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Ligeti, György

Ligeti, György

Musical-theatrical works

• Aventures & Nouvelles aventures, stage version of vocal works, 1966 

• Le Grand Macabre (op, 2, M. Meschke and Ligeti, after M. de Ghelderode), 1974-7; rev. 1996

Orchestral and large ensemble

• Régi magyar társas táncok [Old Hungarian Parlour Dances], str, fl/cl ad lib, 1949 

• Balada si joc [Ballad and Dance], school orch, 1950 

• Concert Românesc, 1952 

• Apparitions, 1958-9 

• Atmosphères, 1961 

• Cello Concerto, 1966 

• Lontano, 1967 

• Ramifications, str, 1968-9 

• Melodien, 1971 

• Double Concerto, fl, ob, orch, 1972 

• San Francisco Polyphony, 1973-4 

• Piano Concerto, 1985-8 

• Violin Concerto, 1989-93 

Vocal music

• Aventures, 3vv, 7 insts, 1962, rev. 1963 

• 3 Songs (Weöres), S, pf, 1946-7

• 4 lakodalmi tánc [4 Wedding Dances] (Hung. trad.), 3 female vv, pf, 1950

• 5 Songs (J. Arany), S, pf, 1952

• Requiem, S, Mez, chorus, orch, 1963-5 

• Clocks and Clouds, female vv, orch, 1972-3

• Der Sommer (Hölderlin), S, pf, 1989 

• Nouvelles aventures, 3vv, 7 insts, 1962-5 

• Mysteries of the Macabre, (arr. E. Howarth), coloratura S, ens, 1991

Choral

• Idegen földön [Abroad] (B. Balassa, Hung. and Slovak trad.), women's vv, 1945-6 

• Betlehemi királyok [The Magi] (A. József), 1946 

• Bujdosó [Wandering] (Hung. trad.), 1946 

• Húsvét [Easter] (Hung. trad.), women's vv, 1946 

• Magány [Solitude] (S. Weöres), 1946 

• Magos kosziklának [By the Huge Rock] (Hung. trad.), 1946 

• Ha folyóvíz volnék [If I Could Flow Like the River] (canon a 4, Slovak trad.), 1947 

• Kállai kettos [Kálló Two-Step] (Hung. trad.), 1950 

• Lakodalmas [Weddding Dance] (Hung. trad.), 1950 

• Hortobágy (Hung. trad.), 1951 

• Haj, ífjúság! [Youth] (Hung. trad.), 1952 

• Pletykázó asszonyok [Gossip] (canon a 4, Weöres), 1952 

• Inaktelki nóták [Songs from Inaktelke] (Hung. trad.), 1953 

• Pápainé [Widow Pápai] (Hung. trad.), 1953 

• Mátraszentimrei dalok [Songs from Mátraszentimre] (4 songs, Hung. trad.), 1955 

• Éjszaka [Night], Reggel [Morning] (Weöres), 1955 

• Lux aeterna, 16 vv, 1966 

• 3 Phantasien (F. Hölderlin), 16 vv, 1983 

• Magyar etüdök [Hung. Studies] (Weöres), 16 vv, 1983 

• Nonsense Madrigals, 6 men's vv, 1988-93 

Chamber music

• Induló [March], pf 4 hands, 1942

• Polifón etüd, pf 4 hands, 1943

• 3 lakodalmi tánc [3 Wedding Dances], pf 4 hands, 1950 [arr. from 4 lakodalmi tánc, female vv, pf, 1950]

• Sonatina, pf 4 hands, 1950-51 [partly arr. from Musica ricercata]  

• Fragment, 10 insts, 1961, rev. 1964 

• Chamber Concerto, 13 insts, 1969-70 

• Balada si joc [Ballad and Dance], 2 vns, 1950 

• 2 Movements, str qt, 1950 

• 6 Bagatelles, wind qnt, 1953 [arr. from Musica ricercata] 

• String Quartet no.1 'Métamorphoses nocturnes', 1953-4 

• 10 Pieces, wind qnt, 1968 

• String Quartet no.2, 1968

• Monument-Selbstportrait-Bewegung, 2 pf, 1976

• Hyllning för Hilding Rosenbergs födelsedag (med besvärjandet av Bartóks anda), vn, vc, 1982 

