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Ligeti's ‘third way’: ‘Non–atonal’ elements in the Horn Trio

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Mike Searby
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It is perhaps curious that only a year after this exchange took place in 1981, Ligeti completed his Horn Trio – which uses traditional ternary form, a passacaglia (although a disguised one), a strong melodic focus, and a harmonic language which contains clear triads and dominant sevenths in abundance. In spite of his assertions above, it does seem as if Ligeti, in addition to rejecting the Avant-garde, is looking to the past for major elements of his musical language.

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Tempo , Issue 216 , April 2001 , pp. 17 - 23
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001

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