Whole-tone harmonies move in parallel to an evolving melodic line in this man's piece Refren, but he is better known for a piece celebrating the (*) martyrdomof St. Stanislaw, Beatus Vir.
This composer used the latter half of his second symphony to ease off the rapid chromatic motifs of the first half. An apostolic motto from a now-deceased pontiff became the centerpiece of this man's a cappella choral piece Totus Tuus. This composer made heavy use of the aeolian mode in a work that asks its singers to repeat the phrase "Domine Deus Noster," Miserere. Whole-tone harmonies move in parallel to an evolving melodic line in this man's piece Refren, but he is better known for a piece celebrating the (*) martyrdomof St. Stanislaw, Beatus Vir. The second movement of this composer's most famous symphony uses text from a Gestapo cell wall and incorporates the Polish version of the Hail Mary. For 10 points, identify this composer of the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.
This composer used the latter half of his second symphony to ease off the rapid chromatic motifs of the first half.
Henryk Gorecki