György Sándor Ligeti

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Birth

Monday, 28 May 1923

Dicsőszentmárton

Groups

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Death

Monday, 12 June 2006

Wien

Austria

Age:

83

Composition list

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Opera and lyrical music

Grand Macabre (Le) • (1977) • Operas

Descente aux Enfers d'Istar (La): soloists-choir-orchestra • N. 95 • Autres œuvres : soli-chœur-orchestre

Instrumental music

Danses de Mariage: piano 4 hands • (1950) • Other dances

Musica Ricercata: piano • (1953) • Album à titre

Passacaille Hongroise: cembalo • (1978) • Old dances

Rock Hongrois: cembalo • (1978) • Danses de salon

March: piano 4 hands • (1942) • Marches

Allegro: piano 4 hands • (1943) • Mouvements de sonates

Bagatelles pour David Tudor: piano • (1961) • Petites pièces de caractère

Pieces de Jeunesse: piano • (1941) • Pièces

Pieces: cembalo • Pièces

Pieces de "Musica ricercata" - version bayan • Pièces

Piece Electronique 3: magnétophone 4 pistes • (1958) • Pièces

Arrache-Coeur (L'): piano • (1994) • Pièces à titre

Continuum: cembalo • (1968) • Pièces à titre

Pieces: 2 pianos • (1976) • Pièces à titre

Volumina: organ • (1966) • Pièces à titre

Horizont: recorder • (1971) • Pièces à titre

Grande Fanfare de la Tortue: trumpet • Pièces à titre

Artikulation: magnétophone 4 pistes • (1958) • Pièces à titre

Glissandi: magnétophone 1 piste • (1957) • Pièces à titre

Invention: piano • (1948) • Pièces académiques

Caprices: piano • (1947) • Pièces de caractère

Etudes - Livre 1 -: piano • (1985) • Pièces de caractère

Etudes - Livre 2 -: piano • (1993) • Pièces de caractère

Etudes - Livre 3 -: piano • Pièces de caractère

Fantaisie Chromatique: piano • (1956) • Pièces de caractère

Etude Polyphonique: piano 4 hands • (1943) • Pièces de caractère

Etudes: organ • Pièces de caractère

Poeme Symphonique: 100 métronomes • (1962) • Pièces de caractère

Sonatine: piano 4 hands • (1950) • “Sonates”

Sonata: viola • (1994) • “Sonates”

Sonata: cello • (1953) • “Sonates”

Symphonic music

Ballade et Danse: small orchestra • Other dances

Anciennes Danses de Societe Hongroise: flute-clarinet-strings • Danses de salon

Harmonies: small orchestra • (1971) • Songs

Fragment: chamber orchestra • (1964) • Pièces

Concert Roumain: orchestra • (1951) • Concerto grosso

Concerto de Chambre: 13 instruments • (1970) • Concerto grosso

Chamber music

Andante et Allegretto: string quartet • (1950) • Chamber music strings

Quatuor 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": strings • (1954) • Chamber music strings

Quartet 2: strings • (1968) • Chamber music strings

Bagatelles: wind quintet • Op. 65b • (1952) • Chamber music winds

Pieces: wind quintet • (1968) • Chamber music winds

Trio: piano-French horn-violin • (1982) • Trios instruments identiques

Hommage à Hilding Rosenberg: violin-cello • (1982) • Duos instruments différents

Pieces: 2 pianos • (1976) • Duos instruments identiques

Trefas Indulo: 2 pianos • (1942) • Duos instruments identiques

Ballade et Danse: 2 violins • (1950) • Duos instruments identiques

Bagatelles: saxophone quartet • (1997) • Chamber music various instruments

Sacred music

Requiem: Soprano-Mezzo-2 choirs-orchestra • N.113 • (1965) • Requiems

Lux Aeterna: 16 voices • N.115 • (1966) • Fragments d'office des défunts

Vocal music

Choirs • Choral pieces isolated

Printemps: choir 5 voices • perdu • (1948) • Choral pieces isolated

Horloges et Nuages: 12 female voices-orchestra • (1973) • Choral pieces isolated with orchestra

He ! Jeunesse • Cycle choral

Hortöbagy: choir • Cycle choral

Loin du Pays • (1946) • Cycle choral

Two-Step de Kallo: choir • Cycle choral

Nonsense Madrigals: 6 male voices • N.141 • Cycle oeuvres vocales : 2 voix et plus

Sommer (Der) • (1989) • Mélodies isolées

Sifflets, Tambours, Violons-Roseaux: Mezzo-percussion • (2000) • Mélodies isolées : voix-instruments

Aventures • (1962) • Oeuvres vocales isolées : 2 voix et plus avec instruments

Aventures (Nouvelles): Soprano-Alto-Baryton-orchestra • (1965) • Oeuvres vocales isolées : 2 voix et plus avec instruments

Chansons de Matraszentimre: mixed choir • (1955) • Choral pieces collection

Fantaisies d'après Holderlin: choir 16 voices • N.135 • (1982) • Choral pieces collection

Canons: 4 voices • N. 81 • Choral pieces collection

Chants de Inalteke: choir • Choral pieces collection

Choirs • N. 94 • (1955) • Choral pieces collection

Etudes Hongroises: mixed choir • N.137 • (1983) • Choral pieces collection

Mysteres du Macabre: Soprano-orchestra • Recueil de mélodies : voix-orchestre

Chants Populaires Hongrois: 2 Sopranos-Mezzo-piano • (1950) • Recueil oeuvres vocales : 2 voix et plus

