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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 , 2022. THE WASHINGTON POST EZ RE B5

BY EMILY LANGER

George Crumb, a Pulitzer
Prize-winning composer who
challenged musicians and listen-
ers with his unconventional
scores — incorporating curiosi-
ties from whale calls to thimbles
— that epitomized the originality
of the avant-garde, died Feb. 6 at
his home in Media, Pa. He was 92.
Becky Starobin, the president
of his record label, Bridge Rec-
ords, confirmed his death but did
not cite a cause.
Dr. Crumb was one of the most
prominent American composers
of his generation, at times ranked
alongside John Cage and Henry
Cowell in his place in contempo-
rary classical music. He was most
active in the 1960s and 1970s,
winning the 1968 Pulitzer Prize in
music for his orchestral suite
“Echoes of Time and the River,”
but he remained a major figure
well beyond that period.
In 2001, he received a Grammy
Award for best classical contem-
porary composition for “Star-
Child” — a work once described
by New York Times music critic
Harold C. Schonberg as “by far
the most ambitious thing” Dr.
Crumb had ever attempted, re-
quiring, among other compo-
nents, a large orchestra, a chil-
dren’s chorus, eight percussion-
ists playing dozens of instru-
ments and four conductors
leading musicians stationed
throughout the concert hall.
Dr. Crumb was influenced by
Eastern music as well as by late-
19th- and early-20th-century
Western composers including
Mahler, Debussy, Bartok and
Messiaen. But he described him-
self as a “completely intuitive
composer.”
“Composing,” Dr. Crumb told
the London Daily Telegraph in
2009, “for me is like groping in
the dark.”
His intuition and experimenta-
tion led him to novel sounds, such
as those achieved when he in-
structed pianists to pluck the
strings of their instrument or
drum on its metal crossbeam; to
novel notations, with works writ-
ten on staves that curled to form a
peace sign or the swirl of a shell;
and to novel experiences for his
listeners, with musicians moan-
ing or milling about the stage
according to his scores.
Some critics detected in his
work a hint of gimmickry. Even
Dr. Crumb once booed a perform-
ance of one of his own works,
later telling the Philadelphia In-
quirer that he “was just getting
into the spirit of things.” But
many critics found his composi-
tions riveting, a music of its era
but important enough to tran-
scend it.
For decades, Dr. Crumb “has
been turning out scores that have
commanded attention for their
exotically sensual sound colors,
their extravagantly mystical allu-
sions and their impeccable crafts-
manship,” music critic John
Rockwell wrote in the Times in
1983, describing the composer as
“a fascinating, idiosyncratic
American artist.”
Perhaps his best known com-
position was “Black Angels”
(1970), an electric string quartet
that employed amplification to
produce, in the description of the
Library of Congress’s National
Recording Registry, “an icon of
American avant-garde music.”
Dr. Crumb told an interviewer
that he had not “set up to write a
political piece,” but that “the up-
set in the world found its way into
the music, which happens so fre-
quently.” He was referring chiefly
to the Vietnam War.
Musicians shouted and whis-
pered in addition to playing their
instruments, from which they
drew eerie sounds by bowing on
the underside of the strings and

wearing thimbles on their fin-

gers. At one point, the score calls

for the pitch to become “pure

noise.” The result was so haunting

that portions of the work were

used for the soundtrack of “The

Exorcist,” the 1973 supernatural

horror film based on the novel by

William Peter Blatty.

“Black Angels” inspired the

formation in 1973 of the San

Francisco-based Kronos Quartet,

a renowned ensemble known es-

pecially for its performances of

contemporary classical music.

David Bowie ranked the work

among the albums that had most

affected him in his musical ca-

reer.

