{"id":1648,"date":"2022-02-06T19:10:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T00:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2022-02-06T22:14:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T03:14:33","slug":"george-crumb-r-i-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/george-crumb-r-i-p\/","title":{"rendered":"George Crumb R.I.P."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/crumb-1-e1644193042275.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/crumb-1-1024x842.jpeg\" alt=\"George Crumb R.I.P.\" class=\"wp-image-1656\" width=\"512\" height=\"421\"\/><\/a><figcaption>&#8220;Makrokosmos, vol. I&#8221; for amplified piano<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I was 17 when I first started to officially study composition with <a href=\"http:\/\/chinaryung.com\/\">Chinary Ung<\/a>. At the time, I was aware of a number of contemporary composers. But until I met Chinary I neither heard of Chinary nor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgecrumb.net\">George Crumb<\/a>. That would all soon change. At my first lesson with Chinary, who also worked with Crumb at Tanglewood, he pulled out this enormous score of &#8220;Star-Child&#8221; for orchestra. Chinary recently copied some of the parts for the New York Philharmonic&#8217;s world premiere. He also had a tape of the world premiere. Then, one by one, I became well acquainted with all of Crumb&#8217;s music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I first met George Crumb at the <a href=\"https:\/\/illinois.edu\">University of Illinois<\/a> in 1980. Crumb earned the Masters degree at the University of Illinois decades earlier. Now he was there to receive both a university award and a performance of his orchestra work &#8220;Star-Child.&#8221; He also gave a presentation to Ben Johnston&#8217;s small contemporary music seminar which I was a part of. After that time, I would meet him at BMI student awards parties. I knew a few of his students, the late <a href=\"https:\/\/jamesprimosh.com\">Jim Primosh<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/sjaffe\/\">Stephan Jaffe<\/a>. Everyone who knew him well had a great impersonation of the master&#8217;s drawl. Stephan Jaffe would say, How do you take your coffee, George? &#8220;I like a shot a white in my java.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>George Crumb&#8217;s music went against the tide of his generation but he wasn&#8217;t a reactionary. His music is poetic and personal. It offers a future that comes from a past. His embracing of the music of Appalachia, Europe, and Asia was certainly inspired by Charles Ives. 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