Great composer passes

ecarroll · 06-12-2006, 08:16 PM

The music world lost a giant today...

http://www.schott-music.com/news/kom...show,3336.html

EC

tpter1 · 06-12-2006, 08:30 PM

A moment of silence to honor the memory of a great composer as he now enters the realm of great history.

Alex Yates · 06-12-2006, 09:00 PM

A sad day indeed. I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. Ligeti in 1987. He was the winner of the Grawmeyer Award for Composers (in Louisville) and I was in the orchestra that premiered his work. (sorry, but the title escapes me at the moment.....sleep deprivation will do that.....) Thank you for the music Mr. Ligeti. May he rest in peace.

trpt2345 · 06-12-2006, 09:09 PM

A great loss. It's what awaits us all, but it is sad for us who are left behind. Really great composer.

Michael McLaughlin

"One has a nose. The nose scents and it chooses. An artist is simply a kind of pig snouting truffles."
Igor Stravinsky

dedalus78 · 06-12-2006, 11:50 PM

Very sad indeed. There is no doubt he wrote some of the greatest music of the last hundred years. Works such as the Violin Concerto, Horn Trio and Piano Etudes stand with the greatest works in those instruments' repertoire. Atmospheres, Le Grand Macabre and many others will still be heard in hundreds of years. We have lost one of our greatest artists.

TW

trumpetmike · 06-13-2006, 07:55 AM

A great composer and a guy with a wicked sense of humour - even the mention of his name brings a smile to my face, even at this time.

I was fortunate enough to meet and work with him a couple of times whilst at university (Huddersfield was a specialist contemporary music university and he was a regularly featured composer) and he always came across as a guy who never took himself too seriously, which is a criticism I would aim at many contemporary composers.
For me the most enduring Ligeti story is when he was commisioned to write a piece of music for a festival he had no intention of ever working for again (something in their past relationship). The fee was large enough that he couldn't turn it down.
The festival kept asking for information about the piece and he said it would be no problem, the orchestra wouldn't be needed and he would supply the information by the concert date. Well, the date of the concert came and nothing had been heard. The concert started with the stage covered in a large sheet and Mr Ligeti on stage. He removed the sheet to reveal a bunch of metronomes (all mechanical) - he set them all off (at different speeds), bowed and left the stage. The "music" was the relationship between the various tempi and the gradual winding down of each of the mechanical actions.
He found the whole thing very amusing, the festival took it seriously and praised it as a great piece of music

If only all composers had a lighter attitude to their works

A great guy, a great loss.

dedalus78 · 06-13-2006, 08:37 AM

The piece with the metronomes is called Poeme Symphonique, and is considered a 20th century classic.

TW

David_N · 06-14-2006, 09:50 AM

if anyone was intersested here is a recording of a performance of Poeme Symphonique. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8v-u...&search=ligeti

I havent been able to listen to heaps of Ligeti's music but from what i've heard from 2001: A Space Odyssey the sounds are just amazing. That opening cluster chord is in Atmosphères is just crazy.

NickD · 06-14-2006, 11:52 AM

He will ive on for us via his music!

I always enjoyed Atmospheres.

Peace!

Nick

trickg · 06-14-2006, 12:14 PM

Until today I had never heard of him - it seems I need to look into his music and see what he was about.

06-12-2006, 08:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
ecarroll Artist in Residence Forte User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NH/CA/PQ Posts: 1,311	Great composer passes The music world lost a giant today... http://www.schott-music.com/news/kom...show,3336.html EC

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tpter1 Forte User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern New York Brand: Lawler Posts: 2,309	A moment of silence to honor the memory of a great composer as he now enters the realm of great history.
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Alex Yates Forte User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Brand: ECLIPSE Posts: 2,401	A sad day indeed. I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. Ligeti in 1987. He was the winner of the Grawmeyer Award for Composers (in Louisville) and I was in the orchestra that premiered his work. (sorry, but the title escapes me at the moment.....sleep deprivation will do that.....) Thank you for the music Mr. Ligeti. May he rest in peace.
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trpt2345 Mezzo Forte User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 743	A great loss. It's what awaits us all, but it is sad for us who are left behind. Really great composer. Michael McLaughlin "One has a nose. The nose scents and it chooses. An artist is simply a kind of pig snouting truffles." Igor Stravinsky
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dedalus78 New Friend Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 31	Very sad indeed. There is no doubt he wrote some of the greatest music of the last hundred years. Works such as the Violin Concerto, Horn Trio and Piano Etudes stand with the greatest works in those instruments' repertoire. Atmospheres, Le Grand Macabre and many others will still be heard in hundreds of years. We have lost one of our greatest artists. TW
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trumpetmike Forte User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Farnham (a place too smal Brand: Whatever works Posts: 1,202	A great composer and a guy with a wicked sense of humour - even the mention of his name brings a smile to my face, even at this time. I was fortunate enough to meet and work with him a couple of times whilst at university (Huddersfield was a specialist contemporary music university and he was a regularly featured composer) and he always came across as a guy who never took himself too seriously, which is a criticism I would aim at many contemporary composers. For me the most enduring Ligeti story is when he was commisioned to write a piece of music for a festival he had no intention of ever working for again (something in their past relationship). The fee was large enough that he couldn't turn it down. The festival kept asking for information about the piece and he said it would be no problem, the orchestra wouldn't be needed and he would supply the information by the concert date. Well, the date of the concert came and nothing had been heard. The concert started with the stage covered in a large sheet and Mr Ligeti on stage. He removed the sheet to reveal a bunch of metronomes (all mechanical) - he set them all off (at different speeds), bowed and left the stage. The "music" was the relationship between the various tempi and the gradual winding down of each of the mechanical actions. He found the whole thing very amusing, the festival took it seriously and praised it as a great piece of music If only all composers had a lighter attitude to their works A great guy, a great loss.

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dedalus78 New Friend Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 31	The piece with the metronomes is called Poeme Symphonique, and is considered a 20th century classic. TW
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David_N New Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 33	if anyone was intersested here is a recording of a performance of Poeme Symphonique. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8v-u...&search=ligeti I havent been able to listen to heaps of Ligeti's music but from what i've heard from 2001: A Space Odyssey the sounds are just amazing. That opening cluster chord is in Atmosphères is just crazy.
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NickD Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago northern suburbs Posts: 808	Too, bad He will ive on for us via his music! I always enjoyed Atmospheres. Peace! Nick
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trickg Forte User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Glen Burnie, Maryland Posts: 2,052	Until today I had never heard of him - it seems I need to look into his music and see what he was about.
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