“It scared the bejabbers out of

me,” Bowie wrote in Vanity Fair in

2003. “It’s still hard for me to hear
      this piece without a sense of
      foreboding. Truly, at times, it
      sounds like the devil’s own work.”
      Another of Dr. Crumb’s noted
      compositions was “Vox Balae-
      nae,” a 1971 work written for
      electric flute, electric cello and
      electric piano but best known for
      the whale calls written into the
      score. Musicians were instructed
      to wear half-masks symbolizing
      “the powerful impersonal forces
      of nature,” with blue light stream-
      ing onto the stage.
      “It was the time when scien-
      tists had just succeeded in record-
      ing the song of whales,” Dr.
      Crumb told the Daily Telegraph,
      “and I was just fascinated by the
      sound. It was like a visitation
      from another world.”
      In works including “Songs,
      Drones and Refrains of Death”
      (1968) and “Ancient Voices of
      Children” (1970), Dr. Crumb set to
      music the verses of the Spanish
      poet Federico García Lorca. Later
      in life, he produced a series of
      American songbooks, in which he
      reimagined American pop tunes,
      spirituals and folks songs, espe-
      cially from his native Appalachia.
      George Henry Crumb Jr. was
      born in Charleston, W.Va., on
      Oct. 24, 1929.
      “The West Virginia hills were
      just a few blocks away,” he told the
      Daily Telegraph, “and I used to
      roam around there all the time,
      listening to the sounds of the
      forest. I guess you could say that’s
      my natural acoustic, especially
      the sounds of a forest at night. I
      love sounds that seem to hang in
      the air, and you can’t tell exactly
      where they’re coming from.”
      Dr. Crumb grew up surround-
      ed by more traditional musical
      sounds, too. His father was a
      clarinetist and his mother a cel-
      list, with both playing in a region-
      al orchestra.
      Dr. Crumb received a bach-
      elor’s degree in 1950 from what
      was then the Mason College of
      Music and Fine Arts and is now
      part of the University of Charles-
      ton. He received a master’s degree
      in music from the University of
      Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in
      1952 and a doctorate in composi-
      tion from the University of Michi-
      gan in 1960.
      In addition to his composing,
      Dr. Crumb taught at the Univer-
      sity of Pennsylvania for more
      than three decades.
      Survivors include his wife of 72
      years, the former Elizabeth May
      Brown, a pianist, of Media; and
      two sons, Peter Crumb of Media
      and David Crumb, a composer, of
      Eugene, Ore. Dr. Crumb’s daugh-
      ter, Ann Crumb, a Broadway ac-
      tress and singer, died in 2019.
      Dr. Crumb was once asked by a
      publication of the University of
      Michigan how he hoped concert-
      goers might prepare themselves
      to hear his work.
      “I guess what the composer
      should say is: Listen with open
      ears and try to fit it together,” he
      replied. “There are the qualities
      of anguish and love, even, pain;
      it’s a mixture of all the things our
      world is made of.”

GEORGE CRUMB, 92

Composer challenged

and captivated listeners

with avant-garde scores

ROB STAROBIN/COURTESY OF BRIDGE RECORDS

George Crumb, a Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award winner, was
one of the most prominent American composers of his generation.

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FRANKLINAUGUSTUSHART

Franklin“Frank” AugustusHartwasborn

November25, 1932,in Seattle,Washington

to ThomasHall Hartand FrancesFleming

McEachern.Frank was namedafterhis dad’s

brother,FranklinA. Hart,aMarinewhoulti-

matelyroseto becomeafour-stargeneral.

Frank grewup in Miami,Florida,then asmall,

quietcity.Tom Hart,his father,anativeAla-

bamian,had movedto Miamiin 1920shortly

afterreturningfromthe FirstWorld War, in

whichhe had servedas alieutenantin the Al-

abamaNationalGuard.Priorto the war,while

stationedon the US-Mexicoborder,Frank’s

fatherhad participatedin the US Military’s

pursuitof PanchoVilla.Afterthe war,inParis,

his fatherwas amemberof the foundingdel-

egationfor the AmericanLegion.

Frank was graduatedfromMiamiHigh School

in June 1950and enteredWest Pointthe next

month.He felt his abilityto succeedin some

of the Army’stoughestchallenges(Beast

Barracks,AirborneTraining,RangerTraining

andPathfinderSchool)camefrombeing

ableto endurethe rigorsof springpractice

footballat MiamiHigh,aschoolthat always

stoodfirst or secondin footballin the state.

The resultwas aseriesof relationshipswith

his high schoolteammatesthat enduredun-

til his death.Frank’snicknameat MiamiHigh

was “Bruiser.”

Frank was graduated21stin aclass of 633.

His plansto becomeapilot in the ArmyAir

Force werethwartedby an eye examearly

in his last year.Instead,he chosethe Infantry.

