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	Gyorgy Ligeti
		When Ligeti was a child, his family moved to Cluj (Kolozsvár, Klausenburg), where he was educated and in 1941, began studying composition with Ferenc Farkas at the city's conservatory.
		Ligeti also began developing the orchestral work that became Apparitions (1958-59), which established his international reputation in its memorable premiere at the ISCM Festival in 1960 in Cologne.
		In 1979 Ligeti took time to reconsider the direction in which his music was moving, and the works that followed in the 1980s revealed yet another transformation in his style.
	www153.pair.com /bensav/Compositeurs/Ligeti.G.html (856 words)

	Györgi Ligeti's Aventures: Ode to the discrepancy between word and deed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Their counterparts in Ligeti are the threatening gesture endorsed with ‘vvvvè’ in measure 6 or the mechanical - ‘clockwork-like’ - movements of the singers in measure 45 which are articulated with ‘tit’ ‘cit’ ‘kit’.
		Thus, while Ligeti aimed at reversing the traditional relationship between language and music through trying to coaxe language out of the sound of music, he threatens not only to free music from language as such, but also to rob it from all that is language in music itself.
		György Ligeti : Requiem ; Aventures ; Nouvelles Aventures, Wergo WER 60 045-50, 1985 (with Bruno Maderna!).
	www.d-sites.net /english/ligeti.htm (6808 words)

	Gyorgy Ligeti & Steve Reich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ligeti was born in 1923 in Hungary — a country rich in musical tradition.
		For Ligeti, the world of atonality and serialism was a revelation and he delved into these forms like a child let loose in a candy store.
		Ligeti experimented with polytonality in other forms as well, most famously in Lux Aeterna, the haunting a cappella setting of a Latin mass for the dead which was used so effectively in the score to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/052997/article012.shtml (791 words)

	Gyorgy Ligeti - Biography
		Ligeti survived, although the Nazi occupation destroyed his family, and after the war he resumed his studies with Farkas and Sándor Veress at the Franz Liszt Adademy in Budapest.
		Before Ligeti emigrated to the West, his work was limited by political repression and censorship, which restricted access to new musical ideas and discouraged public presentation of experimental music.
		Ligeti’s ever-evolving style shifted again in the 1980s, when he left behind the static structures of his earlier works and began working with dynamic polyrhythmic techniques.
	www.sonyclassical.com /artists/ligeti/bio.html (1053 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts Friday Review \| Prelude for pygmies
		Ligeti knew that he had to get out of Hungary, and the story of his flight from Budapest to the west is one of the enduring legends of 20th century music.
		Ligeti was never sympathetic to this kind of systemisation, and the dense soundscapes of his Atmosphères and Apparitions use the orchestra as a single, massive instrument, and create a weird sense of musical subsidence with their string glissandos and dense, chromatic clusters.
		Ligeti expressed that division with forensic detail in 1958, in an analysis of Boulez's infamous piece Structures Ia, one of the icons of the short-lived experiment of "total serialism", in which every aspect of music - not just pitch, but volume and rhythm as well - are subjected to systematic organisation.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1064091,00.html (1493 words)

	György Ligeti Edition 2: A Cappella Choral Works - London Sinfonietta Voices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		From Ligeti's late period comes a triptych of "Hölderlin Phantasies." Their 16-voice polyphony transcends the simplistic distinction between tonality and atonality to explore "new kinds of half diatonic, half chromatic harmonies." The resulting sound world of fragmentary, dislocated epiphanies mirrors the unfathomable richness of the great visionary poet to uncanny effect.
		Gyorgy Ligeti has not been greatly known for his music for solo voice--indeed it was not until 2000 that he completed his first mature song cycle--but this disc conveniently collects all his solo vocal music before then along with the Nonsense Madrigals f...
		Gyorgy Ligeti Edition 6 "Keyboard Works", a installment of Sony's attempt to present Ligeti's collected works, includes the composer's pieces for harpsichord and organ, as well as a number of piano works which were not previously included in Gyo...
	www.freeglossary.com /p:B0000029OX (723 words)

	Composer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Of Hungarian-Jewish origin, Ligeti made his career in Hungary until 1956, when he moved to Vienna, now to be influenced by contact with more experimental Western techniques of composition, notably with work at the electronic studios in Cologne.
		In the second of his string quartets, Ligeti made a strong impression, while his Ten Pieces for wind quintet allow a degree of individual virtuosity to the players.
		Ligeti's Requiem, completed in 1965, makes considerable use of counterpoint and is a moving and colourful work.
	www.naxos.com /composer/btm.asp?fullname=Ligeti,%20Gyorgy (200 words)

	ipedia.com: György Ligeti Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		György Ligeti is a Hungarian born composer, widely seen as one of the great composers of instrumental music of the 20th century.
		György Ligeti (born May 28, 1923) is a Hungarian born composer (now living in, and a citizen of, Austria), widely seen as one of the great composers of instrumental music of the 20th century.
		Ligeti was born in Dicsöszentmárton (now Târnaveni) and received his initial musical training in the conservatory at Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca), both in Transylvania.
	www.ipedia.com /gyoergy_ligeti.html (1137 words)

