Talk:Krzysztof Penderecki

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[edit] two professors

About the Threnody... I had heard from two professors (who had no relation with one another) that the reason Penderecki changed the name was mainly because the publisher refused to publish it under the original name, since the costs of the typesetting of such a score was huge. Only under the new name did the publisher agree to publish it. Anyone have heard a similar story and/or have the source?

-- eretan

Nice article! Thanks for posting it.

Musicmaster


What is with the "Johnny Rotten" mention as an influence? That sounds pretty absurd, in my opinion. Can anyone verify this?

[edit] Threnody Title

During 2000-2002 I studied under the late Prof. Marek Stachowski (died Dec 2004) who was a student, friend, and fellow professor of Penderecki's at the Academy of Music in Krakow. According to Stachowski, Penderecki did not think to rename the piece until he received a commission from an organization in Japan, at which point his agent suggested that he change it. You may notice that the piece is written in sonata-form which is a very traditional form dating back to the early 1700s. Stachowski told me that Penderecki's original intent was for the piece to be quite cerebral, but once Penderecki received the commission, he recognized the applicability of the emotionality of the piece and decided to rename it to its current title.

-Karl S

[edit] Western Audiences

How much of the Western audiences were keen to support anti-Soviet moves? Usually, you would expect the "intellectuals" to listen to this music first, and much of them has naive notions and support of and for the Soviets and communism. --~~


this is wikipedia (ie. your question is fine, but shouldn't belong here) 84.238.11.216 (talk) 00:10, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jonny Greenwood

Apparently he has cited Penderecki as an influence - see here for example. Malick78 (talk) 20:17, 13 March 2008 (UTC)