György Ligeti, 1923

György Ligeti, 1923–2006

Jun 13, 2006

Posted in {music}.

#1 posted by Ismo Santala

Jun 14th, 2006

A behemoth.
#2 posted by Eroom Nala

Jun 15th, 2006

You mean he was a hippopotamus?

Something enormous in size or power.
often Behemoth A huge animal, possibly the hippopotamus, described in the Bible.

behemoth

(Job 40:15-24). Some have supposed this to be an Egyptian word meaning a
“water-ox.” The Revised Version has here in the margin “hippopotamus,” which is
probably the correct rendering of the word. The word occurs frequently in
Scripture, but, except here, always as a common name, and translated “beast” or
“cattle.”

from dictionary.com

:-)
#3 posted by Ismo Santala

Jun 15th, 2006

I was thinking of a nonsense behemoth! One wearing a pied hat! ;)

Then again, maybe we should just call Ligeti a giant of modern music and leave the thesaurus out of it…
#4 posted by Eroom Nala

Jun 15th, 2006

Sorry just being silly.

Enter Graham Chapman as the Colonel.

“Too silly. too silly. Move along…”
#5 posted by John

Jun 17th, 2006

I doubt Mr Ligeti would have minded the behemoth comparison, he had a good sense of humour–one composition requires a loaded tea-tray to be thrown into a dustbin–and his opera, Le Grande Macabre, is a very surreal work.