BACKGROUND TO… György Ligeti (1923–2006)
Oct 29, 2020
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Born in Transylvania to a family of Hungarian Jews, Ligeti was, a solo cello piece for a fellow student he was secretly in love with. She never played it, but when in 1953 another cellist, Vera DĂŠnes, asked for a work, he added a second movement to create his Solo Cello Sonata.
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