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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 6 December 1933
- Died
- 12 November 2010
- Place of birth
- Czernica
- Place of death
- Katowice
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Górecki
- Child
- Mikołaj Górecki, Anna Górecka
- Movement
- minimalist music, modernism
- Genre
- minimalist music
- Field of work
- performing arts, art music, music education
- Occupation
- classical composer, pedagogue, musicologist, musician, composer, university teacher
- Position held
- associate professor
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Native language
- Polish
- Religion
- Catholicism, Catholic Church
- Awards
- Order of the White Eagle, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Herder Prize, honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin, Order Ecce Homo
- academic degree
- scientific professorship degree
- birth name
- Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
- cause of death
- disease
- described by source
- BEIC Digital Library, Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers
- different from
- Henryk Górecki
- employer
- Academy of Music in Katowice
- end of work period
- 2010
- IPA transcription
- hɛnrɨk mʲikɔwaj ɡurɛt͡skʲi
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Polish
- list of works
- list of compositions by Henryk Górecki
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Henryk Górecki
- notable work
- Symphony No. 3, Symphony No. 4
- number of children
- 2
- place of burial
- Cemetery on Sienkiewicza Street in Katowice
- record label
- Nonesuch Records
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Henryk Górecki
- start of work period
- 1960
- student of
- Bolesław Szabelski
- topic's main category
- Category:Henryk Górecki
- writing language
- Polish
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