About this title: Nearly contemporary with his acclaimed masterpiece Ancient Voices of Children (1970), George Crumb's Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death (1968) bears many similarities with it and may be considered as cut from the same cloth, since both cycles are part of Crumb's larger concentration on setting the poetry of Federico García Lorca. Along with Night Music I (1963), the two books of Madrigals (1962-1969), and Night of the Four Moons (1969), this dark work also represents the development of Crumb's mystical style, which was refreshingly original for the time in its allusiveness and eclectic ...
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