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Symphony No. 3 (Górecki)
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The Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, also known as the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, is a symphony in three movements composed by Henryk Górecki in Katowice, Poland, between October and December 1976. The work
The Palace in Zakopane, the former Nazi Gestapo prison, was where the composer took an inscription scrawled on a cell wall for the composition of his
The Palace in Zakopane, the former Nazi Gestapo prison, was where the composer took an inscription scrawled on a cell wall for the composition of his symphony.
Madonna and Child, 15th century (venerated in Górecki's Katowice)
Madonna and Child, 15th century (venerated in Górecki's Katowice)
Lemminkäinen's Mother (1897) by Akseli Gallen-Kallela is an earlier evocation of the themes of motherhood and war explored in Górecki's Third Symphony
Lemminkäinen's Mother (1897) by Akseli Gallen-Kallela is an earlier evocation of the themes of motherhood and war explored in Górecki's Third Symphony. This work depicts a scene from the Finnish epic poem Kalevala.
Silesian Uprisings
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The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic at the time. Ethnic Polish and Polish-Silesian insurrectio
Symphony No. 3 (Górecki)
…on the wall of a Gestapo cell during World War II; and the third a Silesian folk song of a mother searching for her son killed by the Germans in the Silesian uprisings. The first and third movements are written from the perspective of a parent who has lost a child, and the second movement from that of a child separated…
Reichswehr forces fighting insurgents in Myslowitz during the First Silesian Uprising.
Reichswehr forces fighting insurgents in Myslowitz during the First Silesian Uprising.
Silesian insurgents behind an MG 08 machine gun in action along the Oder river
Silesian insurgents behind an MG 08 machine gun in action along the Oder river
Polish armored car Korfanty in 1920 made by Polish fighters in Woźniak foundry. It was one of the two created; the second was named Walerus – Woźniak.
Polish armored car Korfanty in 1920 made by Polish fighters in Woźniak foundry. It was one of the two created; the second was named Walerus – Woźniak.
Opposing the Silesian insurrectionists were the Grenzschutz "border guards" of the Weimar Republic.
Opposing the Silesian insurrectionists were the Grenzschutz "border guards" of the Weimar Republic.