Post-War · Open Opus catalog

György Ligeti

1923 – 2006

Chord Barn does not yet hold an IMSLP-sourced piano score collection for György Ligeti. This page presents the composer and work catalog data published by Open Opus, a public-domain (CC0) classical-music metadata project, so the work list below is bibliographic — titles, subtitles, and genre classifications — not a set of downloadable PDF editions.

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Works by György Ligeti in the Open Opus catalog

55 works · Data from Open Opus (openopus.org), released into the public domain (CC0) — fetched 2026-09-11. Catalog entries only: title, subtitle, and genre classification as published by Open Opus. These are not downloadable score editions.

By genre, from Open Opus’s own classification on this composer’s work records: 24 Keyboard · 10 Orchestral · 13 Chamber · 7 Vocal · 1 Stage.

  • 2 Movements for String QuartetChamber
  • 3 BagatellesKeyboard
  • 3 Lakodalmi tánc, for piano-4 handsKeyboard
  • 3 Piece for 2 pianos: Monument, Selbstporträt and BewegungKeyboard
  • 4 Early Pieces for piano, "Basso Ostinato"Keyboard
  • 6 Bagatelles, for wind quintetChamber
  • 6 Etudes, Book 1Keyboard
  • 8 Etudes, Book 2Keyboard
  • Allegro, for piano 4-handsKeyboard
  • Andante and Allegretto, for chamber ensembleChamber
  • Apparitions, for orchestraOrchestral
  • AtmosphèresOrchestral
  • Aventures, for 3 voices and 7 instrumentsVocal
  • Ballade and Dance, for 2 violinsChamber
  • Capriccio no. 1Keyboard
  • Capriccio no. 2Keyboard
  • Cello ConcertoOrchestral
  • Chamber Concerto, for 13 instrumentsChamber
  • Chromatische PhantasieKeyboard
  • ContinuumKeyboard
  • Die große Schildkröten: Fanfare vom Südchinesischen Meer, for trumpetChamber
  • Double Concerto for Flute, Oboe, and OrchestraOrchestral
  • Etude 14a, for player piano, "Coloana färä stârsit"Keyboard
  • Etudes, Book 3Keyboard
  • Hungarian RockKeyboard
  • Hyllning for Hilding Rosenbergs fodelsedag, for violin and celloChamber
  • Induló, for piano 4-handsKeyboard
  • InventionKeyboard
  • Le Grand Macabre — OperaStage
  • LontanoOrchestral
  • Lux aeterna, for a cappella chorusVocal
  • MelodienOrchestral
  • Musica ricercata, 11 piecesKeyboard
  • Mysteries of the Macabre, for soprano and chamber ensembleVocal
  • Nonsense Madrigals, for 6 men's voicesVocal
  • Nouvelles aventures, for 3 voices and 7 instrumentsVocal
  • Passacaglia UnghereseKeyboard
  • Piano ConcertoOrchestral
  • Polifón etüd, for piano 4-handsKeyboard
  • Ramifications, for 12 stringsChamber
  • Reggel, for chorusVocal
  • Requiem, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, 2 choruses and orchestraVocal
  • Ricercare: Omaggio a FrescobaldiKeyboard
  • Romanian ConcertoOrchestral
  • San Francisco PolyphonyOrchestral
  • Sonata for Solo CelloChamber
  • Sonatina, for piano 4-handsKeyboard
  • String Quartet no. 1, "Métamorphoses nocturnes"Chamber
  • String Quartet no. 2Chamber
  • Study no. 1: HarmoniesKeyboard
  • Study no. 2: CouléeKeyboard
  • Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, "Hommage à Brahms"Chamber
  • Viola SonataChamber
  • Violin ConcertoOrchestral
  • VoluminaKeyboard