This is a list of compositions by

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 ...

Orchestral

Concertos

* ''Concert românesc'' (1951) * Cello Concerto, for

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(1966) * Chamber Concerto, for 13 instrumentalists (1969–70) * Double Concerto, for flute, oboe and orchestra (1972) * Piano Concerto (1985–88) *

Violin Concerto A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...

(1989–93) * ''

Hamburg Concerto ''Hamburg Concerto'' (') for solo horn and chamber orchestra with four obbligato natural horns is one of György Ligeti's last works, composed in 1998–99 and revised in 2003. The work was commissioned by the ZEIT-Foundation, expressing the sp ...

'', for horn and chamber orchestra with 4 obbligato natural horns (1998–99, revised 2002)

Works for chamber orchestra

* ''Fragment'' (1961) * '' Ramifications'' (1968–69), for string orchestra or 12 solo strings

Works for full orchestra

* ''Apparitions'' (1958–59) * ''

Atmosphères ''Atmosphères'' is a piece for orchestra, composed by György Ligeti in 1961. It is noted for eschewing conventional melody and metre in favor of dense sound textures. After ''Apparitions'', it was the second piece Ligeti wrote to exploit what ...

'' (1961) * ''Lontano'' (1967) * ''Melodien'' (1971) * ''San Francisco Polyphony'' (1973–74)

Chamber/Instrumental

Works for string quartet

* ''Andante and Allegretto'', for string quartet (1950) * String Quartet No. 1 ''Métamorphoses nocturnes'' (1953–54) * String Quartet No. 2 (1968)

Works for string duet

* '' Baladă și joc (Ballad and Dance)'', for two violins (1950) * ''Hommage à Hilding Rosenberg'', for violin and cello (1982)

Sonatas for a solo instrument

* Sonata for Solo Cello (1948/1953) * Sonata for Solo Viola (1991–94)

Works for wind quintet

* Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (1953) * Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet (1968)

Others

* Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (1982) * ''The Big Turtle Fanfare from the South China Sea'', for trumpet (1985)

Keyboard

Works for solo piano

* Four Early Piano Pieces: Basso Ostinato (1941) * Due capricci (1947) * Invention (1948) * ''

Musica ricercata ''Musica ricercata'' is a set of eleven pieces for piano by György Ligeti. The work was composed from 1951 to 1953, shortly after the composer began lecturing at the Budapest Academy of Music. The work premiered on 18 November 1969 in Sundsvall, ...

'' (1951–53) * '' Chromatische Phantasie'' (1956) * Trois Bagatelles, for David Tudor (1961) * Études pour piano, Book 1, six etudes (1985) * Études pour piano, Book 2, eight etudes (1988–94) * ''L'arrache-coeur'' (1994) * Études pour piano, Book 3, four etudes (1995–2001)

Works for piano four-hands

* ''Induló (March)'' (1942) * ''Polifón etüd (Polyphonic Étude)'' (1943) * ''Allegro'' (1943) * ''Három lakodalmi tánc (Three Wedding Dances)'' (1950) * Sonatina (1950)

Works for two pianos

* Three Pieces for Two Pianos – ''Monument'' – ''Selbstporträt'' – ''Bewegung'' (1976)

Works for harpsichord

* '' Continuum'' (1968) * ''Passacaglia ungherese'' (1978) * ''Hungarian Rock (Chaconne)'' (1978)

Works for organ

* '' Ricercare – Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi'' (1953) * ''Volumina'' (1961–62, revised 1966) * Two Studies for Organ: ** ''Harmonies'' (1967) ** ''Coulée'' (1969)

Adaptations for player piano

* From Études pour piano, Book 2: ** No. VII: ''Galamb borong'' (1988) (adapted for two Player Pianos) ** No. IX: ''Vertige'' (1990) ** No. X: ''Der Zauberlehrling'' (1994) ** No. XI: ''En suspens'' (1994) ** No. XIII: ''L'escalier du diable'' (1993) ** No. XIVa: ''Coloana fără sfârşit'' (original version for Player Piano) (1993) * '' Continuum'' (1970) (adapted for two Player Pianos)

Adaptations for barrel organ

* Capriccio nº 1 & nº 2 (1947) * ''Invention'' (1948) * '' Continuum'' (1970) * ''Hungarian Rock (Chaconne)'' (1978)

Vocal

Works for chorus

* ''Idegen földön'' (Far from home) (1945–46) * ''Betlehemi királyok'' (Kings of Bethlehem) (1946) * ''Húsvét'' (Easter) (1946) * ''Magos Kősziklának'' (From the high rocks) (1946) * ''Magány'' (Solitude) (1946) * ''Bujdosó'' (The fugitive) (1946) * ''Két kánon'' ** ''Ha folyóvíz volnék'' (1947) ** '' Pletykázó asszonyok'' (1952) * ''Lakodalmas'' (Wedding dance) (1950) * ''Hortobágy'' (1951) * ''Haj, ifjuság!'' (Hey, youth!) (1951) * '' Kállai kettős'' (1952) * ''Inaktelki nóták'' (Tunes from Inaktelk) (1953) * '' Pápainé'' (Widow Pápai) (1953) * ''Mátraszentimrei dalok'' (Songs from Mátraszentimre) (1955) * ''Éjszaka – Reggel'' (Night, morning) (1955) * '' Lux Aeterna'' (1966) * '' Three Fantasies after Friedrich Hölderlin'' (1982) * '' Magyar Etüdök'', for 16 voices after Sándor Weöres (1983) * ''Nonsense madrigals'', for 6 male voices (1988–93), partly on poems by

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Songs

* ''Három Weöres-dal'' (Three Weöres Songs), voice and piano (1946–47) * ''Négy lakodalmi tánc'' (Four Wedding Dances, adaptions of Hungarian folk songs), three voices or female choir (SMezA) and piano (1950) * ''Öt Arany-dal'' (Five Arany Songs), voice and piano (1952) * ''Der Sommer'', voice and piano (1989) * '' Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel (With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles)'' (2000)

Works for instrumentalists and singers

* ''Aventures'' (1962) * ''Nouvelles Aventures'' (1962–65) * '' Requiem'', for soprano and mezzo-soprano solo, mixed chorus and orchestra (1963–65) * ''Clocks and Clouds'', for 12 female voices and orchestra (1973)

Opera

* ''

Le Grand Macabre ''Le Grand Macabre'' (1974–1977, revised version 1996) is the only opera by Hungarian composer György Ligeti. The opera has two acts, and its libretto—based on the 1934 play ''La balade du grand macabre'' by Michel de Ghelderode—was wr ...

'' (1975–77, second version 1996)

Electronic

* ''Glissandi'' (1957) * '' Artikulation'' (1958) * ''Pièce électronique no. 3'' (1957–58, not realized until 1996) * ''Rondeau'', One-man theatre for an actor and tape (1976)

Miscellaneous

* ''

Poème Symphonique ''Poème symphonique'' is a 1962 composition by György Ligeti for one hundred mechanical metronomes. It was written during his brief acquaintance with the Fluxus movement. Overview The piece requires ten "performers", each one responsible for t ...

'', for 100 metronomes (1962)

External links

www.gyorgy-ligeti.com: Official Site
with complete catalogue and list of performances {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Compositions By Gyorgy Ligeti * Ligeti