| Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima | |
|---|---|
| by Krzysztof Penderecki | |
 Atomic cloud over Hiroshima, 1945 | |
| Native name | Tren pamięci ofiar Hiroszimy |
| Full title | Polish: Tren pamięci ofiar Hiroszimy na 52 instrumenty smyczkowe (Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for 52 string instruments) |
| Year | 1961 |
| Period | Contemporary, postmodernism |
| Genre | Threnody |
| Style | Sonorism, avant-garde |
| Form | Orchestral piece |
| Dedication | Victims and Hibakusha of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima |
| Publisher | Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne Polskie Nagrania Warszawa |
| Duration | 8:37 |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 22 September 1961[1][2]: 565 |
| Location | Warsaw Autumn Festival |
| Conductor | Andrzej Markowski[2]: 565 |
| Performers | Krakow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra |
| ISWC T-905.954.212-0 Awards • 4th Place[a][2]: 202 UNESCO Tribune Internationale des Compositeurs (1961) • 3rd Degree | |
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, also translated as Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima[4][5] (Polish: Tren pamięci ofiar Hiroszimy), is a musical composition for 52 string instruments composed in 1961 by Krzysztof Penderecki. A threnody is a song or poem of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to the dead. Dedicated to the residents of Hiroshima killed and injured by the first-ever wartime usage of an atomic weapon, the composition won the Tribune Internationale des Compositeurs UNESCO prize that same year.[6][7][a][b]
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- ^ Krzysztof Penderecki (1988). Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima Tren ofiarom Hiroszimy (1980); Viola concerto (1983) (CD booklet). Conifer Records. OCLC 884553089.
- ^ Krzysztof Penderecki (1961). Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for 52 strings = Threnos den opfern von Hiroschima fúr 52 saiteninstrumente (CD booklet). Deshon Music. OCLC 318270188.
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