Transcript Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

Famous Silesians
as
Silesian and Polish
ambassadors
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
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A composer of
classical music, was
born on 6th
December 1933 in
Czernica, near Rybnik,
Silesia, Poland.
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Górecki's work in the late 1950s and 1960s was
characterised by a dissonant modernism . In the mid
1970s, he moved towards a 'pure' sacred minimalist
sound, encapsulated by the 1976 Symphony No. 3.
Though he has remained primarily a religious
composer, Górecki has progressed through several
distinct styles, from the reverence of Beatus Vir
(1979), to the meditative Miserere (1981), to the
spiritualism of Good Night (1990).
Compositions :
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SYMPHONY NO. 2 "COPERNICAN" / SYMFONIA NR 2
"KOPERNIKOWSKA", OP. 31 for solo soprano and
baritone, choir and orchestra (1972)
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SYMPHONY NO. 3 "SYMPHONY OF LAMENTATION
SONGS" / SYMFONIA NR 3 "SYMFONIA PIESNI
ZALOSNYCH", OP. 36 for solo soprano and orchestra
(1976)
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In 1992, the THIRD SYMPHONY was first on the
American and English bestseller lists, and the entire
world was talking about Gorecki.
Wojciech Kilar
A Polish classical
and film music
composer. He is
famous for music to
films, like:
 Bram Stoker's
Dracula by F.E.
Coppola
 The Pianist by R.
Polański
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Jerzy Duda-Gracz
Was a famous Polish painter,drawer and
scenography.From 1970 his paintings were
shown on displaies on the whole word.
is a Polish rock band
founded in 1992. The band
took their name from their
hometown of Mysłowice,
in Silesia Their music
incorporates elements of
rock and shoegazing with
a dose of melancholy.
From 2003, Myslovitz has
had a support of EMI
Records and MTV Europe
and became an
international band
Adam Małysz – a Polish ski jumper
is an olympic
medalist
 won the World Cup
3 times in row
 Is a Polish
champion from
2001
 has won 38 World
Cup competitions
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