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Górecki

British  
/ ɡɔˈrɛkɪ /

noun

  1. Henryk ( Mikołaj ). 1933–2010, Polish composer, best known for his sombre third symphony (1979)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Overnight Górecki became an widely acclaimed composer and Upshaw a superstar soprano.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2017

Górecki grew to love it, and so did the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2017

Pieces by Guy Barash and Allen Shultz will be performed alongside the noted Henryk Górecki work “Lerchenmusik.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2016

Górecki belonged to a phalanx of composers that came to the fore after the Second World War, testing the limits of artistic expression in Communist Poland.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 30, 2015

No classical composer in recent memory, not even the inescapable Philip Glass, has had a commercial success to rival that of the late Polish master Henryk Górecki.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 30, 2015

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