DuringFrank’sfirst assignmentin Panama,

he spenthalf the tour in the Army’sJungle

WarfareTrainingCenter,whichwas part of

the 33rdInfantryRegiment.Frank’swork as

the leaderof the teamthat taughtambush-

es,raids and patrols,camein handyeleven

yearslaterin Vietnam.AfterPanama,Frank

servedinfantrytoursin the 101stAirborne

Divisionat Fort Campbelland in the 7th In-

fantryDivisionin Korea.

FollowingKorea, the West PointSocialSci-

encesDepartmentsentFrank to Stanford

wherehe obtainedan MA in PoliticalSci-

ence.Althoughgiventhe optionof Columbia,

Harvard,Yale or Princeton,he persuadedthe

Armythat Stanfordhad his desiredprogram

of studies–aco-edgraduateprogram! At

Stanford,Frank met BettyKirkpatrick,agrad-

uatestudentin HistoryfromDenver,Colora-

do.They werein aclass togetherin the first

quarter.Betty was in the frontof the class

whereshe couldinteract withthe Profes-

sor and Frank was in the rear row wherehe

couldsee whowas present–good applica-

tion of infantrytactics.When he first spoke

withher duringagraduatestudentsocial

function,he informedaskepticalBettythat

he wouldmarryher.They becameengaged

at Christmas,1962 and marriedin August,

1963,before returningto Stanfordfor their

secondyear of schooling.

AfterStanford,Frank attendedthe CGSC

at Fort Leavenworthand thenhe and Betty

reportedto West Pointwherehe joinedthe

SocialScienceDepartmentfor threeyears.

He taughtelectivecourseson the historyof

US foreignpolicyduringhis secondand third

year.Itwas one of only 2ofthe 104 electives

that had two sectionsbecauseof the num-

ber of studentswho enrolled.John,theirfirst

son, was bornat West Pointand David,the

secondson, was bornwhenBettyreturned

to Denverin May1968,just beforeFrank

wentto Vietnam.

Frank joinedthe 9th Divisionin the Mekong

Deltain June,1968, servinginitiallyas the 1st

BrigadeExecutiveOfficerto the legendary

ColonelHankEmersonand thenFrank took

overthe 4th Battalion,39thInfantry.Upon

completionof his commandtour,Frank be-

camethe G3 Advisorto the ARVNII Corps.

AfterVietnam,Frank servedas the Aidede

Campand AssistantExecutiveto General

W.C. Westmoreland,the Chiefof Staffof the

Army.Selectedfor attendanceat the Naval

WarCollege,Frank, Bettyand familyspent

apleasantyearat Newport,RhodeIsland.

Theyreturnedto the Pentagon,whereFrank

servedas aMilitaryAssistantto the Under

Secretaryof the Army.Duringthis tour,he

acceptedan offerfromJohnSeigleto join

the CombatArmsTrainingBoard,anew or-

ganizationcreatedin early 1972 by General

Westmorelandto addressthe problemsof

trainingin combatunits.

This was the beginningof anine-yearperi-

od in whichFrank joinedateamheadedby

General WilliamDepuyand General Paul Gor-

manwhichled the revolutionin Armytrain-

ing.Frank becameDeputyPresidentin 1973

and thenPresidentof CATB.In1975, General

GormanmovedFrank to TRADOCheadquar-

ters as his Deputy,with amissionto create

aTrainingDevelopmentInstitutewhichfo-

cusedon trainingconductedby the Army’s

schoolsystem.Frank’smajor achievement

was his role in creatingan NCOEducation

Systemwhichfocusedon separate courses

to train squadleadersand platoonsergeants

for combatarmsbranches.In1979,Frank

moved to Washingtonto headthe ArmyRe-

searchInstitute,the Army’sprincipalR&D

organizationfor training,manpowerand per-

sonnelissues.His missionwas to makethat

organizationmorerelevantto the Armyand

moresupportiveof trainingneeds.

In 1981,Frank retiredfromthe Armyto ac-

ceptapositionas Directorof Educational

TechnologyResearch&Developmentwith

the XeroxCorporation.Uponhis retirement

he receivedthe DistinguishedServiceMedal

for his role in revolutionizingArmytraining.

