Title: GEORGE CRUMB: VOICE OF THE WHALE

ID: 9678_001
Date: 1970s
Color: color
Sound: sound
Video format: digibeta
License: Rights Managed
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A 54-minute portrait of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Crumb, one of America’s greatest composers. It includes a full-length performance by the Penn Contemporary Players of Crumb's 1971 piece “Vox Balaenae for Three Masked Players,” conversations with his fellow composer Richard Wernick, visits with his family, samples of the rural gospel music that influenced him, and demonstrations of some of the unique sounds and exotic instruments that are featured in his acclaimed compositions. Newly remastered. “A revealing and enlightening film biography of an innovative and original musical talent.” - Landers Film Reviews Please contact footage@globalimageworks.com for licensing or a screener of the entire film.

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mugge, robert mugge

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