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His interest in incorporating improvisatory and aleatory elements in his music reflects his great\ninterest and background in jazz.","In the 1960s, he developed his mature style based on exploring the sound capabilities of traditional\ninstruments and electronically synthesized sound, as well as relationships between the two.\nReconnaissance (1967) was one of the first compositions of its day to utilize the interaction of real-time\nperformance with electronically generated sounds. Such works as Fallout (1964), Kyrie (1965), Fission\n(1968) and The Purple-Roofed Ethical Suicide Parlor (1972) reflect his response to the Cold War and\nthe Vietnam conflict, and contain violent sonorous explosions. In the 1970s he embarked on a series of\nvirtuoso concertos that made increased technical demands on performers.","His works from the 1980s and 90s reveal a greater emphasis on counterpoint and chromaticism than in\nhis earlier works. Furthermore, he used chorales and hymns in such works as the Concerto for Brass\nand Orchestra (1986), Watchman Fantasy (1988), Children's Song (1995) and Sunlit Peaks and Dark\nValleys (1995). His Ritual Observances (1991) for orchestra was written to honour the bicentennial of the\ndeath of Mozart; as a basis for this work Erb used music from the first eight bars of the 'Lachrymosa' of\nMozart's Requiem. In all of these works the borrowed passages are seldom clearly audible and fragments\nare usually used as compositional germs.","Source: John G. Suess. \"Erb, Donald.\" Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University\nPress, accessed October 24, 2012, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/\nmusic/08910.\n","The Donald Erb Collection was donated by Radford University Music Professor Bruce Mahin, a personal a personal friend of composer Donald Erb. 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His interest in incorporating improvisatory and aleatory elements in his music reflects his great\ninterest and background in jazz.","In the 1960s, he developed his mature style based on exploring the sound capabilities of traditional\ninstruments and electronically synthesized sound, as well as relationships between the two.\nReconnaissance (1967) was one of the first compositions of its day to utilize the interaction of real-time\nperformance with electronically generated sounds. Such works as Fallout (1964), Kyrie (1965), Fission\n(1968) and The Purple-Roofed Ethical Suicide Parlor (1972) reflect his response to the Cold War and\nthe Vietnam conflict, and contain violent sonorous explosions. In the 1970s he embarked on a series of\nvirtuoso concertos that made increased technical demands on performers.","His works from the 1980s and 90s reveal a greater emphasis on counterpoint and chromaticism than in\nhis earlier works. Furthermore, he used chorales and hymns in such works as the Concerto for Brass\nand Orchestra (1986), Watchman Fantasy (1988), Children's Song (1995) and Sunlit Peaks and Dark\nValleys (1995). His Ritual Observances (1991) for orchestra was written to honour the bicentennial of the\ndeath of Mozart; as a basis for this work Erb used music from the first eight bars of the 'Lachrymosa' of\nMozart's Requiem. In all of these works the borrowed passages are seldom clearly audible and fragments\nare usually used as compositional germs.","Source: John G. Suess. \"Erb, Donald.\" Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University\nPress, accessed October 24, 2012, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/\nmusic/08910.\n","The Donald Erb Collection was donated by Radford University Music Professor Bruce Mahin, a personal a personal friend of composer Donald Erb. 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He was the recipient\nof numerous awards, prizes, fellowships and commissions.","Erb's approach to composition was mainly intuitive, but was based upon a strong foundation of musical\ncraftsmanship. His conception of form was fundamentally organic: he frequently used a specific\nintervallic configuration or cell, melodic or rythmic motives, and/or sonic gestures as the basis for\na whole movement or work. He employed these 'seeds' to generate growth through developmental\nprocesses - using varieties of textures and sonorities as well as limited aleatoricism - towards a goalorientated\nsuccession of climaxes, analogues to the concept of variation. Although his works always have\na tonal foundation, he used contemporary means, such as pitch repetition and pedal points, to establish\na sequence of fluctuating tonics. His works are analogous to traditional forms and exhibit clear musical\nstructures. His interest in incorporating improvisatory and aleatory elements in his music reflects his great\ninterest and background in jazz.","In the 1960s, he developed his mature style based on exploring the sound capabilities of traditional\ninstruments and electronically synthesized sound, as well as relationships between the two.\nReconnaissance (1967) was one of the first compositions of its day to utilize the interaction of real-time\nperformance with electronically generated sounds. Such works as Fallout (1964), Kyrie (1965), Fission\n(1968) and The Purple-Roofed Ethical Suicide Parlor (1972) reflect his response to the Cold War and\nthe Vietnam conflict, and contain violent sonorous explosions. In the 1970s he embarked on a series of\nvirtuoso concertos that made increased technical demands on performers.","His works from the 1980s and 90s reveal a greater emphasis on counterpoint and chromaticism than in\nhis earlier works. Furthermore, he used chorales and hymns in such works as the Concerto for Brass\nand Orchestra (1986), Watchman Fantasy (1988), Children's Song (1995) and Sunlit Peaks and Dark\nValleys (1995). His Ritual Observances (1991) for orchestra was written to honour the bicentennial of the\ndeath of Mozart; as a basis for this work Erb used music from the first eight bars of the 'Lachrymosa' of\nMozart's Requiem. In all of these works the borrowed passages are seldom clearly audible and fragments\nare usually used as compositional germs.","Source: John G. Suess. \"Erb, Donald.\" Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University\nPress, accessed October 24, 2012, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/\nmusic/08910.\n"],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Donald Erb Collection was donated by Radford University Music Professor Bruce Mahin, a personal a personal friend of composer Donald Erb. 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