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== Legacy and influence == [[File:Popiersie Krzysztof Penderecki ssj 20110627.jpg|thumb|Bust of Krzysztof Penderecki in Celebrity Alley in [[Kielce]]]] In 1979, a bronze bust by artist [[Marian Konieczny]] honouring Penderecki was unveiled in The Gallery of Composers' Portraits at the [[Pomeranian Philharmonic]] in [[Bydgoszcz]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://desa.pl/pl/authors/2984/marian-konieczny |title=Marian Konieczny|website=Desa.pl |access-date=3 November 2019}}</ref> His monument is located on the Celebrity Alley at the Scout Square (''Skwer Harcerski'') in [[Kielce]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.um.kielce.pl/pomitab/alejaslaw/ |title=Aleja SΕaw |website=Um.kielce.pl |access-date=3 November 2019 |archive-date=14 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814032226/http://www.um.kielce.pl/pomitab/alejaslaw/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Led Zeppelin]] guitarist and founding member [[Jimmy Page]] was an admirer of the composer's groundbreaking work ''[[Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima]]'' during his teenage years. This would be reflected later by Page's use of the violin bow on his guitar.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kerrang.com/krzysztof-penderecki-the-legendary-composer-who-influenced-some-of-rocks-heaviest-artists-dead-at-86 |title=Krzysztof Penderecki, Atonal Composer Who Influenced Some Of Rock's Heaviest Artists, Dead at 86 |website=kerrang.com |author=Phil Alexander |date=29 March 2020 |access-date=31 January 2023}}</ref> The composer and [[Radiohead]] guitarist [[Jonny Greenwood]] cited Penderecki as a major influence.<ref name="service" /> For Radiohead's 1997 album ''[[OK Computer]]'', Greenwood wrote a part for 16 stringed instruments playing [[quarter tone]]s apart, inspired by Penderecki.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Weird Fruit: Jonny Greenwoods Creative Contribution to 'The Bends' |url=https://www.popmatters.com/feature/191098-weird-fruit-jonny-greenwoods-creative-contribution-to-the-bends/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518012102/http://www.popmatters.com/feature/191098-weird-fruit-jonny-greenwoods-creative-contribution-to-the-bends/ |archive-date=18 May 2017 |access-date=23 June 2016 |website=PopMatters}}</ref> Greenwood visited Penderecki in 2012 and wrote a work for strings, ''48 Responses to Polymorphia'', which Penderecki conducted in various performances throughout Europe.<ref name="service">{{cite web |last1=Service |first1=Tom |date=23 February 2012 |title=When Poles collide: Jonny Greenwood's collaboration with Krzysztof Penderecki |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/23/poles-collide-jonny-greenwood-penderecki |access-date=7 June 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Penderecki credited Greenwood for introducing his music to a new generation.<ref name="service" />
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