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Kurtág's Instrumental Music, 1988–1998

1998; Cambridge University Press; Issue: 207 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0040298200006811

1478-2286

Rachel Beckles Willson,

Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies

During the 20 years that followed the completion of his first vocal work, The sayings of Páter Boniemisza op.7 (1963–68), György Kurtág established himself as a composer with an exceptional aptitude for vocal writing. His compositions for voice outweigh those for instruments alone in both quantity and substance throughout this period, during which his second string quartet, Hommage à Mihály András (12 Microludes) op. 13 (1977), is a ravishingly beautiful anomaly.