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	György Ligeti (1923-2006) has been called "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century".		{{Wikipedia}}
			'''György Ligeti''' (1923-2006) has been called "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century".

	Ligeti composed over 80 concert works. Several of them employed microtonal techniques in small or large ways.		Ligeti composed over 80 concert works. Several of them employed microtonal techniques in small or large ways.

	== Large ensembles ==		== Large ensembles ==

	* The [[wikipedia:Hamburg_Concerto\|Hamburg Concerto]] uses 4 natural horns with different fundamentals to achieve a xenharmonic effect, described by Ligeti as "weird" and "harmonies [...] that had never been used before".		* The [[wikipedia:Hamburg_Concerto\|Hamburg Concerto]] uses 4 natural horns with different fundamentals to achieve a xenharmonic effect, described by Ligeti as "weird" and "harmonies [...] that had never been used before".
	* [[wikipedia:Ramifications_(Ligeti)\|Ramifications]] is scored for two string sections tuned a quarter-tone apart.		* [[wikipedia:Ramifications_(Ligeti)\|Ramifications]] is scored for two string sections tuned a quarter-tone apart.
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	== Chamber ensembles ==		== Chamber ensembles ==

	* In Six Bagatelles, movement 3, for wind quintet, the rhythmic ostinato that begins in other instruments is modified to use the 7th partial when taken over by the horn.		* In Six Bagatelles, movement 3, for wind quintet, the rhythmic ostinato that begins in other instruments is modified to use the 7th partial when taken over by the horn.

	== Solo ==		== Solo ==

	* Passacaglia Ungherese for solo harpsichord specifies a preferred tuning of some type of [[Meantone\|meantone temperament]]. The greater consonance of the 3rds and 6ths is structurally essential to the composition, which "a two-bar canon [that] produces an interval cycle composed entirely of major thirds and minor sixths that includes all twelve tones [https://escholarship.org/content/qt5xn297x9/qt5xn297x9_noSplash_22b8b84fa4b418a3832b30e5f1258d6a.pdf (Amy Bauer, "Codes, Constraints, and the Loss of Control in Ligeti’s Keyboard Works"]).		* Passacaglia Ungherese for solo harpsichord specifies a preferred tuning of some type of [[Meantone\|meantone temperament]]. The greater consonance of the 3rds and 6ths is structurally essential to the composition, which "a two-bar canon [that] produces an interval cycle composed entirely of major thirds and minor sixths that includes all twelve tones [https://escholarship.org/content/qt5xn297x9/qt5xn297x9_noSplash_22b8b84fa4b418a3832b30e5f1258d6a.pdf (Amy Bauer, "Codes, Constraints, and the Loss of Control in Ligeti’s Keyboard Works"]).

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	György Ligeti (1923-2006) has been called "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century".		György Ligeti (1923-2006) has been called "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century".

	Ligeti composed over 80 concert works. Several of them employed microtonal techniques in small or large ways~~. Let us document them here~~.		Ligeti composed over 80 concert works. Several of them employed microtonal techniques in small or large ways.

	== Large ensembles ==		== Large ensembles ==

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	Ligeti composed over 80 concert works. Several of them employed microtonal techniques in small or large ways. Let us document them here.		Ligeti composed over 80 concert works. Several of them employed microtonal techniques in small or large ways. Let us document them here.

	== ~~In symphonic music~~ ==		== Large ensembles ==

			* The [[wikipedia:Hamburg_Concerto\|Hamburg Concerto]] uses 4 natural horns with different fundamentals to achieve a xenharmonic effect, described by Ligeti as "weird" and "harmonies [...] that had never been used before".
			* [[wikipedia:Ramifications_(Ligeti)\|Ramifications]] is scored for two string sections tuned a quarter-tone apart.
			* [[wikipedia:Violin_Concerto_(Ligeti)\|Violin Concerto]], which bears a fuller analysis of microtonal techniques, includes scordatura section tuning, natural harmonics, and 4 ocarinas.

	~~Two sections tuned a quarter-tone apart~~		== Chamber ensembles ==

	~~== Works~~ for ~~harpsichord~~ in ~~meantone ==~~		* In Six Bagatelles, movement 3, for wind quintet, the rhythmic ostinato that begins in other instruments is modified to use the 7th partial when taken over by the horn.

			== Solo ==

	~~Chaconne~~, ~~I believe~~.		* Passacaglia Ungherese for solo harpsichord specifies a preferred tuning of some type of [[Meantone\|meantone temperament]]. The greater consonance of the 3rds and 6ths is structurally essential to the composition, which "a two-bar canon [that] produces an interval cycle composed entirely of major thirds and minor sixths that includes all twelve tones [https://escholarship.org/content/qt5xn297x9/qt5xn297x9_noSplash_22b8b84fa4b418a3832b30e5f1258d6a.pdf (Amy Bauer, "Codes, Constraints, and the Loss of Control in Ligeti’s Keyboard Works"]).

	~~== Use of 7th partial for horn ==~~


	~~In Six Bagatelles.~~

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György Ligeti (1923-2006) has been called "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century".

Ligeti composed over 80 concert works. Several of them employed microtonal techniques in small or large ways. Let us document them here.

== In symphonic music ==

Two sections tuned a quarter-tone apart

== Works for harpsichord in meantone ==

Chaconne, I believe.

== Use of 7th partial for horn ==

In Six Bagatelles.

[[Category:Composers]]