Beschreibung:
The combination of new insights into Ligeti by people who knew him with new analytical approaches will make this a core publication not only for Ligeti scholars, but also for readers interested in post-war music history and in Hungarian culture.
Introduction"We play with the music and the music plays with us." Sándor Veress and his student György Ligeti - Friedemann SallisTransformational Ostinati in György Ligeti's Sonatas for Solo Cello and Solo Viola - Benjamin DwyerMagicians of Sound - Seeking Ligeti's Inspiration in the Poetry of Sándor Weöres - Ildikó Mándi-Fazekas and Tiborc Fazekas"Make Room for the Grand Macabre!" The Concept of Death in György Ligeti's OeuvreContinuum, Chaos and Metronomes - A Fractal Friendship - Heinz-Otto PeitgenA Kinship Foreseen: Ligeti and African Music. Simha Arom in Conversation - Simha Arom"Play it like Bill Evans": György Ligeti and Recorded Music - Louise DuchesneauRules and Regulation: Lessons from Ligeti's Compositional Sketches - Jonathan W. BernardÀ qui un hommage? The Genesis of the Piano Concerto and Horn Trio - Richard SteinitzCraft and Aesthetics - The Teacher György Ligeti - Wolfgang-Andreas SchultzThe Hamburg Composition Class - Manfred StahnkeThe Bigger Picture: Ligeti's Music and the Films of Stanley Kubrick - Ciarán CrillyInvented Homelands: Ligeti's Orchestras - Paul Griffiths