György Kurtág: Three Interviews and Ligeti Homages

by Bálint András Varga

Uniquely revealing interviews with one of the world's greatest living composers.

Gy rgy Kurt g (b. 1926) is widely regarded as one of the foremost composers in the second half of the twentieth century and the early twenty-first. Born in Romania, he received crucial training in Paris from Olivier Messiaen and Marianne Stein. He was also shaped by his broadening contact there with the music of Webern and such challenging literary works as the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580463282
• ISBN13: 9781580463287
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"