Twoyears later afterjoiningXerox,he moved

to GE InformationServiceswherehe initial-

ly led trainingorganizations,then technical

organizationsandfinallyanationalsales

forcein that part of GE whichdominatedan

emergingnetworkservicesmarket,Electron-

ic DataInterchange(EDI).RetiringfromGE in

1996,Frank spentanother ten yearsconsult-

ing in leadershipand salesmanagementfor

high-techcompaniesbeforefully retiring.

Frank’sdecorations include the Distin-

guishedServiceMedal,SilverStar withtwo

oak leaf clusters,Legionof Merit,Bronze

Star Medalwith Vand oak leaf cluster,Meri-

toriousServiceMedal,ArmyCommendation

MedalwithVand two oak leaf clusters,Air

Medalwith sevenoak leaf clusters,and Viet-

nameseGallantryCrosswithPalm and with

goldstar.Healso has the CombatInfantry

Badge,ExpertInfantryBadge,SeniorPara-

chutistBadge,PathfinderBadge,RangerTab

and JungleExpertBadge.

Frank’sinterestswerevaried.He occupied

anumberof positionsin avarietyof Episco-

pal Churches,often helpingBetty,who held

positionsat the Diocesanand Provincelevel

and who attendedfour NationalConventions

as amemberof the VirginiaDeputation.He

and Bettywereactivein the development

androlloutof anti-racismtrainingefforts

at the parish,diocesan andprovince levels.

Frank also workedon the genealogyof his

familywhichled him to gain membershipin

theSonsoftheAmericanRevolution.Golf

wasaprimaryoutdoorsactivity.Heand

Bettyboughtawinterhomein San Antonio

and duringthe period2003-2013spenteach

wintertherewhichensuredatwelve-month

golf season.Frank was activein Classof ‘54

activitiesservingas President(1994-2004)

and Vice President(2009-2014)and organiz-

ing aheavilyattendedClassReunionin San

Antonioin 2011.Finally,heand Bettyrealized

that one of theirmissionswas to providea

homefor middle-agedshelterdogs,primarily

dachshunds.

Frank’swife,Betty,preceded him with

her passingin 2016due to complications

fromAlzheimer’s. Frank residedat Good-

win House,Bailey’sCrossroads,from 2015

–2022.He wasan activememberof the

community,whetherhostingweeklypoker

games,selectingandprovidinghistorical

contextfor aweeklymilitaryhistoryvideo,

servingon committeesfor Veteransand

Newcomers,orinaterm as Presidentof the

ResidentAdvisoryCouncil.

Duringthe pastfew months,Frank expe-

riencedastrokeand COVID-19.He diedon

February9, 2022.He was awonderfulman,

militaryofficer,businessleaderand example

to all.

Althoughthe oldestsibling,Frank wasalso

the last survivingone.His brotherRichard,

and his sistersFrancesand Mildredpassed

beforehim.Frank and Bettyare survived

by theirtwo sons,John and David;andtwo

granddaughters,McKenzieand Lexie.

Funeral serviceswill be heldat ChristEpis-

copalChurch,Alexandriaat 10:30a.m.Fri-

day,March18, followedby areceptionin

the churchauditorium.Intermentwith full

militaryhonorswill takeplaceat Arlington

NationalCemeteryat alater date.Memori-

al Contributionsmay be madeto the Animal

WelfareLeagueof Arlington.

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TUROK

ELLENTUROK

EllenTurok (neeKorth) of Rockville,MD,

belovedwifeofMarcA.Turok,daughterof

the late Edwardand Janet Korth, sister of

WilliamRichard(Lois)KorthandBettyAnn

Greenberg;sister-in-lawof RobertH. Turok;

and treasuredauntof Edward(Camille)

Korth and Tyler Turok; diedon February

19, 2022.She was atalentedpianist,artist,

and art therapist.Funeral servicewill be

gravesideon Tuesday,February22, 2022

at King DavidCemeteryin Falls Church,VA

at 1p.m. The familywill not observeShi-

va. No flowers,please.Donationsmay be

madein Ellen’smemoryto the charityof

yourchoice.

