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Welcome to Wikipedia's portal for Music. Music is sound in time. Music is often described as an art form that involves organized sounds and silence. It is considered by some cultures to be a language or an accompaniment to a dance and a means to communicate with spirits. Within the arts, music can be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and an auditory art form though the definitions of music vary according to culture and social context.
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Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, also known as the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (Polish: Symfonia pieśni żałosnych), is a symphony in three movements composed by Henryk Górecki in Katowice, Poland, between October and December 1976. The work is indicative of the transition between Górecki's dissonant earlier manner and his more tonal later style.
A solo soprano sings a different Polish text in each of the three movements. The first is a Silesian folk song, the second a message written on the wall of a Gestapo cell during World War II, and the third a 15th-century Polish lament of Mary, mother of Jesus. The first and third movements are written from the perspective of a parent who has lost a child, and the second movement from that of a child who has lost a parent. The dominant themes of the symphony are motherhood and separation through war. (More...)
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- Ralph Tresvant, American R&B vocalist of New Edition fame, turns 40.
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- Nikki Iles, Brit accordionist and pianist, turns 45.
- Billy Cobham, Panamanian drummer with The Mahavishnu Orchestra, turns 64.
- Eddie Bert, American trombonist, turns 86.
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- May 2: New Zealand Music Month kicks off for 2008
- April 13: Teräsbetoni frontman J. Ahola on representing Finland at Eurovision 2008 & more
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- April 6: Charles Manson releases album under free license
- March 30: Poison drummer Rikki Rockett arrested for rape
- March 29: British pop star Leona Lewis breaks US Billboard records
- March 27: Teräsbetoni's 'Myrskyntuoja' tops Finnish album chart
- March 26: Wikinews interviews organiser of New Zealand's Rock2Wgtn festival Phil Sprey
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