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György Ligeti

Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel

Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel (With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles) (2000) is a song cycle in seven movements by the composer György Ligeti based on poetry by Sándor Weöres. The work is scored for

Movements#

The work is for mezzo-soprano accompanied by four percussionists. The percussion for the seven movements is as follows: :#1st marimba, 1st slide whistle, 1st siren whistle, side drum, descant recorder :#2nd marimba, 2nd slide whistle, 2nd siren whistle, small side drum, treble recorder :#Bass marimba, 1st flexatone, 1st marimba, Burmese gong in F, tenor recorder :#Medium and low bass drums, 2nd flexatone, lion’s roar, 2nd marimba, tam-tam, cymbal with the sound of a broken pot :#2 police whistles, log drum, tom-tom, small pair of cymbals (with coughing sound), ratchet, castanets, wood drum (with muffled sound), güiro, railway whistle, vibraslap, slide whistle, sandpaper blocks, 2 cowbells, tambourine, siren whistle, 2 rototoms, tuned bongo or conga, low slit drum, 4 temple blocks (tuned), low cymbal (bowed) :#1st marimba, sopranino ocarina in F :#2nd marimba, 1st soprano ocarina in C :#Bass marimba, 2nd soprano ocarina in C :#Rin, glockenspiel :#Burmese gongs, crotales :#Tubular bells :#Vibraphone :#Xylophone :#1st marimba :#2nd marimba :#Bass marimba :#1st chromonica in C :#2nd chromonica in B :#3rd chromonica in C :#4th chromonica in B :#Claves, sopranino ocarina in F :#3 different snare drums and tom-tom, 1st soprano ocarina in C :#Vibraphone :#Bass marimba, 2nd soprano ocarina in C :#Maraca, bass drum, tambourine, Japanese wood rattle, castanets, wood block, sistrum, chimes (unpitched), metal bar, güiro, small Japanese bell, tom-tom, 2 police whistles, railway whistle, triangle, 4 temple blocks, 2 different side drums, small suspended cymbal, lion’s roar, big whip :#4 bongos (tuned ad lib) :#Xylophone :#Marimba

Composer
György Ligeti