(1929-) US composer of imagist works. He employed unusual graphics and imaginative sonorities, such as the musical saw in Ancient Voices of Children 1970, settings of poems by the Spanish poet Lorca.

ETYM AS. cruma, akin to Dutch kruim, German krume; cf. German krauen to scratch, claw.
Small piece of e.g. bread or cake.

1. To break into crumbs.
2. To coat with bread crumbs.
3. To remove crumbs from.