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BOX 41-43, 55-56, 60-64 DF Subject Files, 1947-2022
This series contains a small quantity of awards, photographs, and personal possessions, as well as writings about George Crumb and his music. Researchers should note that most awards, clippings, and programs can be found in the Scrapbooks series. Digital materials include Twinkle, Dammit!, a 2020 documentary about pianist Margaret Leng Tan and her collaborations with Crumb, as well as recordings of her performances of movements of Makrokosmos Books I and I, and Metamorphoses Book I.
Principal file formats: .jpg, .mxf, .wav
Arranged alphabetically.
BOX-FOLDER 60/2-3 80th birthday album, 2009
BOX-FOLDER 41/2, 60/4 Awards, 1973-2021
BOX-FOLDER 60/5 Charleston High School, 1947, 1989
BOX-FOLDER 60/6 Clippings and programs, 1971-1977, 1995, and undated
Note: Collected by Crumb
BOX-FOLDER 60/7 Diplomas for bachelors and masters degrees, 1948, 1952
Laid in: Recital programs
BOX-FOLDER 60/8 Identification documents, 1956 and undated
Note: Contains photographs
BOX-FOLDER 60/9 Lorca, Federico García, Poems. Selected and translated by J. L. Gili. Baltimore: Penguin, 1960
Printed poetry collection with Crumb's annotations
Memorial programs
BOX-FOLDER 60/10 Crumb, Ann, 2019
BOX-FOLDER 60/11 Crumb, Elizabeth, 2022
BOX-FOLDER 61/1 Crumb, George, 2022
DF Makrokosmos, Book I. Magic Circle of Infinity, 2019 June 19
Digital ID: CrumbGeorge_MUS_2021_085
Performance by Margaret Leng Tan, piano. ART + LIVE, Resonates With, in conjunction with the National Gallery of Singapore
DF Makrokosmos, Book II. Twin Suns, 2019 June 19
Digital ID: CrumbGeorge_MUS_2021_085
Performance by Margaret Leng Tan, piano. ART + LIVE, Resonates With, in conjunction with the National Gallery of Singapore
DF Metamorphoses, Book I, 2019 October 3
Digital ID: CrumbGeorge_MUS_2021_085
Performance by Margaret Leng Tan, piano. Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Conservatory Concert Hall, Singapore
BOX 43 Personal effects, undated
Glasses; two calligraphy pens; magnifying glass
BOX-FOLDER 61/2 Photographs and negatives, 1992-2003 and undated
Includes: Ann and David Crumb, Ann Lynn Barber, Steve Bruns, Tanya Gille, Susan Grace, Laurie Hudicek, Lewis Kaplan, Alice Ryback, Randall Scarlata, David Starobin, Margaret Leng Tan, Arthur Weisberg
BOX-FOLDER 56/5-6 Posters, 1988, 2003
BOX-FOLDER 55/6 "Rub off" transparencies of letters, musical characters, and symbols undated
DF Twinkle, Dammit! 2020
Digital ID: CrumbGeorge_MUS_2021_022_001_001; CrumbGeorge_MUS_2021_022_001_002
Documentary about toy pianist Margaret Leng Tan's performing life and her collaboration with George Crumb; directed by Chuang Xu
BOX-FOLDER 61/3 University of Pennsylvania, 1965 May
Appointment letter
Writings about George Crumb
BOX-FOLDER 41/3, 61/4-7, 62/1-3 Books, 1990-2021
BOX-FOLDER 41/4, 42/1, 62/4-6, 63/1-5 Dissertations and theses, 1979-1983, 2002-2019
BOX-FOLDER 64/1-2 Serial articles, 1974-1977, 1983-1984, 2002

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