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QuartermasterDepotwhichservedas a

receptionpointforAmericanwardead.She

wasassignedto workunderColonelQuinn

intheArmyEffectsBureau,Bettyandher

co-workersoftentypedthe lettersto fallen

servicemen’sfamiliesthatwouldaccompany

the effectsbeingmailedhometo theirloved

ones.InSeptember 1947 shewentto

workfor the AmericanGravesRegistration

Division,thenthe FifthArmyRecruitingDis-

trictand in 1950the Wage and Hourand

PublicContractsDivisionat 911 Walnut.In

1952 she resignedfromthe U.SDepartment

of Labor.For sevendecadesshe continued

to keepnotesusingher shorthandskills.

BettymarriedE.JosephBasgallin1950.

She livedin KansasCityMo for 43 years,

AnnandaleVAfor 30 yearsandRanchoCor-

dova,CA for 20 years.Beingamotherwas

one of the mostimportantpartsof her life.No

matterwheretheylivedor howmanymiles

separatedthem,she maintainedconstant

communicationwith all familymembers.She

wrotewonderfullettersto thosewhowere

distant,and aSundayphonecall was atreat.

Niecesand nephewsreceivedBirthdaycards

not just in childhoodbut throughouttheir

adultlivesas well.She instilledin her family

thatsamedevotionandloveforeachother.

Bettyand Joe enjoyedtheirdailywalkspro-

vidingnot onlythe benefitof exercisebut

gaveher the opportunityto visit withneigh-

borsandmeetnewfriends.Her passions

werecookingand gardening.She lovedto try

newrecipes–from Chinesecookingclasses

to JuliaChildon PBS,food was somethingto

be exploredand enjoyed.In Virginiashe had

15 rosebushes,both heirloomor fragrant

varieties,inpots on her drivewayanda

beautifulgarden.She lovedto readbooks,

magazines,newspapers,dothedailyJumble,

enjoyedPBS and manynewsprograms.Top-

ics she wouldnevertire of conversingwith

familyand friendsaboutwerehealth,politics

and of course,cooking.

Bettywill be laid to rest at CalvaryCemetery

in CitrusHeights.

ACelebrationof her Life to be held at afuture

date.

In lieu of flowers,pleaseconsideradonation

to yourlocalPBS stationin memoryof Betty.

BETTYLOUBASGALL

September11, 1928 –February9, 2022

Of RanchoCordova,California.Bettypassed

awaypeacefullyatherhomeonWednesday,

February9, 2022.Bettywasbornat home,

September11,1928,inKansasCity,MOto

CharlesQuackenbushand Thusnelda(Nellie)

Rohlfing Quackenbush. Betty was the

youngestof ninechildren,EdnaFelt, Harold

Quackenbush,LorraineBuchanan,Charles

WQuackenbush, AnastasiaGoldsworthy,

DorothySpeck,ElizabethQuackenbush,Mary

JStaleyprecededher in death.Her husband

of 60 years,E.JosephBasgall,preceded

her in death(2010).Bettyis survivedby

her childrenJohn(Michael)of San Francisco

CA, Jo Annof Ithaca,NY,Greg (Kristen)of

MapleGrove,MN, Teresa(Nancy)of Berkeley

CA; threegrandchildren,GregTripp-Basgall,

AndrewBasgall,and Ellie Basgalland over 30

belovedniecesand nephews.

Bettywasacreativesoulat heartalways

enjoyingart andmusic.Besidesenjoying

recordingsof her favoritevocalists,she loved

to sing fromher childhoodall the way through

the last weekof her life.Her talentas an artist

wasrecognizedwhenshe wasawardedan

art scholarshipto the KansasCityArt Institute

duringher earlyHighSchoolyears.Always

abrightstudent,she graduatedfromEast

HighSchoolin 1945at the age of 16. Betty

wasdiligentin her workandstudiesand

becamean expertin typingand shorthand.

Bettybeganher careerat the KansasCity

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WILLIAMSON

FREDDYL.WILLIAMSON

Thefamilyof FreddyL. Williamsonof

WashingtonD.C.,announceswithgreat

sorrow,his passingon February2, 2022in

Waldorf,Md. He was bornSeptember25,

1936 in Coward,SouthCarolina.Aviewing

is plannedat Fort LincolnFuneral Home,

3401 BladensburgRoad,Brentwood,Mary-

land on February24, 2022 from 5-8pm.

An additionalviewingwill be held February

25thfrom12:30to 1:30pm,directlyfol-

lowedbythememorialservice.Interment

Fort LincolnCemetery.

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