Further, the organization of movements displays symmetry and palindrome: the instrumentation of each movement follows a palindromic structure: 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4 the first, central and thirteenth movements are titled Threnody God-music and Devil-music stand symmetrically opposite each other. The three stages of this voyage are Departure (fall from grace), Absence (spiritual annihilation) and Return (redemption).' The structure of the work displays the numerological elements important to Crumb, that is, thirteen movements, of which the seventh is the centerpiece. Return God-music (solo) Ancient Voices (duo) Ancient Voices (Echo) (trio) Threnody III: Night of the Electric Insects (tutti) Structure Crumb has stated that, 'The underlying structure of Black Angels is a huge arch-like design which is suspended from the three 'Thenody' pieces. (tutti) Sarabanda de la Muerte Oscura (trio) Lost Bells (Echo) (duo) III.
Crumb has indicated that the composition 'was commissioned by the University of Michigan and first performed by the Stanley Quartet.' For the composition, Crumb used several quotations from previous composers most notably from. Robert Greenberg has interpreted the 'Electric Insects' symbolized by Crumb in Black Angels as representing in military deployment during the Vietnam War. According to Greenberg, 'Electric Insects' was the preferred euphemism which Crumb used to describe the attack helicopters being symbolically referenced by the music being played contra-tonally by high pitched violins to a fast and rapid tempo. According to, the opening is symbolic of the used predominantly during the war in Vietnam as a principal instrument of warfare preferred in American combat operations in the field. The work, as a, is written as an ode or lament for the progress of the war. Background George Crumb writes in the score for this composition that it was written in 'a time of war', in tempore belli, as his reference to the.
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