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Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land)
George Crumb · 1929–2022 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello, electronics
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 20 min
- Composed
- 1970
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
For electric string quartet; the players also play glasses, maracas and tam-tam
About this work
- Threnody I: Night of the Electric Insects
- Sounds of Bones and Flutes
- Lost Bells
- Devil-music
- Danse Macabre
- Pavana Lachrymae
- Threnody II: Black Angels!
- Sarabanda de la Muerte Oscura
- Lost Bells (Echo)
- God-music
- Ancient Voices
- Ancient Voices (Echo)
- Threnody III: Night of the Electric Insects