Overview
- Description
- The oratorio Dies Irae (1967) by Krzysztof Penderecki (Poland; b. 1933) is scored for solo voices, mixed choir, and orchestra. Its musical texture is dominated by unorthodox sonorities—the choir shouts, buzzes, and whistles; scrapers, chains, whips, and sirens sound out from the instrumentarium—intended to graphically express (in the composer’s words) “the ghastliness of history.” Incorporating biblical verse and texts by Aeschylus, Valéry, Aragon, Różewicz and Broniewski, and dedicated to the memory of those murdered at Auschwitz, Dies Irae premiered at the unveiling in 1967 of the International Monument to the Victims of Fascism at Birkenau. (Adapted from "Music," in The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies (2010).
- Date
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Recorded:
1967
- Contributor
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Performer:
Krzysztof Penderecki
- Format
- Phonograph record; vinyl; 12 inches; 33 rpm
Physical Details
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection - not accessioned
- Recorded Sound Provenance
- Since 1992, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's music historian has collected historic sound recordings, published materials, interviews, and music related to the Holocaust and World War II.
- Recorded Sound Notes
- For detailed discography notes, refer to www.discogs.com/Krzysztof-Penderecki-Dies-Irae-Auschwitz-Oratorium/release/3466294.
- Recorded Sound Source
- Bret Werb
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:29:47
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