Gï¿½recki

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ISBN: 9780198163947

ISBN-10: 0198163940

ISBN-13: 9780198163947

Edition: 1996

Authors: Adrian Thomas

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The Polish composer Henry Grecki (born 1933) achieved world-wide renown in 1992 when his Third Symphony, written in 1976, was recorded on CD and became an international bestseller. It is now one of the best known musical compositions of recent years, yet Grecki's other music is still relatively little known. This study, the first detailed account of his works in any language, provides biographical information as background to the music, and is by a leading enthusiast of Grecki's music. Adrian Thomas discusses Grecki's 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, notably that of the Podhale region in…

Book details

List price: $81.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/26/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 206
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



List of Music Examples


Preludium



Songs of Joy and Rhythm



Collisions



Genesis



Old Polish Music



Sacred Songs



Broad Waters



Quasi una fantasia


List of Works


Select Bibliography


Index