The day I discovered Gyorgy Ligeti, also: abuse of the "embed" function

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The day I discovered Gyorgy Ligeti, also: abuse of the "embed" function

January 13, 2010

So, I was going about my regular routine, dicking around the internet and hanging out in Roleplayerguild’s IRC channel, when someone posts a link to Ligeti’s Requiem. I’m one of those classical music buffs that can only name a handful of composers they’re familiar with, so it wasn’t really surprising for me not to know of Gyorgy Ligeti. I did a little trip to Wikipedia and skimmed through his article. It turns out that he’s quite a famous contemporary composer and his work has been popularized in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. His works… are certainly not that of the norm you’d expect when you say “classical.”

This link should probably familiarize you with what kind of music Ligeti is known for:

WARNING: DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS WHEN YOU ARE ALL ALONE AT NIGHT

Definitely Nightmare Fuel (though I do wish I could reach the Bass notes in the first few seconds of the piece). And of course, I clicked on a few more related videos. Those clicks led me to another Ligeti piece, “L’escalier du Diable” or “The Devil’s Staircase.” Don’t worry, this doesn’t have a choir or a full orchestra, just a single piano, so it’s not that scary.

(This piece is also known for having a part with a ‘ffffffff’. It’s pronounced “Fortisisisisisisimo”, in other words, very, very, very, very, very, very loud and strong)

They say the piece expresses the thought of being in Hell and trying to get out of it by climbing a neverending staircase. The “neverending” ascending feel of the piece comes from something called “The Shepard Scale,”a scale of notes, that when played, seems to just keep going up (or down)… endlessly.

Sounds just like a bunch of ascending notes right? Play it AGAIN. and again. and again.

Apparently there’s a lot of videos on the Shepard Scale/Tone on Youtube, and most of them are named “The most disturbing tone in the world”

Anyway, I’ll end this post with something that’s positive and good for the soul:

Having Internet at home is nice

Posted by someting at 11:25 pm | permalink

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Embedded WHORE! O.O XD

What’s odd is I didn’t find that guy’s music scary, cause I listen to similar things for fun. Perhaps that just makes me a weirdo?

I do like how informative your post was, it was like you were trying to teach me something. XD

Posted by Dudel at January 15, 2010, 3:25 pm

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