MARK ALBURGER, 2022: February 6

Sad to learn, initially from a post by Eliane Lust,

of the death of George Crumb (October 24, 1929 - February 6, 2022) --

a great composer and friend --

who has influenced my work,

ever since I was first introduced to his music by

Dorothy

(who, when I entered for an oboe lesson, had the big score of Ancient Voices of Children [1970] perilously and prominently perched on a stand, as she was preparing for what may have been the area premiere) and

Jim Freeman.

Soon after, George and

Bette had Christmas-gifted me (just realized after these many years, that there's a George and Elizabeth [Bette] Alburger and a George and Elizabeth [Liz] Crumb!)

Black Angels (1970, recorded 1971).

At the time (1972), I was performing in, among other groups, Delaware County Youth Orchestra, and, sitting in the oboe section, couldn't help but notice an adult scraping along, helping out in the back of the viola section, adjacent.

Sure enough, it was George, and so with album tremulously in hand, asked him for his autograph --

voila! (50 years later...)

In the late 90's, fond memories of interviewing George, for 20th-Century Music, at the Ernest Bloch Music Festive festival, where he and I were featured composers,

and being with him a number of times at later Swarthmore College Music concerts over the years...

So,

farewell to a great person and

creative genius,

who will be very much missed!

The day begins with Chris Erdman's sermon on Isaiah 6 at

Davis Community Presbyterian Church Zoom service,

which motivates an editing of Isaiah, Op. 175 (2009)

beginning with I. Hear, O Heavens.

Also compose

January 6, 2021, Op. 381 (2022)
Rudy Giuliani (b. 1944) - November 7, 17, 2020; January 6, 2021

update the Works List site as to

Four Processions, Op. 12 (1978), and provide the day's text re

Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
February 5-6 (After Reading About Lynchings)...
6am Civil Rights Memorial Day, Need More Paper...

But,

before

all

this

finished,

out

the

church for a music swap (some Christmas music turned in by Harriet, and receiving Lenten / Easter selections, of a mixed nature),

then

off

West Sacramento, for brunch at Cornerstone

and

another Pony Express Parallel,

east on Sacramento from Post Office Parking to

Capitol Place Main Entrance,

on the

3rd day of summer (yippee yee-haw!),

high up 4 to

72.

On the return,

ATT finally pulls the service from the old iPhone4S,

but does not,

as had been suggested in text, automatically switch over to the new SE 2020,

so, we're flying blind here vis a vis Google Maps and traffic patterns, settling on what must intuitively be the best route home via I-80, Sparling,

the

long

straightaway

Sievers

eventually to

Sweeney,

Allendale,

505, and

Monte Vista.

Drop Harriet off and proceed with all due alactrity to the

phone store, where

Paxton pretty much achieves everything in short order,

although later will discover that the Contacts transference is incomplete and that the Music program on the computer fails to recognize the change of device