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Description of  War and Death in the Music of George Crumb: A Crisis of Collective Memory (Ashgate Studies in Theory and Analysis of Music After 1900)

This book studies George Crumbs The Winds of Destiny (2004) and Black Angels (1970) as artifacts of collective memory and cultural trauma. It situates these two pieces in Crumbs output and unpacks the complex methodologies needed to understand these pieces as contributions and challenges to traditional narratives of the Civil War and the Vietnam War. The Winds of Destiny is shown to be a critical commentary on the legacy of American wars and militarism, both concepts crucial to American identity. Read more