When the Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti passed away in June 2006, he was widely feted as being one of the greatest composers. This title provides a critical analysis of the composer's works, considering both the compositions themselves and the larger cultural implications of their reception.
When the Hungarian composer György Ligeti passed away in June 2006, he was widely feted as being one of the greatest composers of our time. His complete published works were recorded during his lifetime and his music continues to inspire a steady stream of performances and scholarship. Ligeti''s Laments provides a critical analysis of the composer''s works, considering both the compositions themselves and the larger cultural implications of their reception. Bauer both synthesizes and challenges the prevailing narratives surrounding the composer''s long career and uses the theme of lament to inform a discussion of specific musical topics, including descending melodic motives, passacaglia and the influence of folk music. But Ligeti ''laments'' in a larger sense; his music fuses rigour and sensuality, tradition and the new and influences from disparate high and low cultures, with a certain critical and ironic distance, reflected in his spoken commentary as well as in the substance of his music. The notions of nostalgia, exoticism and the absolute are used to relate works of different eras and genres, along with associated concepts of allegory, melancholy, contemporary subjectivity and the voice.
Get Ligeti's Laments: Nostalgia, Exoticism, and the Absolute by at the best price and quality guranteed only at Werezi Africa largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Taylor & Francis Ltd and it has pages. Enjoy Shopping Best Offers & Deals on books Online from Werezi - Receive at your doorstep - Fast Delivery - Secure mode of Payment
