Totus Tuus (Górecki)

60 (English: Totally Yours) was written for unaccompanied mixed choir by the Polish composer Henryk Górecki in 1987.

[4] The libretto was taken from a poem written by contemporary writer Maria Boguslawska, which addresses the Virgin Mary, the patron saint of Poland.

[5] Totus Tuus's form is ABA'CD, and marks a return to the simple homophony characteristic of Górecki's earlier Marian Songs.

[6] The composition's texture utilises homophony to allow for a clear voice for the libretto, while the simple chant form is repeated to slowly build a musical affirmation of faith.

3, where a similarly simple, diatonic language is employed to evoke the sparse and repetitive mood of Holy minimalism.