George Crumb has been a dominant figure in modern music since winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1968 for his orchestral piece "Echoes of Time and the River." Most of Crumb's music has revolved around the voice, however; "Ancient Voices of Children" (1970) represents the culmination of a series of Lorca cycles, dating from the early 60s. Crumb says that the impetus for this setting was the final part of the text: "... and I will go very far ... to ask Christ the lord to give me back my ancient soul of a child."
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