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This study of composer Henryk Gorecki provides biographical information as background to his music. It discusses his position as leader of the Polish avant-garde in the late 1950s, and his subsequent discovery of the folk and church music of old Poland. It includes a list of works since 1955.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, Adrian, 1947- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2023.
Series:Oxford studies of composers.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This study of composer Henryk Gorecki provides biographical information as background to his music. It discusses his position as leader of the Polish avant-garde in the late 1950s, and his subsequent discovery of the folk and church music of old Poland. It includes a list of works since 1955.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 1997.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 187 pages): maps, music.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781383007961
1383007969
9780198163947
0198163940
9786610766239
6610766231