8
Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale)
George Crumb · 1929–2022 · American
For flute, cello, piano
Also known as Voice of the Whale
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- Strings & winds
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 19 min
- Composed
- 1971
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Electrically amplified flute, cello and piano; the players wear masks; five variations on a sea theme
About this work
- Vocalise (for the beginning of time)
- Sea Theme
- Archeozoic [Var. I]
- Proterozoic [Var. II]
- Paleozoic [Var. III]
- Mesozoic [Var. IV]
- Cenozoic [Var. V]
- Sea-Nocturne (for the end of time)
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