The Two Etudes: "Harmonies," and "Coulée" and the Volumina of Ligeti were performed following a lecture on avant-garde techniques in organ works of György Ligeti. The lecture included a brief discussion of earlier twentieth century antecedents of new sound materials and concepts, a biographical sketch of Ligeti and general style features of his works. The main body of the lecture included notational methods, specific style features, and performing scores of Ligeti's three organ works. In addition to the lecture recitals three other public recitals were performed which consisted of solo compositions for the organ.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-13T14:50:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-03-17Bitstream added on 2014-08-13T17:59:51Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000771815.pdf: 2531938 bytes, checksum: 8f85c7431b30ffa13ad9210016d31630 (MD5) / Este trabalho trata da influência do pensamento eletroacústico sobre a obra para piano de György Ligeti do período de 1976 a 2001. Visamos a demonstrar nossa hipótese de que, embora distantes cronologicamente dos anos em que o compositor trabalhou no Estúdio de Música Eletrônica de Colônia, tais composições foram impactadas por essa experiência. Além disso, defendemos que este aspecto também resultou em novos estilemas pianísticos e, consequentemente, na expansão escritural do repertório para piano. Baseamo-nos em escritos de Ligeti (1958-1959, 1960, 1980, 1993, 1996), bem como nas ideias de Michel (1995), Toop (1999) e Delaplace e, por meio da análise dessas ideias e estudo do repertório composto por Ligeti no referido período, pudemos verificar que existe, de fato, uma relação estreita, apesar de não aparente, entre a experiência eletrônica deste compositor e sua escritura derradeira para piano / This thesis discusses the influence of György Ligeti’s electroacoustic thinking on his piano work from 1976 to 2001. Our goal is to demonstrate that the years when the composer worked at the electronic music studio in Cologne had a strong impact on his later compositions, even though these two periods are chronologically distant from each another. We also argue that this factor resulted in new stylistic elements and as a consequence in the scriptural expansion of his pianistic repertoire. On the basis of Ligeti’s writings (1958-1959, 1960, 1980, 1993, 1996), as well as of Michel’s (1995), Toop’s (1999) and Delaplace’s, and through an analysis of their ideas and a study of Ligeti’s repertoire between 1976-2001, we were able to find that there is actually a veiled but close relationship between Ligeti’s electronic experience and his later set of piano works

Made available in DSpace on 2014-11-10T11:09:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-05-31Bitstream added on 2014-11-10T11:57:40Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000795401.pdf: 3258460 bytes, checksum: a3918036269202e7cd8a97b2a95ff37c (MD5) / Após sua partida da Hungria em 1956, Ligeti permaneceu por cerca de dois meses em Viena e estabeleceu-se então, em Colônia. Neste período, esteve imerso no pensamento vanguardista em voga entre os compositores da escola de Darmstadt e Colônia. Foi neste período que Ligeti fez profunda imersão nos preceitos inerentes tanto ao modelo eletrônico quanto ao serial. Após a absorção dos preceitos oriundos da música eletrônica e da música serial, Ligeti demonstrou um profundo descontentamento com ambos os modelos e partiu para uma modalidade escrita instrumental que revolucionaria a escrita musical. O presente estudo investiga uma das mais distintas técnicas composicionais concebidas no séc. XX, técnica esta responsável não só pela criação de uma nova linguagem musical, mas também por uma revolução na escrita instrumental dada pela apropriação e pela aplicação de preceitos inerentes ao modelo eletrônico dentro da interface instrumental, o que mais tarde conhecer-se-ia por tecnomorfismo. “Confluências histórico-técnicas no conceito de micropolifonia (1956-1966)” tem por meta identificar, delinear e explicitar a influência do modelo serial e da música eletrônica sobre a técnica de micropolifonia por Ligeti concebida, assim como explicitar a maneira da qual se deu tal reação, investigando se a técnica de micropolifonia realmente consiste em uma confluência dos modelos eletrônico e serial e quais as implicações destes sobre a técnica de micropolifonia / After his departure from Hungary in 1956, Ligeti remained for about two months in Vienna and then settled in Cologne. In this moment, he was immersed in the avant-garde thought in vogue among the composers of the Darmstadt and Cologne school. While in Cologne, Ligeti deeply immersed in the precepts inherent in both electronic and serial model. After absorpting the precepts derived from the electronic and serial music, Ligeti showed a deep dissatisfaction with both models and set out to write an instrumental writing that would revolutionize musical writing. This study investigates one of the most distinct compositional techniques designed in the 20th century: micropolyphony. This technique is not only responsible for creating a new musical language, but also a revolution in instrumental writing given by the appropriation and application of principles inherent in the electronic model through the instrument interface, which later would be known by technomorphism. Historical-technical confluences on the concept of micropolyphony (1956-1966) aims to identify, outline and explain the influence of the serial model and electronic music on the technique of concepti of micropolyphony, as well as explain the manner in which it gave such a reaction, investigating whether micropolyphony actually consists of a confluence of electronic and serial models and what are the implications of these models on the technique of micropolyphony

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The compositions of Steve Reich and György Ligeti both contain periodic rhythmic structures. Although periods are not usually easily perceived, the listener may perceive their combinations in a hierarchy of rhythmic structures. This document is an attempt to develop an analytical method that can account for this hierarchy in periodic music. I begin with an overview of the features of Reich's and Ligeti's music that contribute to the property of periodicity. I follow with a discussion of the music and writings of Olivier Messiaen as a precedent for the periodic structures in the music of Reich and Ligeti. I continue by consulting the writings of the Israeli musicologist Simha Arom and describing the usefulness of his ideas and terminology in the development of my method. I explain the working process and terminology of the analytical method, and then I apply it to Reich's Six Pianos and Ligeti's Désordre.

Unsuk Chin (b.1961), a Korean-born woman composer, was a student of Gyorgy Sandor Ligeti (1923-2006). Chin's work reflects the influence of Ligeti but also undeniably has its own style. This study investigates the six piano etudes so far published from 12 Piano Etudes (1995-2003) by Unsuk Chin and compares them with Ligeti's piano etudes to highlight the influence of the teacher on the student and to aid pianists in facing the unique technical challenges posed by both sets of etudes. The practice guide provided in this study for each specific technical difficulty requires a degree of patience from a student which, if followed, will enhance the performance.