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György Ligeti: Of Foreign Lands and Strange Sounds

György Ligeti: Of Foreign Lands and Strange Sounds

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ISBN10: 1843835509
ISBN13: 9781843835509
Publisher: Boydell Pr
Published: Oct 20 2011
Pages: 336
Weight: 2.25
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.80 Depth: 9.70
Language: English
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.

Shortlisted for the RPS Music Award 2012 for Creative Communication.

György Ligeti: Of Foreign Lands and Strange Sounds offers a new assessment of a composer whose constant exploration of new sound worlds- based on the musics of different cultures and ages - contributed in crucial ways to making him one of the most important musical voices of the last 50 years. The book combines texts by former students, colleagues and friends, who reflect on different and so far unknown aspects of Ligeti's persona, with new musicological interpretations of his style and several of his main works. Among the contributors are some of the most eminent Ligeti scholars, including Richard Steinitz and Paul Griffiths. Louise Duchesneau, Ligeti's assistant of over 20 years, acts not only as contributor but also as co-editor of the volume.

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