	The Ensemble Sospeso - Gyorgy Ligeti
		Sospeso presents works by Ligeti at the Orensanz Center on January 9, for the preview to the second volume of Sospeso Xponential.
		A Jewish, Hungarian family in Nazi Hungary, Ligeti’s family was imprisoned in a labor camp in 1942.
		Ligeti took a hiatus from composition in 1979.
	www.sospeso.com /contents/composers_artists/ligeti.html (670 words)

	The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
		Gyorgy Ligeti Hamburg Concerto for Horn and Chamber Orchestra
		Gyorgy Ligeti Aventures /Nouvelles Aventures for 3 Singers and 7 Instrumentalists
		Gyorgy Ligeti Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano (Hommage a Brahms)
	www.chambermusicsociety.org /events/subscription_detail.php?id=102 (107 words)

	György Ligeti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ligeti nahm 1973 eine in Hamburg auf die er bis 1989 innehatte.
		Ligetis frühesten Werke sind Erweiterungen der Sprache seines Landsmanns Bela Bartok.
		Bereits in diesem frühem Stadium seiner wurde Ligeti in seiner Arbeit von der Partei Ungarns beeinträchtigt.
	www.uni-protokolle.de /Lexikon/Gy%F6rgy_Ligeti.html (518 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Gyorgy Ligeti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This biography discusses Gyorgy Ligeti's work within the context of the political and cultural history of post-war Europe and places him at the forefront of musical change and innovation during this period.
		Ligeti is a composer who knows who to control his style, not let his style control him.
		Ligeti is one of the most creative composers of the late 20th century, and one of the wittiest.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0714837954 (744 words)

	Gyorgy Ligeti
		Gyorgy Ligeti is a member of Europe’s avant garde composers whose names, Stockhausen, Boulez, Xenakis, Penderecki, Berio (if not music), are well known.
		Ligeti's music has actually been heard by a very large American audience, and the sound of his music of that period might be more familiar than its composer’s name.
		Ligeti was born of Hungarian Jewish parents in Dicsozentmarton, Transylvania, an area that has yo-yoed back and forth between Hungary and Romania.
	www.fuguemasters.com /ligeti.html (673 words)

	Essentials of Music - Composers
		Ligeti is best known for the use of thick clusters of sound in his music, especially his orchestral works.
		In 1956, as a result of the unrest that would lead to the Soviet invasion of Hungary, Ligeti fled to Vienna, and eventually settled in Hamburg.
		In recent years, Ligeti has explored more tonal materials in his works, and in some pieces (for example, the Horn Trio of 1982) returned to his earlier, Bartók-influenced style.
	www.essentialsofmusic.com /composer/ligeti.html (454 words)

	129 Hommage à György Ligeti / Erika Haase, Carmen Piazzini, piano / 2 CDs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 1961 when György Ligeti experienced the première of his "Atmosphères" he asked himself what was wrong with his new work.
		If this little story is true, he surely will see today - 40 years later - that he composed some of the greatest works which can be perfectly described as "avantgarde" and he certainly knows that he is one of the most important composers of the 20th century.
		On May 28th György Ligeti becomes 80 years old and it goes without saying that this event is an occasion to honour and greet him.
	www.tacet.de /ware/01290e.htm (116 words)

	Gyorgy Ligeti Biography / Biography of Gyorgy Ligeti Main Biography
		The Austrian composer György Ligeti (born 1923) was one of the most important figures in the avant-garde of music in Europe.
		György Ligeti was born to Hungarian Jewish parents on May 28, 1923.
		In 1957 Ligeti was invited by Eimert to work at the West German radio electronic studios of Cologne; there, he wrote.....
	www.bookrags.com /biography-gyorgy-ligeti/index.html (243 words)

	Amazon.com: György Ligeti Edition 6: Keyboard Works (Piano, Harpsichord, Organ) - Irina Kataeva / Pierre-Laurent ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Gyorgy Ligeti Edition 6 "Keyboard Works", a installment of Sony's attempt to present Ligeti's collected works, includes the composer's pieces for harpsichord and organ, as well as a number of piano works which were not previously included in Gyorgy Ligeti Edition 3 "Piano Works".
		While I think Ligeti is the greatest living composer, and the two series collecting his works are certainly worth getting, the unexciting piano pieces make this a lesser installment in Gyorgy Ligeti Edition.
		Ligeti even acknowledges the influence of past and contemporary masters (Reich, Chopin), and this is what draws one to these works.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000029OZ?v=glance (2132 words)

