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Gyorgy Ligeti: Romanian Concerto

Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006)
Romanian Concerto (1952)
Andantino
Allegro vivace
Adagio, ma non troppo
Molto vivace
When he wrote this piece, Ligeti was a harmony and counterpoint professor at the Budapest Conservatory, the school from which he graduated in 1949. It would still be four years before he and his wife would escape from Hungary by hiding under postbags [...]

October 01, 2008 | Miss Mussel | Comments 0

Quiz #16: Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Champion Is….

Daniel J Liss, who wrote in with Bzicem Kunia from Pieśni kurpiowskie by Karol Szymanowski. For those readers not up on the Kurpian dialect, that’s Whip The Horse from the Kurpie Songs. Whatever your language preferences, the songs were written in 1928–9.

May 16, 2008 | Miss Mussel | Comments 0