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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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- Birthdays in Music: September 8
- Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter, turns 48.
- Dean Daughtry, American keyboardist with the Atlanta Rhythm Section, turns 62.
- Kelly Groucutt, Brit bassist with Electric Light Orchestra, turns 63.
- P!nk, American Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, turns 29.
- Steve Waterman, Brit trumpeter and flugelhorn player, turns 48.
- Neko Case, American country music singer-songwriter with The New Pornographers, turns 38.
- Michael Lardie, American pianist, guitarist, and blues harp player of Great White fame, turns 50.
- Zachary Richard, American cajun musician, turns 58.
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- 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
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