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
:-)
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…
Sorry just being silly.
Enter Graham Chapman as the Colonel.
“Too silly. too silly. Move along…”
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.
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A behemoth.
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
:-)
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…
Sorry just being silly.
Enter Graham Chapman as the Colonel.
“Too silly. too silly. Move along…”
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.