Musical Characteristics And Performance Analysis Of Ligeti’s Musica Ricercata

This paper takes the famous Hungarian composer George Ligeti’s "Musica Ricercata" as the research object,and through the representative third,fourth,eighth and tenth songs of the suite as an example,analyzes the characteristic musical characteristics and performance points,and briefly summarizes the status and significance of the suite in the creation of Ligeti music.A musician with great personality and imagination,Ligeti’s musical composition is divided into three periods: the Hungarian period,the 1956 period to the creation of the opera "The Great Death",and the "Great Death".The work was composed during the first period of Ligeti’s musical composition,the Hungarian period.The suite was composed in 1951 and completed in 1953,when Ligeti particularly admired Bartók,and a large part of his work from this period was dominated by Bartók’s style,but slowly Ligeti discovered its drawbacks.Ligeti didn’t want to be Bartók’s successor,he wanted to create his own music,he wanted to create new music from "nothing".So began his exploration and innovation.The Musica Ricercata is the product of his exploration and innovation.The introduction part of this article introduces the reasons for the selection of the "Musica Ricercata",the research significance and the current research status at home and abroad,and then the first chapter introduces The Ligeti and his musical composition,the background of the creation of the "Musica Ricercata";the second chapter introduces the musical characteristics of the "Musica Ricercata" with the third,fourth,eighth and tenth as an example,starting from the complex and changeable rhythm beat,the mixed beat,mechanical rhythm and Bulgarian rhythm are analyzed and summarized,and then the transformation of the mode of the tonality is analyzed.The third chapter mainly analyzes the main points of the Musica Ricercata,including the percussive touches of the pieces and chords,the strong dynamic contrast,the grasp of interlaced rhythms,and the use of rests and pedals;and finally summarizes the creative significance of the Musica Ricercata and the position of the Ligeti.