His few large-scale works include Echoes of Time and the River (1967), which won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music, and Star-Child (1977), which won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition however, his output consists of mostly music for chamber ensembles or solo instrumentalists. The unusual timbres he employs evoke a surrealist atmosphere which portray emotions of considerable intensity with vast and sometimes haunting soundscapes. Crumb's compositions are known for pushing the limits of technical prowess by way of frequent use of extended techniques. Early in his life he rejected the widespread modernist usage of serialism, developing a highly personal musical language which "range in mood from peaceful to nightmarish". (24 October 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an American composer of avant-garde contemporary classical music.
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