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Ligature e versetti

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Ligature e versetti
Foreign language / English title
Ligature e versetti
Dedication
László Dobszay, Janka Szendrey
Year of composition
1990
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
org.
Duration
0 min
Movements, parts
1. Versetto: Dixit Dominus ad Noe: finis universe carnis venit…
2. Versetto
3. Ligatura
4. Versetto
5. Versetto
6. Versetto
7. Ligatura
8. Versetto (apokrif organum): Temptavit Deus Abraham…
9. Versetto: Tolle
10. Versetto: Consurrexit Cain adversus fratrem suum…
11. Vízözön-szirénák (Noéra várva)
12. Ligatura
13. Intonatio: In principio…
14. Ligatura: Imminit ergo Dominus soprem in Adam…
Premiere information
(Selection) 18 July 1990, Kuhmo, Finland; György Kurtág (org.)
Publisher / Source
Movement 1, 8, 10, 11 In: Játékok [Games] VI. füzet [Vol. 6] Editio Musica Budapest © 1997, Z. 14 002
Recordings
QUINTANA QUI 903032 & 903038, 1992
Remarks, other info
Ligature e Versetti served as interludes played by György Kurtág in a concert programme of plainchant sung by Schola Hungarica, directed by László Dobszay and Janka Szendrei. Four Versetti, playable on organ or piano, were later added to Games [Játékok], Vol. VI.