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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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...that Frank Zappa won a Grammy award for the album Jazz from Hell, which was composed using, and entirely performed by, the Synclavier synthesizer (pictured)?
...that the Industrial Workers of the World's Little Red Songbook has helped spread that group’s message?
...that Kassav' is the most popular band to ever emerge from the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe?
...that Japanese taiko drums (pictured) are played with wooden sticks called bachi?
...that the Uruguayan Invasion was a musical phenomenon of the 1960s distinctly similar to the British Invasion, with rock bands from Uruguay rapidly gaining popularity in Argentina?
...that the bass player Jaco Pastorius was killed by a night club bouncer, after being refused entry to a Santana concert?
...that Austrian composer Alban Berg encoded names and messages in his works using the Twelve-tone technique, and wrote program music referring to his secret love for novelist Franz Werfel's sister?
...that French singer Alizée's performance of her song J'en ai marre was the inspiration of the female Night Elf dance in World of Warcraft?
Today's Birthdays
- Birthdays in Music: December 15
- Curtis Fuller, American trombonist, turns 75.
- Edele Lynch, Irish songwriter and vocalist of B*Witched fame, turns 30.
- Toshinori Kondo, Japanese avant-garde jazz-style trumpeter, turns 61.
- Don Johnson, American singer and actor of Miami Vice, turns 60.
- Barry Harris, American Bebop pianist, turns 80.
- Jerry Wallace, American singer, turns 71.
- Carmine Appice, American drummer with Vanilla Fudge, turns 63.
- Paul Simonon, Brit bassist with The Clash, turns 54.
- Cindy Birdsong, American R&B vocalist with The Supremes, turns 70.
- Najoua Belyzel, French pop rock and electronic music vocalist, turns 28.
- Mark Jansen, Dutch guitarist with Epica, turns 31.
- Nick Beggs, Brit bassist with Kajagoogoo, turns 48.
- Eddie Palmieri, American arranger and pianist, turns 73.
Derek Frankenber, Drummer of Cradle of Filth turns 26
Music News
- November 17: British rapper Derek B dies at age 44
- November 5: British singer Robbie Williams announces his return to boyband Take That
- October 19: Whitney Houston has 'wardrobe malfunction' during UK debut on TV show 'X Factor'
- October 16: Man charged with assaulting British singer Leona Lewis
- October 15: Leona Lewis assaulted at book signing in London, England
- October 15: Boyzone manager Louis Walsh pays tribute to Stephen Gately
- October 14: American singer and actor Al Martino dies at age 82
- October 13: Post-mortem examination reveals Stephen Gately "died of natural causes"
- October 11: Boyzone member Stephen Gately dies at age 33
- September 25: Vienna mayor criticises cancellation of Michael Jackson tribute concert
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