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Romania (1923 – 2006)
György Sándor Ligeti; (May 28, 1923 – June 12, 2006) was a Jewish Hungarian composer born in Romania who later became an Austrian citizen.
Ligeti received his initial musical training in the conservatory at Kolozsvár (Cluj, Transylvania, Romania). His education was interrupted in 1943 when, as a Jew, he was forced to labor by the Nazis. At the same time his parents, brother, and other relatives were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, his mother being the only survivor.
Following the war, Ligeti returned to his studies in Budapest, graduating in 1949. He studied under Pál Kadosa, Ferenc Farkas, Zoltán Kodály and Sándor Veress. He went on to do ethnomusicological work on Romanian folk music, but after a year returned to his old school in Budapest, this time as a teacher of harmony, counterpoint and musical analysis. However, communications between Hungary and the west had been cut off by the then communist government, and Ligeti had to secretly listen to radio broadcasts to keep abreast of musical developments. In December of 1956, two months after the Hungarian revolution was put down by the Soviet Army, he fled to Vienna and eventually took Austrian citizenship.
Before Ligeti emigrated to the West, his work was limited by political repression and censorship, which restricted access to new musical ideas and discouraged public presentation of experimental music.
Ligeti received his initial musical training in the conservatory at Kolozsvár (Cluj, Transylvania, Romania). His education was interrupted in 1943 when, as a Jew, he was forced to labor by the Nazis. At the same time his parents, brother, and other relatives were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, his mother being the only survivor.
Following the war, Ligeti returned to his studies in Budapest, graduating in 1949. He studied under Pál Kadosa, Ferenc Farkas, Zoltán Kodály and Sándor Veress. He went on to do ethnomusicological work on Romanian folk music, but after a year returned to his old school in Budapest, this time as a teacher of harmony, counterpoint and musical analysis. However, communications between Hungary and the west had been cut off by the then communist government, and Ligeti had to secretly listen to radio broadcasts to keep abreast of musical developments. In December of 1956, two months after the Hungarian revolution was put down by the Soviet Army, he fled to Vienna and eventually took Austrian citizenship.
Before Ligeti emigrated to the West, his work was limited by political repression and censorship, which restricted access to new musical ideas and discouraged public presentation of experimental music.
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tim4tw wrote:
dat Requiem......
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kelspooky wrote:
"This Requiem of his is really hurting my ears. I love it, but it hurts! What is this i dont even". I feel like it's slowly blowing up my mind
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megajosh2 wrote:
@ax-ax I had a similar experience when I first heard some Stockhausen.
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ax-ax wrote:
This Requiem of his is really hurting my ears. I love it, but it hurts! What is this i dont even
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Areskelian wrote:
Too Ligeti to quit [2]
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Love the profile pic.
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wirklich feinster Drone.
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Main picture is supercool.
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henriquee_t88 wrote:
A jewish hungaro-romano-austrian? What are the odds...
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Lezbonica wrote:
Too Ligeti to quit...?
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barryvs wrote:
Ligeti-t on? No? I feel this has been done.
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SaloMusic wrote:
Крутой
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AWESOMENESS
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rod32lop wrote:
Do you still this upset? I guarantee that this was all a big misunderstanding.
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IAJP wrote:
V i totally agree with that sentiment, though i would add edgard varése and karlheinz stockhausen. those four dudes make it for me.
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Diothalamus wrote:
him and xenakis completely changed my concept of what music is and can be.
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Devil's Staircase is totally nbd
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matsinyou wrote:
now let's go roaming in 0.0
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a_ste wrote:
Ramification is my favorite
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