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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Notation". Kirzinger, Robert. "György Ligeti – Cello Concerto". allmusic. Retrieved 12 December 2018. "György Ligeti – Études for Piano (Book 2), No...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Micropolyphony (category György Ligeti)
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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Unsuk Chin (category Pupils of György Ligeti)
and studied composition at Seoul National University as well as with György Ligeti at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. The recipient of numerous...
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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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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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Musica ricercata (category Compositions by György Ligeti)
Musica ricercata is a set of eleven pieces for piano by György Ligeti. The work was composed from 1951 to 1953, shortly after the composer began lecturing...
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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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personal work, Aventures (1978). It was based on a piece of music by György Ligeti. He brought the sculptural universe of Lubomir Stepan to life as an...
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of the Southwest German Radio, Baden Baden; Conductor: Ernest Bour (György Ligeti) [Heliodor – 2549 003] "Density 21.5" - Flute: Severino Gazzelloni (Edgard...
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Continuum for harpsichord is a musical composition by György Ligeti composed in 1968, and dedicated to the contemporary harpsichordist, Antoinette Vischer...
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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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former Kingdom of Hungary. György Ligeti was born in Transylvania, after the region was transferred to Romania. Both György Ligeti and Béla Bartók studied...
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György (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟørɟ]) is a Hungarian version of the name George. Some notable people with this given name: György Alexits, as a Hungarian...
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