György Ligeti quotes - page 2

György Ligeti was a Hungarian composer renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to 20th-century classical music. His innovative techniques and atmospheric textures influenced generations of composers and filmmakers. He became internationally famous, in part, through his music’s inclusion in Stanley Kubrick’s films. Here are 35 of his quotes:

I continued to study Math and Physics on my own, but one and a half years later I realized that I did want to be a composer, and after that I never changed my mind. (György Ligeti)
I was fifteen years old, and I hardly knew how to play a simple Bach prelude on the piano when I began to compose music, and at the most advanced level. I had never studied such things as harmony. View quote
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I think it was when I was nineteen, by that time the Jewish laws were already in force and the split was beginning to come about which isolated the Jewish culture. View quote
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I think a composer is always interested in his last work. View quote
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Well I live in Vienna with my wife and son, and I teach in Hamburg, there will be no changes in that respect. View quote
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There was a very famous musician in our family. He was a great violinist, an internationally known teacher. He was Leopold Auer. View quote
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However, I began composing as soon as I started taking piano lessons. View quote
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Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him. View quote
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Gesualdo was very important to me, I wanted to do something which corresponded to him. View quote
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It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work. View quote
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György Ligeti

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Occupation: Hungarian Composer
Born: May 28, 1923
Died: June 12, 2006
Quotes count: 35
Wikipedia: György Ligeti

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