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Polish composer Henryk Gorecki dies at the age of 76

13.11.2010 [19:46]
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Baku, November 13 (AZERTAC). Polish composer Henryk Gorecki has died at the age of 76, the country`s national orchestra has announced, according to BBC News.

He was best known for his Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, which was composed in 1976 and sold more than a million copies following a 1992 re-release. The symphony - part of which drew on an inscription scrawled on a Nazi prison wall during World War II - featured vocals from US soprano Dawn Upshaw.

It was often played on radio station Classic FM when it launched in 1992.

Gorecki had been suffering from a prolonged illness, a spokeswoman for Polish Radio`s National Symphony Orchestra said.

Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki was born close to the industrial city of Katowice in southern Poland, where he studied music and taught at the city`s music academy.

His early works were avant-garde in style, and later influenced by folk music of his native land. By the 1970s he had developed the monumental style for which he became famous.

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