Melodies d'après Arany: Soprano-piano • Song collections

Melodies d'après Weöres: Soprano-piano • N. 32 • (1947) • Song collections

Concertante music

Mysteres du "Macabre": trumpet-orchestra • (1997) • Autres pièces concertantes pour trompette

Concerto "De Hambourg": French horn-orchestra • (1999) • French horn concertos

Concerto: piano-orchestra • (1986) • Piano concertos

Concerto (Double): flute-oboe-orchestra • (1972) • Concertos pour Plusieurs vents

Concerto: violin-orchestra • (1992) • Violin concertos

Concerto: cello-orchestra • (1966) • Cello concertos

Compositions sorted on opus (if available)

N. 32

Melodies d'après Weöres: Soprano-piano • (1947) • Song collections

N. 81

Canons: 4 voices • Choral pieces collection

N. 94

Choirs • (1955) • Choral pieces collection

N. 95

Descente aux Enfers d'Istar (La): soloists-choir-orchestra • Autres œuvres : soli-chœur-orchestre

N.113

Requiem: Soprano-Mezzo-2 choirs-orchestra • (1965) • Requiems

N.115

Lux Aeterna: 16 voices • (1966) • Fragments d'office des défunts

N.135

Fantaisies d'après Holderlin: choir 16 voices • (1982) • Choral pieces collection

N.137

Etudes Hongroises: mixed choir • (1983) • Choral pieces collection

N.141

Nonsense Madrigals: 6 male voices • Cycle oeuvres vocales : 2 voix et plus

Op. 65b

Bagatelles: wind quintet • (1952) • Chamber music winds

perdu

Printemps: choir 5 voices • (1948) • Choral pieces isolated

Sheet music for Gyorgy Sandor Ligeti

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Gyorgy Ligeti: Atmospheres — Gyorgy Ligeti

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Materials for Communicating Music. Composed by Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006). Listening Lab. Text. With Standard notation. 64 pages. Universal Edition #UE026316. Published by Universal Edition (PR.UE026316).
Price: $59.00

Gyorgy Ligeti: Eine Monographie — Gyorgy Ligeti

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Eine Monographie. Composed by Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) and Wolfgang Burde. This edition: Hardback/Hard Cover. Book. Edition Schott. Classical. 280 pages. Schott Music #ATL 6184. Published by Schott Music (HL.49013187).
Price: $49.00

Regi magyar tarsas tancok — Gyorgy Ligeti

flute, clarinet and strings — Set of Parts —
(Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances). Composed by Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006). Arranged by Gyorgy Ligeti. Sheet music. Concertino (Chamber Orchestra). Set of Parts. Composed 1949. Duration 11'. Schott Music #CON 188-50. Published by Schott Music (HL.49027585).
Price: $55.00

etudes pour Piano (-premier livre-) — Gyorgy Ligeti

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By Gyorgy Ligeti. By Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) and Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992). Listening CD. Wergo #WER 60134-50. Published by Wergo (NX.WER-60134-50).
Price: $18.00

Regi magyar tarsas tancok — Gyorgy Ligeti

flute, clarinet and strings — Score —
(Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances). Composed by Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006). Arranged by Gyorgy Ligeti. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Concertino (Chamber Orchestra). Score. Composed 1949. 44 pages. Duration 11'. Schott Music #CON 188. Published by Schott Music (HL.49001892).
Price: $31.00

Harom Weores-dal — Gyorgy Ligeti

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Three Songs on Poems by Sandor Weores - for Voice and Piano. Composed by Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006). This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Schott. Composed 1946-1947. 16 pages. Duration 6'. Schott Music #ED 8453. Published by Schott Music (HL.49032615).
Price: $19.00

Bartok: Mikrokosmos; Gyorgy Sa — Gyorgy Sandor

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By Gyorgy Sandor. By Bela Bartok (1881-1945). 2 CDs. Published by Naxos (NX.SONY52528).
Price: $29.00

Notenbilder — Gyorgy Ligeti

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Ligeti-Portrait. Composed by Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006). This edition: Folder. Accessories. Schott Composer Card. 1 pages. Schott Music #SKK 30. Published by Schott Music (HL.49016236).
Price: $450.00

Notenbilder — Gyorgy Ligeti

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Ligeti-Portrait. Composed by Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006). Accessories. Schott-Komponisten-Karte. 1 pages. Schott Music #SKK 30-01. Published by Schott Music (HL.49016237).
Price: $76.00

Boulez Conds Ligeti — Gyorgy Ligeti

— listening compact disc —
Composed by Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006). Listening compact disc. Published by Deutsche Grammophon (NX.4398082).
Price: $16.00

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Music:

Started with Hungarian folk music. After his flight to the West the contact with electronic music resulted in a new musical language, exploring the frontiers of tone and sound. His music is usually very hard on the performers too, demanding the maximum in technique and temperament. His oeuvre is not large but the uniqueness of his compositions makes him one of the leading composers of his time.

Biography:

After World War II Ligeti lived in Budapest, where he finished conservatory. There he was teacher for harmony, counterpoint and analysis till the Hungarian uprising. After his flight to the west in 1956 he came into contact with Eimert, Stockhausen and Koenig in Köln. His 1960 composition Apparitions was a breakthrough for him in modern music. From 1959 untill 1969 Ligeti lived in Vienna, later in Berlin, and from 1973 onwards in Hamburg. In 1989 he stopped teaching at the conservatory there, to dedicate himself to composition.

Ligeti was interviewed by Richard Dufallo at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, November 1986. He admired Bartok when he was young, yet never met him. He lived with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Germany for 3 months as an apprentice — where Stockhausen arranged the first major performances of Ligeti’s works. His music "Atmospheres" is used in the film "2001 Space Odessy." (Contribution by <dbaca@mail.twu.edu>.)