Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
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Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima is an avant-garde orchestral work for string ensemble by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, renowned for its intense sonorities and commemoration of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde music work
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musical composition ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Threnody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| commemorates | victims of Hiroshima ⓘ |
| composer | Krzysztof Penderecki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 8 minutes ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde
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contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasRecording | multiple commercial recordings ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of sonorism in Polish music
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later avant-garde orchestral writing ⓘ |
| key | atonal ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| laterTitle | Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementCount | 1 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extended string techniques
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graphic notation ⓘ microtonality ⓘ unconventional use of time instead of meter ⓘ use of tone clusters ⓘ |
| originalTitle | 8′37″ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
10 cellos
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10 violas ⓘ 24 violins ⓘ 52 string instruments ⓘ 8 double basses ⓘ string ensemble ⓘ |
| structure | single-movement work ⓘ |
| style | sonoristic ⓘ |
| subject | atomic bombing of Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleType | memorial ⓘ |
| usesNotation | graphic score elements ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
glissandi
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percussive effects on the body of the instrument ⓘ playing behind the bridge ⓘ playing on the tailpiece ⓘ sustained dissonant clusters ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1960 ⓘ |
| yearPremiered | 1961 ⓘ |
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