• Trio, vn, hn, pf, 1982 

• Mysteries of the Macabre, arr. E. Howarth, tpt, pf/ens, 1988 

• Sonata, va, 1991-4

Solo instrumental

• 2 Capriccios, pf, 1947 

• Invention, pf, 1948 

• Sonata, vc, 1948-53 

• Musica ricercata, 11 pieces, pf, 1951-3

• Ricercare: Omaggio a Frescobaldi, org, 1953 [arr. from Musica ricercata]

• 3 bagatelles, pf, 1961

• Volumina, org, 1961-2, rev. 1966

• 2 Studies for organ: Harmonies, 1967, Coulée, 1969

• Continuum, hpd, 1968

• Hungarian Rock (Chaconne), hpd, 1978

• Passacaglia ungherese, hpd, 1978

• Die grosse Schildkröten-Fanfare vom Südchinesischen Meer, tpt, 1985 

• Etudes, premier livre, 1985: no.1 Désordre, no.2 Cordes vides, no.3 Touches bloquées, no.4 Fanfares, no.5 Arc-en-ciel, no.6 Automne à Varsovie 

• Etudes, deuxième livre, 1988-94: no.7 Galamb borong [Melancholy Dove], no.8 Fém [Metal], no.9 Vertige, no.10 Der Zauberlehring, no.11 En suspens, no.12 Entrelacs, no.13 L'escalier du diable, no.14 Colona infinita

• Etude 14a, player pf:, 1993

• Etudes, troixième livre, 1995-: no.15 White on White, no.16 Pour Irina, no.17 A bout de souffle 

Electo-acoustic music

• Glissandi, 1957 

• Pièce électronique no.3, 1957-8, realized 1996 

• Artikulation, 1958 

Other works

• Die Zukunft der Musik, lecturer, audience, 1961 

• Poème symphonique, 100 metronomes, 1962 

• Rondeau, actor, tape 1976 

Juvenilia (works the composer deems unworthy of performance)

• Orchetra/Orquesta/Orchestra 

  • Little Serenade, str, 1945, rev. 1947

  • Mifiso la sodo, small orch, 1948

  • Grande symphonie militaire op.69, 1951 
    
• Chamber music with voice/Música de cámara con voz/Musica da camera con voce

• Cant. no.1 'Et circa horam nonam' (Lat. liturgy), Mez, 2 choruses, insts, 1944-5

• Cant. no.2 'Venit angelus' (Lat. liturgy), Mez, chorus, insts, 1945

• Bölcsotol a sírig [From the Cradle to the Grave] (Hung. trad.), S, Mez, ob, cl, str qt, 1948

• Ifjúsági kantáta [Cant. for Youth] (P. Kuczka), 4 soloists, chorus, orch, 1948-9

• Tavaszi virág [Spring Flower] (music for a puppet play, Z. Körmöczi), 7 soloists, ens, 1949

• Román népdalok és táncok [Romanian Folk Songs and Dances], Mez, Bar, small orch, 1950 
  

• Choral/Coral/Corale 

  • 3 Attila József Choruses, 1945

  • Burját-Mongol aratódal [Buriatic-Mongolian Harvest Song], 1945

  • Bicinia biciae (7 duos, József, trad., textless), S, Bar, chorus, 1945

  • Dereng már a hajnal [The Dawn's Already Rising] (B. Fodor), 1945

  • Nagy idök [Great Times] (Petöfi), 1948

  • Tél [Winter] (Weöres), 1950

  • Az asszony és a katona [The Woman and the Soldier] (Hung. trad.), 1951
    
• Chamber music/Música de cámara/Musica da camera 

• Due, vn, vc, 1945

• Duo, vn, pf, 1946 

• Songs/Canciones/Canzoni 

  3 Attila József Songs, 1950

  Petofi bordala [Petofi's Drinking Song] (Petofi), 1950

  Középlokon esik az esö [It's Raining in Középlok] (Hung. trad.), 1951 

• Piano solo/Piano solo/Pianoforte solo:

  • Grande sonate militaire op.69, 1951

  • Chromatische Phantasie, 1956 

Principal publishers

• Schott

• Universal

• Peters