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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 == | ||
* 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. | |||
== 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. | |||
== 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"]). | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:17, 6 August 2026
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.
Large ensembles
- The 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".
- Ramifications is scored for two string sections tuned a quarter-tone apart.
- Violin Concerto, which bears a fuller analysis of microtonal techniques, includes scordatura section tuning, natural harmonics, and 4 ocarinas.
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.
Solo
- Passacaglia Ungherese for solo harpsichord specifies a preferred tuning of some type of 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 (Amy Bauer, "Codes, Constraints, and the Loss of Control in Ligeti’s Keyboard Works").