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György Ligeti

1923 - 2006

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György Sándor Ligeti (; Hungarian: [ˈliɡɛti ˈɟørɟ ˈʃaːndor]; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" and "one of the most innovative and influential among progressive figures of his time". Born in Romania, he lived in the Hungarian People's Republic before emigrating to Austria in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of György Ligeti has received more than 1,149,491 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. György Ligeti is the 122nd most popular composer (down from 119th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Romania (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Composer.

György Ligeti is most famous for his avant-garde compositions.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, György Ligeti ranks 122 out of 1,216. Before him are Zoltán Kodály, Arthur Honegger, Josef Strauss, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Gabrieli, and Anton Rubinstein. After him are Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Domenico Cimarosa, Pérotin, Krzysztof Penderecki, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Carl Nielsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, György Ligeti ranks 17. Before him are Irma Grese, Rocky Marciano, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Italo Calvino, Peter II of Yugoslavia, and Carroll Shelby. After him are Richard Attenborough, Franco Zeffirelli, Alan Shepard, Mas Oyama, Nadine Gordimer, and Roy Lichtenstein. Among people deceased in 2006, György Ligeti ranks 17. Before him are Desmond Doss, Heinrich Harrer, Alfredo Stroessner, Philippe Noiret, Oriana Fallaci, and Syd Barrett. After him are Owen Chamberlain, Joseph Barbera, Ibrahim Rugova, Clifford Geertz, Anna Politkovskaya, and Paul Mauriat.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, György Ligeti ranks 25 out of 665. Before him are Paul Celan (1920), Constantin Brâncuși (1876), Stephen III of Moldavia (1433), Herta Müller (1953), Ion Iliescu (1930), and Mircea Lucescu (1945). After him are Theodoric I (393), Nadia Comăneci (1961), Elie Wiesel (1928), Iannis Xenakis (1922), Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), and Gheorghe Zamfir (1941).

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Among COMPOSERS In Romania

Among composers born in Romania, György Ligeti ranks 2. Before him are Béla Bartók (1881). After him are Iannis Xenakis (1922), George Enescu (1881), Ion Ivanovici (1845), Vladimir Cosma (1940), György Kurtág (1926), Bálint Bakfark (1507), Péter Eötvös (1944), Sándor Végh (1912), and Sándor Veress (1907).

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