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| Gyorgy Ligeti is of course a Master composer, and his individuality and inventiveness has inspired countless musicians and listeners over the years. Like many people, I first came into contact with his work through a certain science fiction movie which I saw at the age of 6, in 1975 or so. I don't know how much of that film I understood at the time, nor if I even concieved that the astonishing music existed seperately from the film, so closely intwined the music and visuals were. After college, I retunred to Ligeti's music while intensely searching for my own voice as a musician. And recently, I began a more thorough exploration of his music and thinking. |
| Most primary information, interviews, on Ligeti is in German. There is one book of four interviews published in English. There are three major books about him published in English, which I list in order of importance: Richard Steinitz's "Gyorgy Ligeti: Music of the Imagination," and then books by Richard Toop and Paul Griffith. |
| Online, there is little primary information in English. This project collects English interviews from out of print publications, as well as translating two interviews from the French for the first time. I hope you the Reader find this information as worthwhile as I have, as worthwhile as Mr. Ligeti's music has been to me. |
| -Josh Ronsen May 18th, 2004 in Austin, Texas, USA joshronsen (at) yahoo.com http://ronsen.org |
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