Artist
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki appears once in our Modernism list, placing as high as No. 7. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Modernism
- Year
- 1960
- Highest placing
- No. 7 in Modernism
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
1960
Ranked No. 7 in Modernism
Fifty-two strings playing clusters, glissandi and things not previously notated. Penderecki originally called it 8'37" and gave it the title only after hearing what he had written.