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This article needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2010) Black Angels (Edition Peters, New York, no. 66304, copyright 1971), subtitled 'Thirteen Images from the Dark Land', is a work for 'electric ' by the American composer.
Black Angels - George Crumb. This is supposed to make one feel uneasy. The piece is actually supposed to be played in a little lighting as possible, and only four.
It was composed over the course of a year and is dated 'Friday the Thirteenth, March 1970 (in tempore belli)' as written on the score. Crumb is very interested in and numerically structured the piece around 13 and 7. The piece is notable for its unconventional instrumentation, which calls for electric string instruments, crystal glasses, and two suspended tam-tam gongs. Contents. Structure The thirteen individual movements of Black Angels are divided into three large groups. Departure Threnody I: Night of the Electric Insects (tutti) Sounds of Bones and Flutes (trio) Lost Bells (duo) Devil-music (solo) Danse Macabre (duo) II. Absence Pavana Lachrymae (trio) Threnody II: Black Angels!
(tutti) Sarabanda de la Muerte Oscura (trio) Lost Bells (Echo) (duo) III. Return God-music (solo) Ancient Voices (duo) Ancient Voices (Echo) (trio) Threnody III: Night of the Electric Insects (tutti) The structure of the work displays the numerological elements important to Crumb, that is, thirteen movements, of which the seventh is the centerpiece. Further, the organization of movements displays symmetry and palindrome: the instrumentation of each movement follows a palindromic structure: 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4; the first, central and thirteenth movements are titled Threnody; God-music and Devil-music stand symmetrically opposite each other. Instrumentation Black Angels is primarily written for (in Crumb's words) 'electric string quartet.'
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Though generally played by amplified acoustic instruments, the work is occasionally performed on specially constructed electronic string instruments. The music uses the extremes of the instruments' registers as well as such as bowing on the above the fingers and tapping the strings with thimbles. At certain points in the music, the players are even required to make sounds with their mouths and to speak.
Each of the string players is also assigned a set of instruments to play throughout the piece. Some of the equipment requires specific preparation, such as the crystal glasses, which are tuned with different amounts of water. Violin 1. 7 crystal glasses. 6' glass rod.
2 metal. metal pick (paper clip) Violin 2.
15' suspended and mallet. bow (for use on tam-tam). 7 crystal glasses. 6' glass rod.
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2 metal thimbles. metal pick (paper clip) Viola. 6 crystal glasses. 6' glass rod.
2 metal thimbles. metal pick Cello. maraca. 24' suspended tam-tam, soft and hard mallets. contrabass bow Stage positioning Crumb's score includes a diagram that places the four musicians in a box-like formation. Electric Violin II and Electric Cello are located near upstage right and upstage left, respectively, with their tam-tams between them.
Electric Violin I and Electric Viola are near downstage right and downstage left, respectively, but are slightly farther apart than the other two musicians in order to allow full sight of the quartet. Violin I, Violin II and Viola have a set of crystal glasses downstage of them, while Violin I and Cello have maracas upstage of them. Each of the four musicians has a speaker next to him or her. Cultural influences The, which specializes in new music, was originally formed when violinist David Harrington heard 'Black Angels' over the radio. He thought Crumb's piece was 'something wild, something scary' and 'absolutely the right music to play.' It was the first composition Kronos performed. The Kronos Quartet recorded the work on their album.
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'Threnody I: Night of the Electric Insects' is featured on the of. Return - God-music' is heard in the television series on the third episode of the series titled 'The Harmony of the Worlds'. The record is mentioned by among his 25 favorite records Author drew many of the chapter titles for her novel from the composition, and credits it in the 'Coda' of the book References.