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GORCHYTSKY (Gorczycki) Grzegorz Gervazy (1664 or 1667, Bytom - 30 IV 1734, Krakow) - Polish composer. He studied theology and composition in Prague (1687-91). From 1694 he lived in Krakow, was a music teacher, musician Wawelsk. chapels, bandmaster of the Wawel departments. Cathedral (from 1698) and the Church of the Angels, hands. theological seminary. Relig. G.'s works for the a cappella choir (masses, motets, hymns, Stabat Mater, etc.), designed in the style of the late Roman school, testify to the mastery of counterpoint technique. letters. More mature vocals production (spiritual concerts, complectorium, etc.) are written in the spirit of the late Baroque, the best are similar in style to the music of G. Handel. G. also belongs to the polonaise for the orchestra (lost). MnG.'s works are stored in manuscripts, ch. arr. in the archives of Krakow. Some of them were printed by Dep. publications, including Laetatus sum (Likuyu, Krakow, 1958), Kompletorium (Krakow, 1963), as well as in decomp. collections of cult music by Polish composers, among them - lat. 4-voice compositions a cappella - Easter Mass and others. production G. reprinted Polish. publishers in the series “Old Polish Music” and “Monuments of Old Polish Music”, etc.