Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
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Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, also translated as Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima[4][5] (Polish: Tren pamięci ofiar Hiroszimy), is a musical composition for 52 string instruments composed in 1961 by Krzysztof Penderecki. Dedicated to the residents of Hiroshima killed and injured by the first-ever wartime usage of an atomic weapon, the composition won the Tribune Internationale des Compositeurs UNESCO prize that same year.[6][7][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
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Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima | |
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by Krzysztof Penderecki | |
Native name | Tren pamięci ofiar Hiroszimy |
Full title | Polish: Tren pamięci ofiar Hiroszimy na 52 instrumenty smyczkowe (Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for 52 string instruments) |
Year | 1961 (1961) |
Period | Contemporary, postmodernism |
Genre | Sonorism, avant-garde |
Style | Threnody |
Form | Orchestral piece |
Dedication | Victims and Hibakusha of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima |
Publisher | Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne Polskie Nagrania Warszawa |
Duration | 8:37 |
Premiere | |
Date | 22 September 1961; 62 years ago (22 September 1961)[1][2]: 565 |
Location | Warsaw Autumn Festival |
Conductor | Andrzej Markowski[2]: 565 |
Performers | Krakow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra |
ISWC T-905.954.212-0 Awards • 4th Place[lower-alpha 1][2]: 202 UNESCO Tribune Internationale des Compositeurs (1961) • 3rd Degree |
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