Friday, June 24, 2011

Gyorgy Ligeti, Poeme Symphonique (1962)

Some lighter (?) fare for your Friday:


(A translation of the narration can be found here.)

Questions:
  1. What is/are the primary musical element(s) in this piece?
  2. Who is performing this work?
  3. What instruments are being used? Is the metronome a musical instrument?
  4. Which elements will be the same from performance to performance? Which elements will differ?
  5. What might the score for this piece look like?
Additional resources:
  • A translation of the score of this piece.
  • Another performance of the work:

    Part 2:

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