{"id":11583,"date":"2010-11-12T17:46:24","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T00:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/?p=11583"},"modified":"2015-11-12T15:36:39","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T22:36:39","slug":"r-i-p-henryk-gorecki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2010\/11\/12\/r-i-p-henryk-gorecki\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P Henryk Gorecki"},"content":{"rendered":"<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<p>R.I.P Henryk Gorecki <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/1agorecki.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/1agorecki.jpg\" alt=\"1agorecki\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/1agorecki.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/1agorecki-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>\t (December 6, 1933 \u2013 November 12, 2010)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/henryk-gorecki-modernist-composer-who-enjoyed-crossover-success-with-the-millionselling-symphony-of-sorrowful-songs-2132878.html\">Obit from Independent<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Henryk Gorecki: Modernist composer who enjoyed crossover success with the million-selling &#8216;Symphony of Sorrowful Songs&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/music\/2010\/nov\/12\/henryk-gorecki-obituary\">Guardian UK obit here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rP_z2Jz1xc0&#038;feature=player_embedded\">H. M. G\u00f3recki &#8211; Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra, Op. 40 (1981)<\/a> (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1032258300197&#038;set=a.1031986653406.4771.1637602602#!\/profile.php?id=100000479915337\">Jeffrey Harris<\/a>)<\/p>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<p>Painting by <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/HenrykG\u00f3recki-lr.jpg\" alt=\"HenrykG\u00f3recki-lr\" title=\"HenrykG\u00f3recki-lr\" width=\"415\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/HenrykG\u00f3recki-lr.jpg 415w, https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/HenrykG\u00f3recki-lr-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/wardschumaker.blogspot.com\/\">Ward Schumaker<\/a><br \/>\nNote: Helena Blazusiak was a Catholic who died in a Nazi death camp.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/miLV0o4AhE4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<blockquote><p>In a book on the Nazi occupation, he discovered words found scratched on a wall in the Gestapo prison at Zakopane: &#8220;No, mother do not weep&#8230;&#8221;, signed by &#8220;Helena Wanda Blazusiak, aged 18, detained since 25.IX.44.&#8221; To this he added a text from the 15th-century, &#8220;Holy Cross Lament&#8221;. &#8220;So I had these three songs, very sad, hence the title &#8216;Symphony of Sorrowful Songs&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/henryk-gorecki-modernist-composer-who-enjoyed-crossover-success-with-the-millionselling-symphony-of-sorrowful-songs-2132878.html\">(via)<\/a><\/p>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<blockquote><p>Kronos Quartet&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonesuch.com\/journal\/kronos-quartets-david-harrington-remembers-henryk-gorecki-2010-11-12?ref=nf\">David Harrington Remembers Henryk G\u00f3recki<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/11\/13\/arts\/music\/13gorecki.html?_r=2&#038;hpw\">NYtimes Obit <\/a><br \/>\nGorecki in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=btkjRw0sGeY\"> Basquiat (youtube)<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R.I.P Henryk Gorecki (December 6, 1933 \u2013 November 12, 2010) Obit from Independent Henryk Gorecki: Modernist composer who enjoyed crossover success with the million-selling &#8216;Symphony of Sorrowful Songs&#8217; Guardian UK obit here. H. M. G\u00f3recki &#8211; Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra, Op. 40 (1981) (via Jeffrey Harris) Painting by Ward Schumaker Note: Helena Blazusiak &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2010\/11\/12\/r-i-p-henryk-gorecki\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;R.I.P Henryk Gorecki&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-culture","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}