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Also Known As Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Born December 6, 1933 • Poland
Died November 12, 2010 (aged 76) • Katowice • Poland
Notable Works “Symphony No. 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
American composer
Gottfried von Einem
Austrian composer
Szymanowski, Karol
Karol Szymanowski
Polish composer
Sir Andrzej Panufnik
British composer and conductor
Louis Lewandowski
Polish composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Austrian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Anton von Webern, 1940.
Anton Webern
Austrian composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
German composer
Alban Berg
Austrian composer