Example 2. Górecki’s list of works, their inclusion or exclusion from the corpus, and the micro-schemata found in each work

Work

Skierkowski Turn

Diatonic Clusters / Diatonic Smear

Bass Semitone

First-Inversion Triad Ending

Four Preludes op. 1 (1955)

   

 

Toccata for two pianos op. 2

 

Three Songs op. 3 (1956)

     

Variazioni op. 4

   

 

Quartettino op. 5 (1956)

   

 

Piano Sonata no. 1 op. 6 (1956, rev. 1984, 1990)

 

Songs of Joy and Rhythm op. 7 (1956, rev. 1959)

 

Sonatina in One Movement op. 8

       

From a Birds Nest op. 9 (1956, rev. 1980)

   

Sonata for two violins op. 10 (1957)

       

Concerto for five instruments and string quartet op. 11 (1957)

       

Epitaph op. 12 (1958)

   

 

Five pieces op. 13 (1959)

   

 

Symphony no. 1 “1959” op. 14 (1959)

   

 

Three Diagrams for solo flute op. 15

       

Monologhi op. 16 (1960)

   

 

Scontri op. 17 (1960)

 

 

Diagram IV for solo flute op. 18 (1961)

       

Genesis I: Elementi op. 19 (1962)

   

 

Genesis II: Canti Strumentali op. 19 (1962)

   

 

Genesis III: Monodramma op. 19 (1963)

       

Three Pieces in Olden Style (1963)

 

Choros I op. 20 (1964)

   

 

Refrain op. 21 (1965)

 

   

Musiquette I op. 22 (1967)

 

 

Musiquette II op. 23 (1967)

   

 

Old Polish Music op. 24 (1969)

 

Musiquette III op. 25 (1967)

 

   

Cantata for organ op. 26 (1968)

   

 

Canticum Graduum op. 27 (1969)

   

Musiquette IV op. 28 (1970)

 

 

Ad Matrem op. 29 (1971)

 

 

Two Sacred Songs op. 30

 

 

Symphony no. 2 “Copernican” op. 31 (1972)

 

Euntes Ibant et Flebant op. 32 (1972)

   

Two Little Songs of Tuwim op. 33 (1972)

   

Three Dances op. 34 (1973)

 

 

Amen op. 35 (1975)

     

Symphony no. 3 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” op. 36 (1976)

 

Three little pieces op. 37 (1977)

       

Beatus Vir op. 38 (1979)

 

Szeroka Woda op. 39 (1979)

   

Harpsichord Concerto op. 40 (1980)

 

Mazurkas op. 41

       

Two songs op. 42

     

Blessed Raspberry Songs op. 43 (1980)

     

Miserere op. 44 (1981)

   

Wieczór ciemny się uniża op. 45 (1981)

     

My Vistula, grey Vistula op. 46 (1981)

 

Lullabies and Dances for violin and piano op. 47 (1982)

       

Songs to words by J. Słowacki op. 48 (1983)

       

Three lullabies op. 49 (1984)

     

Ach, mój wianku lewandowy op. 50

 

 

Idzie chmura, pada deszcz op. 51

   

 

Sundry Pieces for piano op. 52 (1956-1961)

       

Lerchenmusik op. 53 (1986)

 

 

Five Marian Songs op. 54 (1985)

 

 

Two Marian Hymns (1986)

       

O Domina Nostra op. 55 (1985)

 

Under Your Protection op. 56 (1984)

     

Na Aniol Panski op. 57 (1986)

       

For You, Anne-Lill op. 58 (1986)

   

 

Aria op. 59 (1987)

 

 

Totus Tuus op. 60 (1987)

   

Przybadź Duchu Święty op. 61 (1988)

     

Already it is Dusk op. 62 (1988)

     

Good Night op. 63 (1990)

   

Intermezzo (1990)

       

Quasi una Fantasia op. 64 (1991)

   

 

Concerto-Cantata for Flute and Orchestra op. 65 (1992)

     

Little Requiem for a Polka op. 66 (1933)

 

 

... songs are sung op. 67 (1995, rev. 2005)

     

Three Songs of Maria Konopnicka op. 68 (1954, rev. 1995)

     

Three Fragments to Words by Stanisław Wyspiański op. 69 (1995-96)

 

 

Valentine Piece op. 70 (1996)

       

Piece for clarinet and string quartet op. 71 (1996)

       

Sanctus Adalbertus op. 72

 

 

Little Fantasia op. 73 (1997)

   

 

Five Kurpian Songs op. 75 (1999)

   

 

Lobgesang op. 76 (2000)

     

Niech Nam Żyja i Śpiewaja op. 77 (2000)

       

Quasi una Fantasia op. 78 (2002; string orchestra arrangement of op. 64)

   

For Jasiunia op. 79 (2003)

 

The Song of Rodziny Katynskie op. 81 (2004)

       

Two Tristan Postludes and Chorale op. 82 (2004, orchestrated by Mikołaj Górecki)

       

Kyrie op. 83

   

 

Church Songs op. 84 (1986, posth. 2013)

     

Symphony no. 4 “Tansman Episodes” op. 85 (2006-2009, posth. 2015)