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Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (born December 6, 1933) is a Poland composer of classical music. Górecki was born in Czernica, in southern Poland. He did not study music seriously until he was in his twenties, when he began to study in Katowice. Later, while continuing his studies in Paris, Górecki was able to hear works by Anton Webern, Olivier Messiaen and Karlheinz Stockhausen, which were suppressed by the Polish government. Górecki eventually became a professor of music in Katowice, but he resigned his post in the late 1970s in protest against the government's refusal to allow Pope John Paul II to visit the city. Górecki's music covers a variety of styles, but tends to be harmony relatively simple. His first works were in the same avant-garde style as that of Pierre Boulez or other serialism, but his later music is more often compared to Minimalist music, often being labelled “holy minimalism”. Like Arvo Pärt, with whom he is also compared, his works often reflect his religious beliefs (Górecki is a Roman Catholicism). Górecki's best-known piece by far is his third symphony, subtitled ''Symphony of Sorrowful Songs''. It is written in three movements for orchestra and soprano solo. The words of the first movement are from a 15th century lament, the second movement has words found written on the wall of a Gestapo prison cell in Zakopane, and the third movement is a folk song. The music throughout is slow and contemplative, with the first movement – an extended canon (music) for string instrument – taking up around half the entire playing time. A typical performance of the work lasts about fifty minutes. The work was written in 1976, and premiered the following year. A recording of it released in 1993, with the London Symphony Orchestra Conducting by David Zinman and the solo part sung by Dawn Upshaw, sold over two million copies. 1933 births 20th century classical composers Polish composers Living classical composers
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Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (born December 6, 1933) is a Poland composer of classical music. Górecki was born in Czernica, in southern Poland. He did not study music seriously until he was in his twenties, when he began to study in Katowice. Later, while continuing his studies in Paris, Górecki was able to hear works by Anton Webern, Olivier Messiaen and Karlheinz Stockhausen, which were suppressed by the Polish government. Górecki eventually became a professor of music in Katowice, but he resigned his post in the late 1970s in protest against the government's refusal to allow Pope John Paul II to visit the city. Górecki's music covers a variety of styles, but tends to be harmony relatively simple. His first works were in the same avant-garde style as that of Pierre Boulez or other serialism, but his later music is more often compared to Minimalist music, often being labelled “holy minimalism”. Like Arvo Pärt, with whom he is also compared, his works often reflect his religious beliefs (Górecki is a Roman Catholicism). Górecki's best-known piece by far is his third symphony, subtitled ''Symphony of Sorrowful Songs''. It is written in three movements for orchestra and soprano solo. The words of the first movement are from a 15th century lament, the second movement has words found written on the wall of a Gestapo prison cell in Zakopane, and the third movement is a folk song. The music throughout is slow and contemplative, with the first movement – an extended canon (music) for string instrument – taking up around half the entire playing time. A typical performance of the work lasts about fifty minutes. The work was written in 1976, and premiered the following year. A recording of it released in 1993, with the London Symphony Orchestra Conducting by David Zinman and the solo part sung by Dawn Upshaw, sold over two million copies. 1933 births 20th century classical composers Polish composers Living classical composers
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