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Welcome to Wikipedia's portal for Music. Music is sound in time. Music is often described as an art form that involves organized sounds and silence. It is considered by some cultures to be a language or an accompaniment to a dance and a means to communicate with spirits. Within the arts, music can be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and an auditory art form though the definitions of music vary according to culture and social context.
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Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, also known as the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (Polish: Symfonia pieśni żałosnych), is a symphony in three movements composed by Henryk Górecki in Katowice, Poland, between October and December 1976. The work is indicative of the transition between Górecki's dissonant earlier manner and his more tonal later style.
A solo soprano sings a different Polish text in each of the three movements. The first is a Silesian folk song, the second a message written on the wall of a Gestapo cell during World War II, and the third a 15th-century Polish lament of Mary, mother of Jesus. The first and third movements are written from the perspective of a parent who has lost a child, and the second movement from that of a child who has lost a parent. The dominant themes of the symphony are motherhood and separation through war. (More...)
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- ... that the Nirvana song "Endless, Nameless" was released in three official versions, including a version recorded during sessions with DJ John Peel?
- ... that the Indie pop genre has origins in genres from pop to punk rock?
- ... that Japanese pop band BeForU was created through a casting organized by Konami to find talented people for the videogame Dance Dance Revolution?
- ... that Russian duo t.A.T.u.'s song "All About Us" was written by Australian songwriters Jess and Lisa Origliasso, better known as The Veronicas?
- ... that the Eagles album Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) went 29 times platinum, making it the best-selling album in the United States?
- ... that the song "Lady Marmalade", which was interpreted in 2001 by Christina Aguilera, Mya, Lil' Kim and Pink, is a cover of the 1975 original by Labelle?
- Birthdays in Music: September 7
- Chad Sexton, American drummer for rapcore/punk rock/reggae act, 311, turns 38.
- Gloria Gaynor, American singer who scored a hit single with I Will Survive, turns 59.
- Graeme Bell, Australian bandleader and pianist, turns 94.
- Paul Tobey, Canadian jazz pianist, turns 46.
- LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist with Dave Matthews Band, turns 47.
- Arthur Ferrante, American pianist of Ferrante and Teicher fame, turns 86.
- Benmont Tench, American keyboardist with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, turns 54.
- Sonny Rollins, American jazz tenor saxophonist, turns 78.
- Chrissie Hynde, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist with The Pretenders, turns 57.
- Benmont Tench, American saxophonist with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, turns 55.
- Michael Feinstein, American archivist, pianist and singer, turns 52.
- September 3: Great White offers US$1 million settlement over Station nightclub fire
- August 19: Teen sex conviction in Australia for Mi-Sex manager
- August 14: U2 fan ordered to destroy CDs
- August 13: Officials admit that China faked part of Olympics opening ceremony
- August 10: Soul singer Isaac Hayes dies at age 65
- August 7: Wikinews interviews Flame about special effects at New Zealand's Rock2Wgtn festival
- August 3: Play.com Live multimedia exposition hosted at Wembley Stadium, England
- July 24: Amy Winehouse wax model unveiled
- July 19: Former Beatle set for Quebec City concert amid protests
- July 14: Details emerge on Norway Rock Festival deaths as Motörhead hold minute's silence
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