Polish Requiem

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Polish Requiem is a large-scale sacred choral-orchestral work by Krzysztof Penderecki that commemorates significant events and figures in Polish history, particularly related to World War II and national suffering.

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Polish Requiem canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral-orchestral work
requiem
sacred musical composition
alsoKnownAs Requiem polskie NERFINISHED
commemorates Polish national suffering
Solidarity movement in Poland
events of World War II in Poland
composer Krzysztof Penderecki NERFINISHED
compositionEndDate 2005
compositionStartDate 1980
countryOfOrigin Poland
dateOfFirstPerformance 1984
dedicatedTo Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński NERFINISHED
Lech Wałęsa NERFINISHED
Pope John Paul II NERFINISHED
Victims of Auschwitz NERFINISHED
Victims of Katyn
Victims of the Warsaw Uprising
genre contemporary classical music
sacred music
hasKeySection Ciaccona in memoria Giovanni Paolo II NERFINISHED
hasPart Agnus Dei NERFINISHED
Ciaccona NERFINISHED
Confutatis NERFINISHED
Dies irae NERFINISHED
Domine Jesu Christe NERFINISHED
Lacrimosa NERFINISHED
Libera me, Domine NERFINISHED
Recordare NERFINISHED
Sanctus NERFINISHED
Tuba mirum NERFINISHED
inspiredBy Polish history
Roman Catholic liturgy
language Latin
notableRecording Polish Requiem – Antoni Wit – Naxos NERFINISHED
Polish Requiem – Krzysztof Penderecki – EMI NERFINISHED
period late 20th century music
placeOfFirstPerformance Stuttgart NERFINISHED
publisher Schott Music NERFINISHED
scoredFor mixed choir
orchestra
vocal soloists
style avant-garde
post-Romantic
subject martyrdom
national identity
remembrance
usesTextFrom Latin Requiem Mass NERFINISHED

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Krzysztof Penderecki notableWork Polish Requiem