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 music, avant-garde composers in the latter half of the ...
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Source:
Orchestral
Concertos
* ''Concert românesc'' (1951)
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Cello Concerto A cello concerto (sometimes called a violoncello concerto) is a concerto for solo cello with orchestra or, very occasionally, smaller groups of instruments.
These pieces have been written since the Baroque era if not earlier. However, unlike instru ...
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Siegfried Palm (1966)
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Chamber Concerto, for 13 instrumentalists (1969–70)
* Double Concerto, for flute, oboe and orchestra (1972)
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Piano Concerto
A piano concerto, a type of concerto, is a solo composition in the classical music genre which is composed for piano accompanied by an orchestra or other large ensemble. Piano concertos are typically virtuosic showpieces which require an advance ...
(1985–88)
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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)
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Hamburg Concerto
''Hamburg Concerto'' (') for solo French horn, 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-Stiftung, ZEIT-Fo ...
'', for horn and chamber orchestra with 4 obbligato natural horns (1998–99, revised 2003)
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 (music), metre in favor of dense sound texture (music), textures. After ''Apparitions'', it was the second piec ...
'' (1961)
* ''Lontano'' (1967)
* ''Melodien'' (1971)
* ''San Francisco Polyphony'' (1973–74)
Chamber/Instrumental
Works for string quartet
* ''Andante and Allegretto'', for string quartet (1950)
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String Quartet No. 1 ''Métamorphoses nocturnes'' (1953–54)
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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)
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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 (1949)
* ''Duo'', for violin and piano (1946)
Keyboard
Works for solo piano
* Four Early Piano Pieces: Basso Ostinato (1941)
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Due capricci (1947)
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Invention
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(1948)
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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)
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Trois Bagatelles, for David Tudor (1961)
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Études pour piano, Book 1, six etudes (1985)
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Études pour piano, Book 2, eight etudes (1988–94)
* ''L'arrache-coeur'' (1994)
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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)
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''Magány'' (Solitude) (1946)
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''Bujdosó'' (The fugitive) (1946)
* ''Két kánon''
** ''Ha folyóvÃz volnék'' (1947)
** ''
Pletykázó asszonyok'' (1952)
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''Lakodalmas'' (Wedding dance) (1950)
* ''Hortobágy'' (1951)
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''Haj, ifjuság!'' (Hey, youth!) (1951)
* ''
Kállai kettős'' (1952)
* ''Inaktelki nóták'' (Tunes from Inaktelk) (1953)
* ''
Pápainé'' (Widow Pápai) (1953)
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''Mátraszentimrei dalok'' (Songs from Mátraszentimre) (1955)
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''Éjszaka – Reggel'' (Night, morning) (1955)
* ''
Lux Aeterna'' (1966)
* ''
Three Fantasies after Friedrich Hölderlin
''Three Fantasies after Friedrich Hölderlin'' () is a 1982 collection of pieces for 16 voices by Hungarian composer György Ligeti. It was premiered in Stockholm on September 23, 1983, by the Swedish Radio Choir, under the baton of Eric Ericso ...
'' (1982)
* ''
Magyar Etüdök'', for 16 voices after Sándor Weöres (1983)
* ''Nonsense madrigals'', for 6 male voices (1988–93), partly on poems by
Lewis Carroll
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The King's Singers
The King's Singers are a British a cappella vocal ensemble founded in 1968. They are named after King's College in Cambridge, England, where the group was formed by six choral scholars. In the United Kingdom, their popularity peaked in the ...
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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)
* ''
SÃppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel
''SÃppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel'' (''With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles'') (2000) is a song cycle in seven Movement (music), movements by the composer György Ligeti based on poetry by Sándor Weöres. The work is scored for mezzo-soprano and an unus ...
(With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles)'' (2000)
Works for instrumentalists and singers
* ''Aventures'' (1962)
* ''Nouvelles Aventures'' (1962–65)
* ''
Requiem
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'', 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'' (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
Poetry is a form of literature.
Poetry, Poem(s), or Poetic(s) may also refer to:
Literature
* Poems (Auden), ''Poems'' (Auden), three separate collections of the early poetry of W. H. Auden
* Poems (Christie collection), ''Poems'' (Agatha Chris ...
'', for 100 metronomes (1962)
* ''Hungarian Rock (Arrangement for saxophones)'' (1978)
References
External links
* with complete catalogue and list of performances
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Compositions By Gyorgy Ligeti
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