Pendereski's Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima

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Uploaded by on Mar 20, 2007

Possibly the scariest piece of music I have ever heard. Pure darkness. There is no image that can match the emotion that is portrayed in this piece.

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  • Without Penderecki;s genius, the modern day horror film score would not be nearly as terrifying.

  • well if a face appeared at the end you would have sh*t yourself!!

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  • @Lufttygger306 haha yah I know :P was being a bit sarcastic

  • @npelletier89 The original is 8 minutes and 37 seconds

  • Awesome, great 37 second piece haha...

  • Although obviously named after it being written, this music still terrfies me everytime, and one can only imagne the living hell the victims went through.

    In the best way possible, a truly depressing piece of music that reminds us of how horrific mankind can be.

  • Sounds chaotic, confusing, scary, intense....Is There even a rhythm?

    plus this isnt really a song where you could dance on it Imagine a guy who's pop&locking on this one :P

  • This really does make me envision horror like it should.

  • i disagree with you kelseym you can relate images to this cut out of penderecki's piece, the first time i heard it i imagined screaming citizens in panick in a great city, the title well fits imo...

  • Im my music history class, we learned that the title of this piece was an afterthought. Penderecki did not write it with the victims of Hiroshima in mind, the title was applied a few years after the song was composed.

  • @punkorganist

    sorry, I'm thinking of Miserere mei deus for some bizarre reason. And yes this is one of the key pieces using the sound mass technique :P

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