Henryk Górecki. In Memoriam…
Saturday, 13 November 2010 16:16 | Written by bluesever | 
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Henryk Górecki. In Memoriam…
Henryk Górecki, who died on November 12 aged 76, was a Polish composer who achieved immense popularity in Western Europe and America in the 1990s thanks to the ethereal splendour of his Symphony No 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), which briefly reached No 6 in the British charts, just behind Paul McCartney.
He had started his musical life as a pioneer of the Polish avant garde and his work was often dismissed for its violence, both in its sound and in the...
Henryk Górecki, who died on November 12 aged 76, was a Polish composer who achieved immense popularity in Western Europe and America in the 1990s thanks to the ethereal splendour of his Symphony No 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), which briefly reached No 6 in the British charts, just behind Paul McCartney.
He had started his musical life as a pioneer of the Polish avant garde and his work was often dismissed for its violence, both in its sound and in the...
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