"Lyrics for the first movement are from a fifteenth century Lamentation of the Holy Cross Monastery in Poland. The second movement is a prayer inscribed on the wall of a cell in the Gestapo's headquarters in Zakopane. The text for the third movement is a Polish folk song"--leaf [6].
"Inspired by Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3 ... as recorded in 1992 with soprano Dawn Upshaw. Three copperplate engravings from The Ornithology of Francis Willughby of 1678 are reproduced as visual equivalents to the symphony's three movements ... The form of the book is a triptych, made of ... wood boards hinged with vellum. Letterpress printed sheets ... are laminated onto both sides of the boards ... Designed, printed & bound by Robin Price in an edition of sixty copies"--Prospectus.
LC has copy no. 37, signed by the designer. Accompanied by prospectus.