100 year old Polyrhythms Vs. New Polyrhythms

I look at the musical reasons composers use polyrhythms, taking two composers over 100 years apart - Chopin and Ligeti, both wrote music filled with polyrhythms. Although their music sounds very different, their aims were surprisingly similar.

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Nocturne Opus 15 no.2
   • Chopin Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2 in F-Sharp Ma...  

Étude No. 2 in A Flat Major (Trois nouvelles études)
   • Chopin: Étude No. 2 in A Flat Major (Trois...  

Ballade No. 4, Op. 52
   • Chopin - Ballade No. 4, Op. 52 (Rubinstein)  

Chopin - Fantaisie Impromptu, Op. 66
   • Chopin - Fantaisie Impromptu, Op. 66 (Rubi...  

Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 3 in B Major
   • Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 3 in B Major (Ar...  

F. Chopin : Nocturne op. 9 no. 1 in B flat minor
   • F. Chopin : Nocturne op. 9 no. 1 in B flat...  

Josquin Des Prez: Missa l'Homme Armé Super Voces Musicales 5. Agnus Dei (2/2)
   • Josquin Des Prez: Missa l'Homme Armé Super...  

György Ligeti - Etude No. 8 "Fem"
   • György Ligeti - Etude No. 8 "Fem" (audio +...  

György Ligeti - Études for Piano (Book 1), No. 6 [6/6] Automne à Varsovie
   • György Ligeti - Études for Piano (Book 1),...  

Ligeti Piano Concerto
   • György Ligeti: Piano Concerto (1985-88)  

Research:
György Ligeti's : A Polyrhythmic Study
http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora...

Gyorgy Ligeti: His etudes for piano and Piano Concerto - An analysis
https://www.academia.edu/19847330/Gyo...

Ligeti, Africa and Polyrhythm
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41700061...

Shawn Crowder's Video:
   • How to play 21 against 22  

Adam Neely's 7:11 Polyrhythm Challenge    • 7:11 Polyrhythms