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Ramifications (Ligeti)

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is used merely for synchronization and does not function as a metric indicator. Accordingly, no stresses are made when performing the piece, and the piece is meant to be performed fluently and without discernible rhythm. The composition aims to sound as a heterogeneous, amorphous texture in which the
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The composition is presented in two different versions: one for 12 soloists and one for a string orchestra. For the orchestra version, it is recommended that the instruments are distributed in a balanced manner. Only the orchestra version makes distinctions when performing tutti and solo parts.
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music, but to create "mistuned music" instead. The performers are seated near to each other, so that the audience can listen to the music as if it is coming from only one source.
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The piece is in one movement that takes approximately eight minutes to perform. It is scored for an ensemble of 12 strings, split into two groups: Group I comprises four
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Roig-Francolí, Miguel A. (1995). "Harmonic and Formal Processes in Ligeti's Net-Structure Compositions".
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on this occasion. The version for 12 soloists was premiered a few months later, on October 10, 1969, in
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Pitch and Harmony in Gyorgy Ligeti's "Hamburg Concerto" and "Syzygy" for String Quartet
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two groups try to retune each other. Ligeti's intention was not to create
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Following are some of the most well-known recordings of this piece:
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However, Ligeti himself preferred the version for soloists.
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Ramifications for string orchestra or 12 solo strings
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György Ligeti
Serge Koussevitzky
Natalia Koussevitzky
Koussevitzky Music Foundation
Library of Congress
string orchestra
Berlin
Michael Gielen
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin
Saarbrücken
Kammerorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks
Antonio Janigro
violins
viola
cello
double bass
quarter tone
A
standard tuning
barring
microtonal
Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse
Louis Auriacombe
EMI Classics
CD
Ensemble InterContemporain
Pierre Boulez
Deutsche Grammophon
CD

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