Browse: Biographies, Classical Composers, György Ligeti

Michael D. Searby's new book focuses on a single decade from Ligeti's sixty-year career as a composer, years during which his style underwent a major change, reembracing certain traditional elements... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

This book piles up its contrasting and multi-toned commentaries, with continuity and connectedness at a premium. [...] a handsomely produced volume — Musical Times More…

many revealing observations... Given Ligeti's position as one of the great musical innovators of the last half-century, it is particularly important to be reminded that his sixty-year career,... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

Readers seeking a wide-ranging introduction emphasising the opera's music and dramatic character will find much useful information here — Musical Times More…