Re: Gyorgy Ligeti, RIP

["Stephen Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>]

Yes, I concur.  I saw the notice in the Telegraph here on the 13th - the 
day 
I went to see Fripp at St. Pauls - and wondered if he was thinking about 
Ligeti that day.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/13/db1302.xml

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Simon" <simart@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, 15 June, 2006 03:58 AM
Subject: Re: Gyorgy Ligeti, RIP


> Umm, I'm not sure the NPR story gives Ligeti his due: he's one of the
> defining figures in modern music. I'd include him with Stravinsky,
> Debussy, Bartok, Messiaen, Boulez, Lutoslawski, Kagel, Stockhausen,
> Glass and Reich. A true genius, and his works, especially
> Doppelkonzert, San Francisco Polyphony and Hungarian Rock, changed my
> life. RIP, he will be missed.
>
> On 6/14/06, RP Collier <skeptikalist@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Jun 14, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Stefan Tiedje wrote:
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>> > tEd (r) kiLLiAn wrote:
>> >> Thanks for sharing this. It's not the sort of thing they mention
>> >> on the evening news.
>> >
>> > Actually in Germany they did...
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>>
>> It was on NPR:
>> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5480242
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>> also
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>> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5481615
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>> regards
>>
>> BobC
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