Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
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Henryk Mikołaj Górecki was a Polish composer best known internationally for his emotionally powerful Symphony No. 3, often called the "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henryk Górecki | 1 |
| Henryk Mikołaj Górecki canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7638913 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Context triple: [Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, performsWorksBy, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki]
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A.
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki was a renowned Polish composer and conductor, celebrated for his innovative and often avant-garde orchestral and choral works that made him one of the leading figures in contemporary classical music.
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B.
Witold Lutosławski
Witold Lutosławski was a prominent 20th-century Polish composer known for his innovative orchestral works and use of controlled aleatoricism.
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C.
Wojciech Kilar
Wojciech Kilar was a renowned Polish composer best known for his evocative film scores and modern classical works, including music for internationally acclaimed movies.
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D.
Grzegorz Fitelberg
Grzegorz Fitelberg was a prominent Polish conductor, composer, and influential figure in 20th-century Polish musical life.
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E.
Karol Szymanowski
Karol Szymanowski was a prominent early 20th-century Polish composer and pianist known for his richly modern, nationalistic style and significant influence on Polish music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Target entity description: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki was a Polish composer best known internationally for his emotionally powerful Symphony No. 3, often called the "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs."
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A.
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki was a renowned Polish composer and conductor, celebrated for his innovative and often avant-garde orchestral and choral works that made him one of the leading figures in contemporary classical music.
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B.
Witold Lutosławski
Witold Lutosławski was a prominent 20th-century Polish composer known for his innovative orchestral works and use of controlled aleatoricism.
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C.
Wojciech Kilar
Wojciech Kilar was a renowned Polish composer best known for his evocative film scores and modern classical works, including music for internationally acclaimed movies.
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D.
Grzegorz Fitelberg
Grzegorz Fitelberg was a prominent Polish conductor, composer, and influential figure in 20th-century Polish musical life.
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E.
Karol Szymanowski
Karol Szymanowski was a prominent early 20th-century Polish composer and pianist known for his richly modern, nationalistic style and significant influence on Polish music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Polish composer
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classical composer ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Polonia Restituta
NERFINISHED
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Order of the White Eagle (Poland) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Poland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1933-12-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-11-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | State Higher School of Music in Katowice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Academy of Music in Katowice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Górecki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
chamber music
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choral music ⓘ sacred music ⓘ symphony ⓘ |
| givenName |
Henryk
NERFINISHED
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Mikołaj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Anna Górecka
NERFINISHED
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Mikołaj Górecki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Béla Bartók
NERFINISHED
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Karol Szymanowski NERFINISHED ⓘ Krzysztof Penderecki NERFINISHED ⓘ Witold Lutosławski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Polish ⓘ |
| movement |
avant-garde
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contemporary classical music ⓘ minimalism ⓘ |
| name | Henryk Mikołaj Górecki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Polish ⓘ |
| notableFor | Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" achieving international popularity in the 1990s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Beatus Vir, Op. 38
NERFINISHED
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Miserere, Op. 44 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62 "Already It Is Dusk" NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia" NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "...songs are sung" NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 1, Op. 14 "1959" NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 2, Op. 31 "Copernican" NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 4, Op. 85 "Tansman Episodes" NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Pieces in Old Style NERFINISHED ⓘ Totus Tuus, Op. 60 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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music educator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Czernica, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Katowice, Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | rector of the Academy of Music in Katowice ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Description of subject: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki was a Polish composer best known internationally for his emotionally powerful Symphony No. 3, often called the "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Henryk Górecki