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George Crumb (born October 24, 1929) is an American composer of avant-garde music. He is noted as an explorer of unusual timbres, alternative forms of notation, and extended instrumental and vocal techniques. 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 contrabass (e.g. Madrigals, Book I), among numerous others.

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Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize the sheer diversity of our present resources into a more organic and well-ordered procedure.

Diversity, Future, Resources, Task, Tasks

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.

Art, Decades, Elements, Look, Looks

As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the other.

Interesting, Music, Occasionally, Think, Thinking

Music might be defined as a system of proportions in the service of a spiritual impulse

Might, Music, Proportion, Spiritual, System

The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make.

Easy, Gestures, Glance, Glances, Relatively

It is easy to write unthinking music.

Easy, Music, Unthinking, Write, Writing

I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical and traditional music of their own cultures.

Countries, Country, Culture, Cultures, Observed, People

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

Directly, Elements, Music, Nervous, Rhythm

I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little, so I started with the English but then determined that it would have to be in Spanish.

Confess, Determined, Good, Littles, Spanish

Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels of our psyche.

Composers, Interesting, Levels, Music, Spiritual

I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical procedures, and systems of esthetics.

Composers, Confusing, Diversity, Style, Styles

I believe that music surpasses even language in its power to mirror the innermost recesses of the human soul

Believe, Innermost, Mirrors, Power, Soul

One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past.

Historical, Musical, Past, Senses

Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century.

Century, Influence, Influences, Turns

Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today.

Musical, Perhaps, Planet, Today, Two, Years

The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.

Music, Sound, Synthesized, Unquestionably, War, World

The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena of recent music.

Development, Instrumental, Instrumental Music, Remarkable, Vocal

Writing seems to be more difficult as you move through the years.

Difficult, Moving, Writing, Years