Lakodalmas (Ligeti)
''Lakodalmas'', commonly translated into English as ''Wedding Dance'', is an early vocal composition by Hungarian composer György Ligeti. It was completed in 1950, before he finished his musical studies. Composition Ligeti finished this composition in 1950, when he was living in Hungary. At that time, he was following Béla Bartók's steps: he produced other vocal compositions based on Hungarian traditional music and poems. This composition has been later associated with Bujdosó (1946) and Kállai kettős (1950), forming a set called ''Three Hungarian Folksongs'', even though there is no direct relation; all those compositions were composed, conceived, and published separately. ''Lakodalmas'' was composed during a Stalinist era, and Hungarian folksongs were strictly restricted. It was later published by Schott Music. Analysis This short composition is in only one movement and takes approximately one minute to perform. It is amongst Ligeti's shortest vocal compositions. I ...
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György Ligeti
György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" and "one of the most innovative and influential among progressive figures of his time". Born in Transylvania, Romania, he lived in the Hungarian People's Republic before emigrating to Austria in 1956. He became an Austrian citizen in 1968. In 1973 he became professor of composition at the Hamburg Hochschule für Musik und Theater, where he worked until retiring in 1989. He died in Vienna in 2006. Restricted in his musical style by the authorities of Communist Hungary, only when he reached the West in 1956 could Ligeti fully realise his passion for avant-garde music and develop new compositional techniques. After experimenting with electronic music in Cologne, Germany, his breakthrough came with orchestral works such as ''Atmosphères'', ...
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