Comments on: Composer Gyoergy Ligeti Has Died http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/12/composer-gyorgy-ligeti-has-died/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:56:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kristian http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/12/composer-gyorgy-ligeti-has-died/comment-page-1/#comment-11629 Kristian Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:24:26 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/12/composer-gyorgy-ligeti-has-died/#comment-11629 Like most composers who have worked with EA music, his acoustic music was forever changed by his early work in the studio at WDR. Ban Levy recently finished a dissertation on the three works completed there - an excellent work if you can get your hands on it. Like most composers who have worked with EA music, his acoustic music was forever changed by his early work in the studio at WDR. Ban Levy recently finished a dissertation on the three works completed there – an excellent work if you can get your hands on it.

]]> By: Paul Davis http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/12/composer-gyorgy-ligeti-has-died/comment-page-1/#comment-11628 Paul Davis Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:19:53 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/12/composer-gyorgy-ligeti-has-died/#comment-11628 Its hard to understate the impact Ligeti had. His style of "orchestral colorism", using an orchestra or choir or both as a set of timbres rather than devices to play melodies with obvious harmonic relationships set the stage for so much electronic music that came later and shared his focus on timbre rather than melodic invention or harmonic revelation. At the very least, checkout his most famous works on the 2001: A Space Odyssey soundtrack. Beautiful. His work isn't related directly to contemporary composers such as Arvo Part or Gorecki, but its hard to imagine their work existing in their known form without Ligeti's own efforts preceding them. Its hard to understate the impact Ligeti had. His style of “orchestral colorism”, using an orchestra or choir or both as a set of timbres rather than devices to play melodies with obvious harmonic relationships set the stage for so much electronic music that came later and shared his focus on timbre rather than melodic invention or harmonic revelation.

At the very least, checkout his most famous works on the 2001: A Space Odyssey soundtrack.
Beautiful. His work isn’t related directly to contemporary composers such as Arvo Part or Gorecki, but its hard to imagine their work existing in their known form without Ligeti’s own efforts preceding them.

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