Talk:Krzysztof Penderecki/Archive 1

Age?
I think it would be helpful to publish Krzysztof's age in the article. It seems a bit more convenient than doing the math. Nice article though, very informative. Libbynusz (talk) 02:57, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

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 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.163.231.39 (talk) 02:34, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

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?

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

Contradiction with Threnody entry
In the wikipedia entry for the "Threnody," it sounds as if the piece was originally titled "8:36," until he searched for someone for whom he could dedicate the song. The portion of Penderecki's entry dealing with the Threnody really makes it seem as if he titled the piece 8:36 as a deliberate reference to the bombing of Hiroshima. If this is merely a coincidence, the parenthetical remark should probably make this clear. D haggerty (talk) 04:51, 13 March 2009 (UTC)