Leo was a digital hoarder of the worst kind. His hard drive was a sprawling, chaotic museum of forgotten internet artifacts: memes from 2012, screenshots of long-deleted tweets, and, most importantly, 14 gigabytes of vintage comic book scans. His grandfather had left him a trunk of yellowed Tintin and Spirou albums, and Leo, with a handheld scanner and too much free time, had digitized every single page.
Holding his breath, Leo ejected the e-reader from his PC, navigated to the "Comics" folder, and copied the file over. He turned off the lights, settled into his armchair, and opened the file.
For weeks, Leo read his grandfather’s comics hunched over his laptop, the screen’s glow painting blue crescents under his eyes. "There has to be a better way," he whispered one night, staring at a folder of 200 images that comprised The Calculus Affair .
Leo was a digital hoarder of the worst kind. His hard drive was a sprawling, chaotic museum of forgotten internet artifacts: memes from 2012, screenshots of long-deleted tweets, and, most importantly, 14 gigabytes of vintage comic book scans. His grandfather had left him a trunk of yellowed Tintin and Spirou albums, and Leo, with a handheld scanner and too much free time, had digitized every single page.
Holding his breath, Leo ejected the e-reader from his PC, navigated to the "Comics" folder, and copied the file over. He turned off the lights, settled into his armchair, and opened the file.
For weeks, Leo read his grandfather’s comics hunched over his laptop, the screen’s glow painting blue crescents under his eyes. "There has to be a better way," he whispered one night, staring at a folder of 200 images that comprised The Calculus Affair .
Ligeti and mathematics
The renowned mathematician Heinz-Otto Peitgen talks about his friendship with György Ligeti, the composer's interest in mathematics and the discoveries of chaos theory.
First page of the autograph fair score of L’escalier du diable (Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel).
Copy of the autograph fair score of L'escalier du diable, with annotations by the composer, page 1 (detail), Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel. The inscription in the right-hand margin reads 'revised MS, this is authoritative'.
Copy of the autograph fair score of L'escalier du diable, with annotations by the composer, page 1 (detail), Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel. The inscription in the right-hand margin reads 'revised MS, this is authoritative'. jpg to cbr converter download
Bar 7-2: György Ligeti: Étude 13, bar 7/2, left hand, 9th – 11th quaver (eighth note)
Bar 36-3: György Ligeti: Étude 13, bar 36/3, right hand, 9th – 12th quaver (eighth note) Leo was a digital hoarder of the worst kind
Bar 41: György Ligeti: Étude 13, bar 41/1, left hand, 8th – 12th quaver (eighth note)
Copy of the autograph fair score of L’escalier du diable, with annotations by the composer, page 6 (detail), Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel. Holding his breath, Leo ejected the e-reader from
Bar 45-3: György Ligeti: Étude 13, bar 45/3, right hand, 11th – 12th quaver (eighth note)
Bar 46-1a: György Ligeti: Étude 13, bar 46/1, right hand, 3th – 4th quaver (eighth note)
Bar 46-1b: György Ligeti: Étude 13, bar 46/1, right hand, 5th – 7th quaver (eighth note)
