​Górecki, Penderecki - Diptych by Andrzej Wendland (October 2019) 

Moonrise Press is proud to announce the publication of e-Book version (PDF Format) of  a book by Andrzej Wendland, with two studies of music, published in Poland in 2018 and in the U.S. (e-book only) in 2019.  Entitled Górecki, Penderecki - Diptych and celebrating the 85th birth anniversary of both composers. Born in 1933, Gorecki died in 2010 and Penderecki in 2020. The book consists of two extended essays: a) "Two Tristan Postuldes and Chorale. Górecki – Wagner, intelektual reflection" and b) "Elegy for the Dying Forest - Krzysztof Penderecki VIII Symfonia „Lieder der Vergänglichkeit”  The paperback edition is only available in Poland, and includes essays in Polish and English. The PDF Book edition is available from lulu.com worldwide, and is in English only. Cover design by Maja Trochimczyk. The essays, translated into English by Maja Trochimczyk, deal with "Two Tristan Postludes and Chorale" by Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (1933-2010) and The Eight Symphony by Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020). They draw from philosophy, aesthetic and poetry of importance to each composer to place each work in a broad cultural context. http://moonrisepress.blogspot.com/2019/09/new-music-book-andrzej-wendlands.html​  ISBN 978-1-945938-30-6  paperback (available in Poland)
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Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (1933-2010)

The essay on Gorecki in the first part of the book consists of the following:
Two Tristan Postludes and Chorale - Górecki — Wagner, Intellectual reflection — 2
1. Preludium for Postludes ... — 2
2. Tristan and Isolde, Issues of Ideas and Content — 4
3. Others about Wagner — 10
4. Thinking after Wagner — 12
5. Tristan Postludes / Love / Romanticism /Orchestra — 17
6. Vita Contemplativa, the Forgotten Way of Expressing — 22
7. Substance — 27
8. Time / Eternity / Space — 30
9. Two Postludes — 35
10. Chorale / Overview — "From Xenakis to Monteverdi" — 39
11. Beauty / Transcendence — 42
12. Epilogue — Looking Through the Gap of Existence — 50
13. Henryk Mikołaj Górecki — 53

Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)

The essay on Penderecki in the second part of the book consists of the following:
"Elegy for a Dying Forest" - Krzysztof Penderecki, 8th Symphony "Lieder der Vergänglichkeit" — 57
1. Preface / Starting  Point — 57
2. Introduction — 58
3. At Night (End of Autumn I) — 61
4. The Burning Tree —62
5. By the Linden Tree — 64
6. The Lilac — 66
7. Spring Night (End of Autumn II) — 69
8. What did the Beloved Tree Say — 74
9. In the Fog — 76
10. The Flower Garden — 78
11. Farewell — 80
12. Transience (End of Autumn III) — 82
13. An Autumn Day — 85
14. Oh, a Green Tree of Life — 86
15. Epilogue — 89
16. Krzysztof Penderecki – 91