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    Lux Aeterna (Ligeti)

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    Lux Aeterna is a piece for 16-part mixed choir written by György Ligeti in 1966. It features his characteristic styles of micropolyphony with overlapping vocal parts and cluster chords. The piece is known for its use in 2001: A Space Odyssey and sets the Latin text of the Requiem Mass, divided into three sections distinguished by the text.

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    Lux Aeterna (Ligeti)

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    Lux Aeterna is a piece for 16-part mixed choir written by György Ligeti in 1966. It features his characteristic styles of micropolyphony with overlapping vocal parts and cluster chords. The piece is known for its use in 2001: A Space Odyssey and sets the Latin text of the Requiem Mass, divided into three sections distinguished by the text.

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    Lux Aeterna is a piece for 16-part mixed choir written by György Ligeti in 1966. It features his characteristic styles of micropolyphony with overlapping vocal parts and cluster chords. The piece is known for its use in 2001: A Space Odyssey and sets the Latin text of the Requiem Mass, divided into three sections distinguished by the text.

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    Lux Aeterna (Ligeti)

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    Lux Aeterna is a piece for 16-part mixed choir written by György Ligeti in 1966. It features his characteristic styles of micropolyphony with overlapping vocal parts and cluster chords. The piece is known for its use in 2001: A Space Odyssey and sets the Latin text of the Requiem Mass, divided into three sections distinguished by the text.

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    Lux Aeterna (Ligeti)

    Lux Aeterna is a piece for 16-part mixed choir, written register, constituting the only detectable traditional chord
    by Gyrgy Ligeti in 1966. It is most famous for its use in in he whole piece (E at minor) followed by the womens
    Stanley Kubrick's 1968 lm 2001: A Space Odyssey. entrance, the altos in a low register and the sopranos in a
    The text (in Latin) is from the Roman Catholic Requiem high register. All parts gradually fade, and the piece ends
    with seven bars of silence.
    Mass: Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis
    in aeternum, quia pius es. Requiem aeternam dona eis, It is characteristic of nearly all Ligetis mature works that
    Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis, which means May ev- the subdivisions of the basic beat keep changing, which
    erlasting light shine upon them, O Lord, with thy saints contributes to their beatless, oating feeling. In this piece,
    in eternity, for thou art merciful. Grant them eternal rest, each of the sixteen voices is given a characteristic subdi-
    O Lord, and may everlasting light shine upon them. vision of the quarter-note beat:
    The piece features many of Ligetis characteristic styles,
    including:

    Micropolyphony, which Ligeti describes as The


    complex polyphony of the individual parts[,] em-
    bodied in a harmonic-musical ow in which the har-
    monies do not change suddenly, but merge into one
    another; one clearly discernible interval combina-
    tion is gradually blurred, and from this cloudiness
    it is possible to discern a new interval combination
    taking shape.

    Cluster chords, where every note within a given in-


    terval is sung simultaneously

    A focus on timbre instead of melody, harmony, or


    rhythm

    1 Analysis
    The piece can be seen as divided into three distinct parts,
    as designated by text:
    Lux aeterna luceat eis [m.136]: The sopranos and al-
    tos sing very similar parts in Ligetis characteristic style
    of micropolyphony. Each part has the same sequence of
    notes, separated by small time intervals. The tenors enter
    about halfway through this section, singing in the same
    range as the women.
    Domine cum sanctus tuis in aeternum... [m.3786]:
    The basses enter, singing in very high falsetto, showing
    Ligetis focus on timbre and texture. This is followed by
    a section where only the mens voices sing, and then the
    women enter on the text "Quia pius es. The sopranos sing
    "Requiem aeternam dona eis" in a high register and grad-
    ually fade away.
    Domine et lux perpetua luceat eis [m.87126]: The men
    again sing the text "Domine, this time in a very low male

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    2 2 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES

    2 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses


    2.1 Text
    Lux Aeterna (Ligeti) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lux_Aeterna_(Ligeti)?oldid=778866387 Contributors: JackofOz, Max Terry,
    Angr, Dtrebbien, Lijealso, Moez, Dono, LadyofShalott, DavidRF, Barek, Jevansen, Sparafucil, GAVVA23212, Europe22, Addbot, KSch-
    neck, Squandermania, Cote d'Azur, Jfmantis, EuroCarGT, , Anugerahmervin, Dinoheadjake21, BridgeTheMasterBuilder, Ira Leviton
    and Anonymous: 11

    2.2 Images
    File:Noteicon4.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Noteicon4.svg License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Contributors:
    Own work Original artist: Otourly
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    Original artist: ?
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    Contributors:
    Created from scratch in Adobe Illustrator. Based on Image:Question book.png created by User:Equazcion Original artist:
    Tkgd2007

    2.3 Content license


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