Since György Ligeti’s death in 2006, there has been a growing acknowledgement of how central he was to the late twentieth-century cultural landscape. This co

Since György Ligeti’s death in 2006, there has been a growing acknowledgement of how central he was to the late twentieth-century cultural landscape. This co

This book provides a multifaceted view on the relation between the old and the new in music, between tradition and innovation. This is a much-debated issue, gen

György Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre (1974–77, revised 1996) has consolidated its position as one of the major operatic works of the twentieth century. Few ope

A study of the influential Hungarian composer, teacher and mentor.