„weil die Texte oft mehr beachtet werden als die Musik“ Zur Relevanz und Verlässlichkeit kompositorischer Selbstauskünfte am Beispiel György Ligetis

Marx, Wolfgang (2016) „weil die Texte oft mehr beachtet werden als die Musik“ Zur Relevanz und Verlässlichkeit kompositorischer Selbstauskünfte am Beispiel György Ligetis. Studia Musicologica, 57 (1-2). pp. 187-206. ISSN 1788-6244

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Abstract

This essay identifies three reasons that help explain why György Ligeti was highly active as a speaker and author of texts about music throughout his career. He thereby replenished his income (particularly before 1973), asserted his auctorial authority vis-à-vis musicological interpretations and — at least indirectly — secured a better “share of the market” for his own music by being present in the public eye. This essay also discusses the reliability of Ligeti’s assertions which warned against an overreliance on composers’ views on the part of musicologists.

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