War and Death in the Music of George Crumb

Introduction






Crumb, The Winds of Destiny, and Black Angels
Chapter Summaries

Chapter 1. Analyzing Memory and Trauma in the Music of Crumb






Methodologies





Collective Memory and Trauma



Death in Wartime



Collective Memory, Sound, Space, and Place



Memory and Musical Analysis




A Crisis of Collective Memory

Chapter 2. Collective Haunting and the Civil War






Trauma and Memory



Ghosts and Memory





"Beautiful Dreamer"



"Bringing in the Sheaves"




"Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory"



Conclusion

Chapter 3. The Winds of Destiny and the Musical Grotesque






Collective Civil War Memory



Victorious Belliphonic



Creating the Grotesque: Mahler's Funeral March



Musical Grotesque



A Grotesque Musical Memorial



Conclusion

Chapter 4. Black Angels, The Things They Carried, and the Vietnam War






Black Angels Reception



Notions of Truth and Narrative



Trauma, Morality, and Blurriness



Things



Happening-Truth and Story-Truth





"Night of the Electric Insects"



"Bones and Flutes"



"Pavana Lachrymae"




Return

Chapter 5. Place and Subjectivity in Black Angels






Place, Wilderness, and Nature





"Night of the Electric Insects"



Placelessness



"Lost Bells"




God, the Devil, and the Morality of War



Listening

Chapter 6. Conclusion: Ongoing Crisis






Ongoing Crisis of Collective Memory