Star-Child by George Crumb

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."

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. 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. 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.

Starchild

Starchild or Star Child may refer to:

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King Records (Japan)

King Record Co., Ltd. (キングレコード株式会社, Kingu Rekōdo Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese record company, founded in 1931 as a division of Japanese publisher Kodansha. It became and began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s, but remains part of the publisher's Otowa Group. Now one of Japan's largest record companies not to be owned by a multinational entity, it is headquartered in Tokyo.

Sub-labels

Its Starchild label, managed by animation producer Toshimichi Ōtsuki, specialises in anime music and film. King Records also distributes the Up-Front Works–owned and –operated labels Piccolo Town and Rice Music, and also released video games for the PC-88, Famicom, and MSX2 computers.

You! Be Cool is the official sub-label for AKB48.

Venus-B is the company's official urban music imprint.

Evil Line Records is the label's new division, established on April 2014, and comprises artists like Momoiro Clover Z and Meg, among others.

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