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Ligeti – The summer | Sång & Piano
György Ligeti
based on Friedrich Hölderlin
Text writer: Hoelderlin, Friedrich
Instrumentation: voice and piano
Language: German
Binding: Saddle stitching
Difficulty: advanced
Performance duration: 3’0″
Publisher: Schott Music
Uraufführung : 10. April 1995 Eugene, OR, University of Oregon (USA) Music Today Festival 1995 · Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Sopran; Barbara González Palmer, Klavier
Year of composition: 1989
Page number: 8
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Those familiar with Ligeti’s vocal compositions will be surprised by this seemingly simple and plain musical miniature after a poem by Hölderlin. Even though composed during the same period as the “Nonsense Madrigals” with their labyrinthine rhythms and their novel diatonic harmonies, the piece harks back to the 19th century as far as Schubert in its use of traditional means to convey the striking atmosphere and mellow summery mood of the poem.