The Idea of Time in Georgy Ligeti’s Work

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Yelena S. Andreeva

Abstract

The author of article focuses on a problem of time in Ligeti’s musical
art, the one which is one of key themes of his creative work. The
theme of time is reflected both in aesthetic views of the composer and in
compositions. This article offers a discussion of such phenomena as static
sonority, «freezing» time, the phenomenon of silence as overcoming of
time in the musical art, two faces of time (Dynamics and Statics) as two
figurative spheres in musical dramatic concept. Ligeti’s music is the
reflection of a completely new sense of time and the way of operating
with time, which is, as a matter of fact, a generative characteristic for
music of second half of the 20th century.

Keywords: time in music, static sonoristic, sonoristic composition,
Geaorgy Ligeti

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How to Cite
Andreeva, Y. S. (2009). The Idea of Time in Georgy Ligeti’s Work. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 5(2), 198–201. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/671
Section
Artistic World of Musical Piece
Author Biography

Yelena S. Andreeva, Saratov State Conservatory (Academy) named after L. V. Sobinov

Yelena S. Andreeva is a graduate student at the Department of Music History

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