Metamorphosis in Music: The Compositions of György Ligeti in the 1950s and 1960s

ISBN-13: 9780199381999 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 304 str.

Benjamin R. Levy

Opis

Metamorphosis in Music examines the evolution of compositional technique in Ligeti's works of the 1950s and 1960s. Through careful analysis of sketches, drafts, and finished scores, it reveals complex influences on the composer's creative process as he moved from the folk-inspired world of Bartok to the forefront of the avant-garde.

Recenzje

Levy points out that Ligeti was not only a composer of music for traditional instruments but also composed several electronic works and was considered somewhat of an authority on electronic music. Levy gives many examples of Ligeti's music and, more important, the sketches and thought processes Ligeti went through to create new works. The music examples show traditional and 21st-century notational techniques, and it is refreshing to see the sketches of Ligeti's music and the unique way he notated his ideas for musical compositions.

O autorze

Benjamin R. Levy is an Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He specializes in twentieth-century and contemporary music and has published on composers including Ligeti, Xenakis, and Feldman. He received the Society for Music Theory's Emerging Scholar Award in 2011.