György Sándor Ligeti (/ˈlɪɡəti/; Hungarian: [ˈliɡɛti ˈɟørɟ ˈʃaːndor]; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical...
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This is a list of compositions by György Ligeti. Source: Concert românesc (1951) Cello Concerto, for Siegfried Palm (1966) Chamber Concerto, for 13 instrumentalists...
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Lux Aeterna is a piece for a 16-part mixed choir, written by György Ligeti in 1966. It is most famous for its use in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001:...
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The Requiem by the Hungarian composer György Ligeti is a large-scale choral and orchestral composition, composed between 1963 and 1965. The work lasts...
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Atmosphères (category Compositions by György Ligeti)
Atmosphères is a piece for orchestra, composed by György Ligeti in 1961. It is noted for eschewing conventional melody and metre in favor of dense sound...
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The Hungarian composer György Ligeti composed a cycle of 18 études for solo piano between 1985 and 2001. They are considered one of the major creative...
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György Ligeti (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟørɟ ˈliɡɛti]; born 19 December 1973) is a Hungarian indie musician, record producer, best known as the lead...
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Waltz, Richard Strauss' symphonic poem Also sprach Zarathustra, and György Ligeti's Atmosphères. The soundtrack has been re-issued multiple times, including...
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Notation". Kirzinger, Robert. "György Ligeti – Cello Concerto". allmusic. Retrieved 12 December 2018. "György Ligeti – Études for Piano (Book 2), No...
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Eva Ligeti (born 1950), Canadian lawyer and the first Environmental Commissioner of Ontario György Ligeti (1923–2006), Hungarian composer Lajos Ligeti (1902–1987)...
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classical music, such as that of Gustav Mahler, Krzysztof Penderecki, György Ligeti, John Cage, Ingram Marshall, and Max Richter. In 1954, U.S. Marshal...
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Poème symphonique (category Compositions by György Ligeti)
Poème symphonique is a 1962 composition by György Ligeti for one hundred mechanical metronomes. It was written during his brief acquaintance with the...
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Le Grand Macabre (category Operas by György Ligeti)
revised 1996) is the third stage production by Hungarian composer György Ligeti, and his only major stage-work. Previously, he had created two absurdist...
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The Sonata for Solo Cello is an unaccompanied cello sonata written by György Ligeti between 1948 and 1953. The piece was initially received poorly by the...
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for Violin, Horn and Piano by György Ligeti was completed in 1982. The piece was a turning point in Ligeti’s career. Ligeti had composed little since he...
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years. Le Dizès collaborated with composers such as Pierre Boulez and György Ligeti, and commissioned new chamber music works. She taught at the Regional...
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and thirteenth piano études of György Ligeti. One of his most notable recordings is that of the first two books of Ligeti's piano études. He has also performed...
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Artikulation is an electronic composition by György Ligeti. Composed and notated in January and February 1958, the piece was prepared and recorded on...
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of Music, where he met his wife, Márta Kinsker, as well as composer György Ligeti, who became a close friend. His piano teacher at the academy was Pál...
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including Syzygys: Complete Studio Recordings (2003, Tzadik #7240). György Ligeti was interested in their music, and he mentions their track "Fauna Grotesque"...
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Phil Keaggy, Wes King, and Scott Dente Invention (Ligeti), a 1948 piano composition by György Ligeti Inventions (album), a 1965 album by Sandy Bull Inventions...
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Micropolyphony is a kind of polyphonic musical texture developed by György Ligeti, which consists of many lines of dense canons moving at different tempos...
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The Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by György Ligeti is a violin concerto written for and dedicated to the violinist Saschko Gawriloff. A performance...
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liner). György Ligeti. Deutsche Grammophon. 474327-2. Ligeti, György (1996). György Ligeti Edition Vol. 1 – String Quartets and Duets (CD liner). György Ligeti...
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Christian Wilhelm Berger, Gheorghe Ciobanu, Boldizsár Csiky, Anita Hartig, György Ligeti, Mariana Nicolesco, Tiberiu Olah, Sigismund Toduță, and Adela Zaharia...
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Lux Aeterna (Terje Rypdal album) (2002) Lux Aeterna (Ligeti), a 1966 choral work by György Ligeti used in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey "Lux Aeterna"...
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written in the 20th century include those related to traditional ones (György Ligeti) and those that require wholly unorthodox technique (John Cage). Studies...
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of contemporary composers György Ligeti and Steve Reich on his African Rhythms (2003) Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Ligeti, György; Reich, Steve; Arom, Simha;...
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traditional and popular music styles. Ligeti is of Hungarian ancestry and is the son of the noted composer György Ligeti (1923–2006). He holds a master's degree...
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Ramifications is a composition for strings by Hungarian composer György Ligeti. It was finished in 1968 and premiered in 1969. The composition is dedicated...
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