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Metamorphosis in Music - The Compositions of Gyoergy Ligeti in the 1950s and 1960s (Hardcover)
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Metamorphosis in Music - The Compositions of Gyoergy Ligeti in the 1950s and 1960s (Hardcover)
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From the mid-1950s through the 1960s, Hungarian composer Gyoergy
Ligeti went through a remarkable period of stylistic transition,
from the emulation of his fellow countryman Bela Bartok to his own
individual style at the forefront of the Western-European
avant-garde. Through careful study of the sketches and drafts, as
well as analysis of the finished scores, Metamorphosis in Music
takes a detailed look at this compositional evolution. Author
Benjamin R. Levy includes sketch studies created through
transcriptions and reproductions of archival material-much of which
has never before been published-providing new, detailed information
about Ligeti's creative process and compositional methods. The book
examines all of Ligeti's compositions from 1956 to 1970, analyzing
little-known and unpublished works in addition to recognized
masterpieces such as Atmospheres, Aventures, the Requieim, and the
Chamber Concerto. Discoveries from Ligeti's sketches, prose, and
finished scores lead to an enriched appreciation of these already
multifaceted works. Throughout the book, Levy interweaves sketch
study with comments from interviews, counterbalancing the
composer's own carefully crafted public narrative about his work,
and revealing lingering attachments to older forms and insights
into the creative process. Metamorphosis in Music is an essential
treatment of a central figure of the musical midcentury, who found
his place in a generation straddling the divide between the modern
and post-modern eras.
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