Beatus Vir

Klassik

für	Solostimme (Bariton), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester
Ausgabe	Taschenpartitur
Artikelnr.	208912
Autor / Komponist	Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Sprache	lateinisch
Umfang	76 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr	2002
Verlag / Hersteller	Chester Music
Hersteller-Nr.	MUSCH61447
EAN	5020679157947

Beschreibung

The polish composer Henryk Gorecki, born in 1933, readily acknowledges the influence of national, religious, and folk traditions upon his music, including the avant-garde works which made his name in the late1950s.

HisPsalm setting Beatus Vir was composed in 1979 to fulfil a request from Karol Wojtyla, the Cardinal of Krakow, made shortly before his election as pope. The commission the celebrated 900th anniversary of themartyrdom of St.Stanislaw, a bishop of Krakow murdered by the king's henchmen while celebrating Mass.

Beatus Vir is dedicated to Pope John Paul II and was premiered in his presence during his first pilgrimage toPoland.