Ligeti (1923–2006); Bolcom (1938– )
Listening:
Ligeti:
Premier livre (1985):
Desordre
Cordes a vide (timeline)
Touches bloquees
Fanfares
Arc-en-ciel
Automne a Varsovie (timeline)
Deuxieme livre
Galamb borong (1988)
Fem (timeline) (1989)
Vertige (1990)
Der Zauberlehrling (1994)
En suspens (1994)
Entrelacs (1993)
L’escalier du diable (timeline) (1993)
Coloana infinita (1993)
Aimard
Bolcom:
[For interest, here’s the foreword to his rags, and his afterword to the Etudes]
Twelve New Etudes (1977–86) [LINK TO SCORE]
1. Fast, furious
2. Recitatif (timeline)
3. Mirrors
4. Scene d’opera
5. Butterflies, hummingbirds
6. Nocturne
7. Premonitions
8. Rag infernal (Syncopes apocalyptiques)
9. Invention
10. Vers le silence (timeline)
11. Hi-jinks
12. Hymne a l’amour (timeline)
Hamelin
Reading:
György Ligeti: “On my etudes for piano”. Sonus 9/1 1998 pp. 3–7
Stephen Taylor: “Chopin, pygmies, and tempo fugue: Ligeti’s Automne a Varsovie”. MTO 3/3 1997.
Allan Kozinn: “RECORDINGS; How the Spell Was Broken for Bolcom’s ‘Etudes’“. The New York Times. July 31, 1988, Sunday, Late City Final Edition.
“William Bolcom wins 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Music“. PR Newswire. April 4, 1988, Monday.
Rzewski (1938– ); Adams (1947– )
Listening:
Rzewski:
The people united will never be defeated (1975)
Hamelin
Phrygian Gates (1977)
Oppens
Reading:
Mark Alburger: “Coming together for an Interview with Frederick Rzewksi”. 20th Century Music 4/7, 1997, pp. 5–15
Christian Wolff: Liner notes from CD release of “The People United Will Never Be Defeated,” Cedille records
John Adams: Program note for Phrygian Gates at Music Sales Classical
John Adams: “Phrygian Gates and China Gates” at his own website, earbox.com
David Cartledge 