György Ligeti
Subtitle: music of the imagination
By: Richard Steinitz.
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
Subjects: Ligeti, György, -- 1923-; Ligeti, György, -- 1923- -- Criticism and interpretation; Composers -- Hungary -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In this book, Richard Steinitz fuses biographical, stylistic, and technical analysis to thoroughly examine the evolution of Ligeti's innovative music. Drawing extensively on his own private conversations with the composer as well as on many published and recorded interviews, Steinitz places Ligeti's extraordinary body of work within the context of his complex personal life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Originally published: London: Faber and Faber, 2003.

Includes list of works (p. 387-392), bibliographical references (p. 393-404), discography (p. 405-409), and index.