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Bruce Mather
Bruce Mather
Canadian composer
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John Harbison
John Harbison
American composer
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Louis Andriessen
Louis Andriessen
Dutch composer and pianist
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David Horne
David Horne
Scottish composer, pianist and teacher
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Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem
American composer
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Erkki-Sven Tüür
Erkki-Sven Tüür
Estonian composer
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Mark-Anthony Turnage
Mark-Anthony Turnage
English composer
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Donald Martino
Donald Martino
American composer
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Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch
Austrian composer
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William Sydeman
William Sydeman
American composer
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Bernard Rands
Bernard Rands
British composer
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Mauricio Kagel
Mauricio Kagel
Argentine-German composer
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American composer
Awards Received
Guggenheim Fellowship
Pulitzer Prize for Music
Fulbright Scholarship
Member of, past and present
Academy of Arts, Berlin

Academy of Arts, Berlin

American Academy of Arts and Letters

American Academy of Arts and Letters

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts

Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts

Crumb attends a performance at Alice Tully Hall in honor of his 90th birthday

George Henry Crumb or George Henry Jr. Crumb (born October 24, 1929) is an American composer of modern classical and avant-garde music. He is known as an explorer of unusual timbres, alternative forms of notation, and extended instrumental and vocal techniques, which obtain vivid sonorities. Examples include seagull effect for the cello (e.g. Vox Balaenae), metallic vibrato for the piano (e.g. Five Pieces for Piano), and using a mallet to play the strings of a double bass (e.g. Madrigals, Book I), among numerous others. Crumb's most renowned works include Ancient Voices of Children (1970), Black Angels (1971), and Makrokosmos III (1974).