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  • Kronos Quartet Does Crumb’s Black Angels

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    Image via Wikipedia From the NY Times: Anyone’s initial reaction to George Crumb’s “Black Angels,” a 1970 composition for amplified string quartet meant to echo the dark mood of the Vietnam War era, is likely to be a strong one. When the violinist David Harrington first heard the piece, in 1973, his response was to…