|
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
|
Buy Now
Gyorgy Ligeti (Paperback, Main)
Loot Price: R956
Discovery Miles 9 560
|
|
|
Gyorgy Ligeti (Paperback, Main)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
An illuminating study of the life and work of Gyoergy Ligeti, one
of the best-loved and most original composers of our time. For 50
years Gyoergy Ligeti has pursued a boldly independent and
uncompromising course, yet his music is widely loved and admired.
Ever since Stanley Kubrick's (unsanctioned) use of his music on the
soundtrack of 2001: A Space Odyssey, interest in Ligeti has
extended far beyond the classical domain. He is the only living
composer whose complete output, including juvenilia, is being
systematically issued on CD. Published to coincide with the
composer's eightieth birthday, Richard Steinitz's compelling new
book is both an illuminating study of the music and its associative
ideas - drawn from literature, theatre, the visual arts, fractal
mathematics, ethnic cultures and other maverick composers - and of
Ligeti the man. Ligeti has confided in Steinitz a mass of
previously unknown biographical information. The result is an
astonishing account of his early upbringing in Romania, of his
terrifying yet surreal experiences in the war, and of his
difficulties attempting to forge an identity as a young composer
under repressive censorship in Communist Hungary, before his
dramatic escape to the West in 1956. The story continues via
Ligeti's association with the Western avant-garde and his
increasingly masterful sequence of highly individual compositions,
which Steinitz brings vividly to life through informative
commentaries as well as through the composer's own words.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
