Black Angels - Thirteen Images from the Dark Land (Images I)
for Electric String Quartet
by George Crumb
String Quartet - Sheet Music

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Instruments
Cello
Viola
Violin
Ensembles
String Quartet
Genres
20th Century
Composers
George Crumb
Publishers
Edition Peters
Formats
Score
Item Types
Physical
Usages
School and Community
String Quartet amplified string quartet - Difficulty: difficult

SKU: PE.EP66304

For Electric String Quartet. Composed by George Crumb. String Quartets. Edition Peters. 20th Century. Full score. With full score notation and performance notes. Composed 1970. 9 pages. Duration 24m. Edition Peters #98-EP66304. Published by Edition Peters (PE.EP66304).

ISBN 9790300720364. 16.5x20.5 inches. English.

'Black Angels' (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land) was conceived as a kind of parable on our troubled contemporary world. The numerous quasi-programmatic allusions in the work are therefore symbolic, although the essential polarity - God versus Devil - implies more than a purely metaphysical reality. The image of the 'black angel' was a conventional device used by early painters to symbolize the fallen angel. (George Crumb)

Not only a contemporary classic of the string quartet literature, Crumb's 'Black Angel' is one of his most iconic scores. Produced in large format. 4 Copies needed for performance (performers play from the score).

  • I. Departure
  • II. Absence
  • III. Return