	BBC - Music / Profiles - György Ligeti
		A significant figure in the post-war European avant-garde, Ligeti's music has evolved through many phases, and includes orchestral, choral and chamber works, and an opera.
		The complex polyphony of the individual parts is embodied in a harmonic-musical flow, in which the harmonies do not change suddenly, but merge into one another; one clearly discernible interval combination is gradually blurred, and from this cloudiness it is possible to discern a new interval combination taking shape.
		Ligeti was born in Romania to Hungarian parents, and went on to study, and later teach, at Budapest's Franz Liszt Academy
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/profiles/ligeti.shtml (431 words)

	The Gyorgy Ligeti Link Page on Classic Cat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Gyorgy Ligeti - Biography from the Two New Hours radio program on CBC notes his musical development and evolution, his escape from Soviet repression, and his influence.
		Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-) - Brief biographical sketch, portrait, and comments on his orchestral, vocal, and chamber music.
		Ligeti, György Sándor - Biography noting studies, influences, and styles with summary list of works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
	www.classiccat.net /ligeti_g/links.htm (380 words)

	AllRefer.com - GyOrgy Ligeti (Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		GyOrgy Ligeti, Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biographies
		Ligeti, who became a key figure in Europe's musical avant garde, created a distinctive and highly influential style of music that relies on the density and texture of sound masses.
		See GyOrgy Ligeti in Conversation (1983); biographies by P. Griffiths (1983) and R. Toop (1999); study by F. Sallis (1996); R. Richart, GyOrgy Ligeti: A Bio-Bibliography (1991).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LigetiG.html (352 words)

	Moviefone: Gyorgy Ligeti Movie: MAIN
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	Amazon.com: György Ligeti Edition 3: Works for Piano (Etudes, Musica Ricercata) - Pierre-Laurent Aimard: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In the liner notes, Ligeti details many influences on his etudes, including the music of sub-Saharan Africa and its ethnomusicology, the jazz of Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans, and the pianistic composers Scarlatti, Chopin, Schumann and Debussy.
		So, if you are looking for perfection in Ligeti's piano music performances don't doubt about this CD; if you want to discover the piano of the XXth Century this could be a great door to go into, because of the music, because of the performing and because of a perfect recording and booklet.
		Piano music is the theme of this third volume of Sony's "Gyorgy Ligeti Edition", the attempt (continued by Teldec's "The Ligeti Project") to collect all of the composer's work in new performances overseen by Ligeti himself.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000029P0?v=glance (2599 words)

	The Kennedy Men And Gyorgy Ligeti
		Having survived persecution as a Jew during World War II, he fled to West Germany during the Hungarian Revolution, where his early musical development was shaped by his work in the Cologne electronic studios and by the influence of Stockhausen.
		Rather than becoming too closely identified with any single school or movement, Ligeti`s music has drawn on a diverse range of sources, from the folk music of his native Hungary to African and South American World music.
		This stimulating biography discusses Ligeti within the context of the political and cultural history of postwar Europe, and places him firmly at the forefront of musical change and innovation over the past decades.
	www.lowcarbalternatives.net /kennedy.htm (199 words)

	The Swan Maiden And Gyorgy Ligeti: Music of the Imagination
		One of the World's Best known living composers, Gyorgy Sandor Ligeti is widely acknowledged as the most influential and admired creative figure of the late twentieth century.
		Born in 1923 to Hungarian Jewish parents in Transylvania, Romania, Ligeti was profoundly affected by the experiences of his formative years under the shadows of the Nazi and Stalinist regimes.
		Alongside Karlheinz Stock-hausen, Gottfried Michael Koenig, and Herbert Elmert at the first electronic music studio, he was free to develop a pioneering and imaginative musical stylethat consolidated ideas springing from inspirations as varied as the visual arts, literature, theatre, African polyphony, chaos theory, and mathematics.
	www.stonemancat.com /swan.htm (335 words)

	Gyorgy Ligeti HDTVs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		By: Gyorgy Ligeti, Jonathon Nott, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
		By: Gyorgy Ligeti, Elisabeth Chojnacka, Zsigmond SzathmÃ¡ry, Irina Kataeva, Pierre-Laurent Aimard
		By: Gyorgy Ligeti, ASKO Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Peter Masseurs
	hdtvs.shoppingonlineshop.com /d-classical-ArtistSearch-Gyorgy+Ligeti.html (272 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Gyorgy Ligeti: Music and Imagination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		From the earliest compositions, throught the works written when Ligeti first arrived in the west, the "Grand Macabre", the milestone of the Horn Trio, to the latest works - and especially the Piano Etudes, all the major works are carefully considered.
		The turn in Ligeti's work Horn Trio is clearly established, as are other key turning points in Ligeti's oeuvre and this enables a crtitical, historical, approach to the music.
		We can only hope that Ligeti has a late efflorescence (like Elliot Carter), and that this book becomes out-dated and needs to be updated regularly.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0571176313 (796 words)

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