Cellist Molly Goforth, 17, performs George Crumb's Cello Sonata, 1st and 3rd mvts. Goforth started playing cello in the fourth grade. "I started out through a string recruitment program in Birmingham ...

The American experimental composer George Crumb, who has died aged 92, came to prominence in the mid-1960s with a series of ground-breaking compositions scored for unusual instrumental combinations, ...

Photo: Bruns and Crumb at a recording session of “Metamorphoses, Book II” at Swarthmore College in 2021. Writing music can be a lonely occupation—very private, very demanding. So it’s no surprise that ...

Today is George Crumb’s 82nd birthday. Crumb is an acclaimed contemporary classical composer famous for his experimentation. Still alive, kicking and composing today, he’s been known to include such ...

Mr. Crumb wrote startling works, sometimes with political themes, and challenged musicians to employ new techniques, vocalize and move about the stage. By Vivien Schweitzer George Crumb, a composer ...