György Ligeti: Partituras medio

Ligeti wrote this piece during his studies, influenced by the style of his role models Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály. Time, dynamics and tempo changes provide delightful contrasts in the both modern a...

Stimmensatz - Klavier, 2 Sopran-Blockflöten, 5 Schlagzeuge, 4 Violinen I, 4 Violinen II, 4 Violinen III, 3 Violoncelli, 2 Kontrabässe

2-3stimmigen Kinderchor (Frauenchor, ad lib. Männerchor) a cappella

18th century ballroom dances.

18th century ballroom dances.

When Ligeti taught composition at the University of Stockholm in the 1960s, he met his famous Swedish fellow composer Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985). Ligeti wrote this musical greeting on the occasion...

Mit jugendlicher und unbeschwerter Ironie entlässt dieses Stück das Publikum mit einem Schmunzeln aus dem Konzert. Ideal für junge oder jung gebliebene Chöre.

Beide Kanons sind im strengen Stil gehalten, wirken aber ganz unterschiedlich: Während der erste das Strömen des Flusses in tonaler Harmonik illustriert, versinnbildlicht der zweite (für Frauenchor ge...

Since the time of his childhood in Transylvania, Ligeti had been familiar with both Hungarian and Romanian folk music. He makes reference to approximately fifty folk song arrangements similar to Négy...

Volumina, composed by György Ligeti for organ solo with performance instructions in English in digital sheet music format [EP5983A].

The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 8)

Frauen- oder Kinderchor (SMezA)

Ligeti's two-act opera in four scenes, 'Le Grand Macabre', is intense, brilliant music theatre between parody and grave seriousness, between folly and wisdom. His one and only opera, which is exceptio...

Ligeti illustre d'abord la transition de la nuit au jour par un double canon à huit voix, puis dans un style s'approchant de plus en plus du motet. Avec des onomatopées comme le chant du coq, le tic-t...

Quienes estén familiarizados con las composiciones vocales de Ligeti se sorprenderán ante esta miniatura musical aparentemente sencilla y simple, basada en un poema de Hölderlin. Aunque se compuso en...