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Yes, I concur. I saw the notice in the Telegraph here on the 13th - the day I went to see Fripp at St. Pauls - and wondered if he was thinking about Ligeti that day. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/13/db1302.xml ----- Original Message ----- From: "Art Simon" <simart@gmail.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Thursday, 15 June, 2006 03:58 AM Subject: Re: Gyorgy Ligeti, RIP > Umm, I'm not sure the NPR story gives Ligeti his due: he's one of the > defining figures in modern music. I'd include him with Stravinsky, > Debussy, Bartok, Messiaen, Boulez, Lutoslawski, Kagel, Stockhausen, > Glass and Reich. A true genius, and his works, especially > Doppelkonzert, San Francisco Polyphony and Hungarian Rock, changed my > life. RIP, he will be missed. > > On 6/14/06, RP Collier <skeptikalist@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Jun 14, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Stefan Tiedje wrote: >> >> > tEd (r) kiLLiAn wrote: >> >> Thanks for sharing this. It's not the sort of thing they mention >> >> on the evening news. >> > >> > Actually in Germany they did... >> >> >> It was on NPR: >> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5480242 >> >> also >> >> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5481615 >> >> regards >> >> BobC >> >> >> http://www.cdbaby.com/rpcollier >> http://www.cdbaby.com/rpcollier2 >> http://tinyurl.com/cr25j >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn--iF6a4Xo >> > > > -- > Art Simon > simart@null.net > http://art.simon.tripod.com > http://www.myspace.com/artsimon > > > > >