Musical Works of György Ligeti (born 1923)

At least 114 works written in Hungary, 1938-55 (only the most important mentioned below).

• Little Serenade, string orchestra, 1945-47
• Weöres Songs, soprano and piano, 1946-7
• Old Hungarian Parlor Dances, orchestra, 1949
• Ballad and Dance, 2 violins, 1950
• Two Movements, string quartet, 1950
• Four early Folksong Settings, 1946-52
• Cello Sonata, 1948, rev. 1953
• Cantata for a Youth Festival, soloists, chorus orchestra, 1949
• Rag Carpet, piano, 1950-51
• Szonatina for piano four hands, 1950
• Musica ricercata, eleven pieces for piano solo, 1951-3
• Omaggio a G. Frescobaldi, ricercar for organ solo, 1953
• Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet, 1953
• Métamorphoses nocturnes, String Quartet, 1954
• Night, Morning, eight-voice mixed choir a capella, 1955
  
  
• Glissandi, electronic, 1957
• Pièce électronic Nr. 3, 4-channel electronic, 1957-8
• Artikulation, 4-channel electronic, 1958
• Apparitions, orchestra, 1958-9
• Atmosphères, full orchestra without percussion, 1961
• Die Zukunft der Musik - Eine Kollektive Komposition, (“The future of music - a collective composition”), “musical provocation”, 1961
• Trois bagatelles for a pianist, 1961
• Fragment, chamber orchestra, 1964
• Volumina, organ, 1962-66
• Poème Symphonique for 100 metronomes, 1962
• Aventures, singer and 7 instruments, 1963
• Requiem, soprano and mezzo-soprano soloists, chorus and orchestra, 1963-5
• Nouvelles Aventures, 3 singers and 7 instruments, 1965
• Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures revised, 1966
• Lux aeterna, chorus, 1966
• Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester, cello and orchestra, 1966
• Lontano, orchestra, 1966
• Etude Nr. I: “Harmonies”, organ, 1967
• Continuum, cembalo, 1968
• Streichquartett Nr. 2, string quartet, 1968
• Zehn Stücke für Bläserquintett, 1968
• Ramifications, string orchestra, 1968-9
• Etude Nr. II: “Coulée”, organ, 1969
• Kammerkonzert für 13 Instrumentalisten, 1969-70
• Melodien, orchestra, 1971
• Double Concerto, 1972
• Clocks and Clouds, orchestra, 1973
• San Francisco Polyphony, orchestra, 1974
• Monument, Selbstporträt, Bewegung, two pianos, 1976
• Le grand macabre, opera, 1978
• Hungarian Rock, cembalo, 1978
• Passacaglia ungherese, cembalo, 1978
• Trio for violin, horn and piano, 1982
• Three Fantasies, 16 voices, 1983
• Two Hungarian Studies, chorus, 1983
• Etudes, piano, 1985
• Die grosse Schildkröten-Fanfare vom Südchinesischen Meer (“The Large Turtles - Fanfare from the South China Sea”), trumpet, 1985
• Piano Concerto, 1985-88
• Mysteries of the Macabre, coloratura soprano and ensemble, 1991
• Nonsense Madrigals, 6 men’s voices, 1988-98
• Violin Concerto, 1990-92
• Viola Sonata, 1991-94