"totus tuus" op. 60 (english: totally yours) was written for unaccompanied mixed choir by the polish composer henryk górecki in 1987. górecki composed the piece to celebrate pope john paul ii's third pilgrimage to his native poland that summer, and the work remains his best-known, if not critically acclaimed, a cappella choral piece of the 1980s. indeed, "totus tuus" has been described as a contemporary classic (wordsworth 2013, p. 49). the work was first performed on june 14, 1987 at a high mass held in victory square, warsaw by the choir of the warsaw academy of catholic theology.