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Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (/ ɡ ə ˈ r ɛ t s k i / gə-RET-skee, Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk miˈkɔwaj ɡuˈrɛt͡skʲi] ⓘ; 6 December 1933 – 12 November 2010) was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music.
May 2, 2024 · Henryk Górecki was a Polish composer in the Western classical tradition whose sombre Symphony No. 3 (1976) enjoyed extraordinary international popularity in the late 20th century. Górecki studied at the Music Academy of Katowice, Pol. The works of Anton Webern, Olivier Messiaen, and Karlheinz.
The Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, also known as the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (Polish: Symfonia pieśni żałosnych), is a symphony in three movements composed by Henryk Górecki in Katowice, Poland, between October and December 1976.
Dec 11, 2010 · Composer, born on 6th December 1933 in Czernica, near Rybnik, died on 12th November 2010 in Katowice. He began his formal study of music in 1952 in the pedagogical department of the Music High School in Rybnik.
Feb 22, 2023 · Henryk Górecki (born Czernica, Poland 6 December 1933; died Katowice, Poland 12 November 2010) One of the foremost composers in the realm of the Polish avant-garde, Górecki became the subject of international renown upon the release of his Symphony No. 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.
Nov 13, 2010 · Henryk Gorecki, a renowned Polish composer whose early avant-garde style gave way to more approachable works rooted in his country’s folk songs and sacred music and whose Symphony No. 3 an...
Nov 12, 2010 · Polish composer Henryk Gorecki died today at age 76. The news was announced this morning by the Polish National Radio Symphony.
