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Henryk Górecki
Polish composer (1933–2010)
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (gə-RET-skee, Polish:[ˈxɛnrɨkmiˈkɔwajɡuˈrɛt͡skʲi]ⓘ;[1] 6 December 1933 – 12 November 2010)[2][3] was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music.
According to critic Alex Ross, no recent classical composer has had as much commercial success as Górecki.[4] He became a leading figure of the Polish avant-garde during the post-Stalin cultural thaw.[6] His Anton Webern-influenced serialist works of the 1950s and 1960s were characterized by adherence to dissonantmodernism and influenced by Luigi Nono, Karlheinz Stockhausen,[7]Krzysztof Penderecki and Kazimierz Serocki.
He continued in this direction throughout the 1960s, but by the mid-1970s had changed to a less complex sacred minimalist sound, exemplified by the transitional Symphony No. 2 and the Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs).
This later style developed through several ot