György Ligeti
György Ligeti · Arts & Literature
Avant-garde composer whose works featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey
1923, Dicsőszentmárton (Târnăveni), Transylvania, Romania — 2006, Vienna, Austria
Romania · Hungary · Austria
György Ligeti is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Avant-garde composer whose works featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Ligeti, a Hungarian Jewish composer who survived forced labor and lost much of his family in the Holocaust before fleeing communist Hungary, became one of the most important avant-garde composers of the twentieth century. He pioneered dense textural techniques such as 'micropolyphony,' heard in works like 'Atmosphères' and 'Lux Aeterna,' several of which Stanley Kubrick used in '2001: A Space Odyssey.' His later études and opera 'Le Grand Macabre' further expanded modern musical language.
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Avant-garde composer whose works featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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