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''Star-Child'' is a piece written in 1977 for orchestra and voices by the American composer George Crumb. “''Star-Child''…is sensitive, powerful, full of personality, and it marks a significant step in Mr. Crumb’s development…. This is big music and even passionate music. In a way, it is a synthesis both of what Mr. Crumb has been doing and of many contemporary techniques. Mr. Crumb has tied everything together, creating a score that transcends any derivations."〔Schoenburg〕 ==Composition and Premiere== ''Star-Child'' was commissioned by the Ford Foundation and written in 1977. It is Crumb’s largest work and requires 47 instrumentalists as well as many vocalists. It calls for soprano, antiphonal children’s voices, male speaking choir, bell ringers, and large orchestra.〔Bruns〕 Originally, the orchestra members spoke as well as played, and the children’s choir also played the handbells, but this was later revised in 1979 to the current personnel list.〔Borroff〕 The current personnel lists calls for 4 flutes (also playing 4 piccolos), 4 oboes (1 doubling on english horn), 3 clarinets in Bb, 1 clarinet in Eb, 3 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 6 french horns, 5 trumpets in C, 2 trumpets in D, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 8 percussionists, 1 organ, 1 solo soprano, children's voices I and II (SASA), male speaking choir playing handbells, violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and contrabasses. 2 primary conductors and 2 secondary conductors are also needed.〔Crumb〕 ''Star-Child'' was specifically written for Irene Gubrud (soprano), Pierre Boulez, and the New York Philharmonic, and they all performed the premiere of the piece on May 5, 1977. Boulez, David Gilbert, James Chambers, and Larry Newland conducted the piece. Gubrud, the Boys’ Choirs of the Little Church Around the Corner and Trinity School, and the Bell Ringers of Trinity School in New York all sang in the premiere. The score is also dedicated to Crumb’s two sons, David and Peter.〔Bruns〕 The title for ''Star-Child'' came from ''Music for a Summer Evening'' (''Makrokosmos III''), another one of Crumb’s compositions. In this piece, there is a section called “Hymn for the Advent of the ''Star-Child''".〔Bruns〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Star-Child by George Crumb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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