An early description of the influence of fractal geometry on Ligeti's work was
given in John Rockwell's November 11, 1986, New York Times article about Ligeti's
receiving the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. |
"I do not use direct mathematical translation into my music, like Xenaki.
The influence is poetic: fractals are the most complex
ornaments ever, in all the arts, like the Book of Kells or the Alhambra.
They provide exactly what I want to discover in my own music, a kind of
organic development." |
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The citation for his 2001 Kyoto Award emphasized, among other things, the influence of
fractals on Ligeti's work. |
See Josh Rosen's site for
details about Ligeti. |