Vox balaenae george crumb biography
Vox balaenae george crumb biography
George crumb.
Vox Balaenae
| Vox Balaenae | |
|---|---|
| English | Voice of the Whale |
| Composed | &#;() |
| Duration | ~20 minutes |
| Movements | 8 |
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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 [1]
Background
As the name of the piece indicates, Vox Balaenae was inspired by whale songs. "Late in the s, George Crumb heard a tape recording prepared by a marine scientist of the sounds emitted by the humpback whale In , 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 of time)".[2]