" by the ''Chicago-Sun Times'', and "expressive and beautiful" by the ''American Record Guide'': reviews listed on the Presser bio.


Life

Crumb received his B.M. from the Eastman School, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...
.University of Oregon His most prominent composition teachers were Samuel Adler, Richard Wernick, Chinary Ung, Stephen Jaffe, Jay Reise, Mark Kopytman,
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and
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. He is professor of composition at the
University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a Public university, public research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1876, the university is organized into nine colleges and schools and offers 420 undergraduate and gra ...
(on faculty since 1997). Crumb has received numerous awards.


Selected works

*''Kinetikus'' for large percussion ensemble (2009) *''Hearing Bells'' for soprano, flute, oboe, cello, percussion and piano (2004–2005) *''Improvisations on an English Folk Tune'' for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2004) *''Suspended Blue'' for brass quintet (2003) *''Primordial Fantasy'' for piano and chamber ensemble (2002) *''September Elegy'' for violin and piano (2001) *''Harmonia Mundi'' for 2 pianos and 2 percussion (2001) *''Variation on "Round Midnight"'' for solo piano (2001) *''Awakening'' for trumpet and percussion (2001) *''The Whisperer'' for 2 pianos and 2 percussion (1999) *''Piano Quartet'' for piano, violin, viola and cello (1999) *''Vestiges of a Distant Time'' for orchestra (1996, revised 2003) *''Soundings'' for clarinet, bassoon and piano (1994) *''Variations'' for cello and chamber ensemble (1993) *''Clarino'' for orchestra (1991, revised 1993, 1996) *''Joyce Songs'' for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet and cello (1990, revised 1996) *''Miniatures'' for clarinet (1989) *''Piano Sonata'' (1988) *''Metamorphosis'' for violin, cello, harp, 2 percussion, piano and celesta (1987) *''Movement'' for string quartet (1985)


Reviews and discussions


List of Reviews on a University of Oregon Webpage





References

Presser. https://web.archive.org/web/20070711120929/http://www.presser.com/Composers/info.cfm?Name=DAVIDCRUMB
Inside Oregon. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/newscenter/4.2.05-MusicToday.html
University of Oregon. http://www.uoregon.edu/~drcrumb/honors.html


Notes


External links


Bio of Presser Online
{{DEFAULTSORT:Crumb, David 1962 births American male classical composers 21st-century American classical composers University of Oregon faculty Living people Eastman School of Music alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Pupils of Samuel Adler (composer) 21st-century American male musicians