Gyorgy Ligeti R.I.P
He was "born in the Transylvanian town of Dicsoszentmarton"; he was fired by ideas drawn from "fractal mathematics, puzzles, chaos theory"; he "was not a happy man". Lewis Carroll, Michel de Ghelderode - a certain charmed circle of artists, you understand? I am enamored of the idea of Ligeti. As for the facts...
(I highly recommend the tribute in the Guardian.)
(I highly recommend the tribute in the Guardian.)
posted by Cheshire Cat at 12:47 AM
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An old Guardian article has a great quote by him: "I am extremely far away from messianic thinking. Including Messiaen. Who, in a way, was a great composer."
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