Boguslaw Schaeffer
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Lviv
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, Ukraine
Ukraine
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) is a Polish
Poland
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composer, musicologist, and graphic artist, member of the avantgarde "Cracow Group" of Polish composers alongside Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki , born November 23, 1933 in Dębica) is a Polish composer and conductor. His 1960 avant-garde Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for string orchestra brought him to international attention, and this success was followed by acclaim for his choral St. Luke Passion. Both these...
and others. Since having studied violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
in Opole
Opole
Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 125,992 and is the capital of the Upper Silesia, Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of Opole County...
and graduating musical composition
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
under Zdzisław Jachimecki in 1953 at the Academy of Music in Kraków
Kraków
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, Schaeffer has been an active composer and musical theoretician. From 1963, he was a lecturer composition at the Kraków Academy, and had a professor at the Hochschule für Music in Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
from the mid-1980s to 2000.
Awards
- 1959 - 2nd Prize at the Grzegorz Fitelberg Competition in Katowice for Monosonata for 24 solos string instruments
- 1962 - Prize at the Artur Malawski Competition in Kraków for Musica ipsa
- 1964 - 2nd Prize at the Fitelberg Competition for Little Symphony
- 2007 - Grand cultural award of the province of Salzburg
Books
- New Music. Problems in Contemporary Composing techniques (Nowa Muzyka) - 1958
- Introduction to Composition (1974)
Musical works
please see and ""Orchestral works
- Quattro Movimenti for piano and orchestra - 1957
- Topofonica for 40 different instruments - 1960
- Musica ipsa for orchestra - 1962
- Music for MI for vibraphone and orchestra - 1963
- Collage and Form for 8 jazz musician and orchestra - 1963
- Collage for orchestra - 1964
- Text for orchestra - 1971
- Warsaw Overture for orchestra - 1975
- Stabat Mater for sopran, alt, string orchestra and orgeln - 1983
- Missa Sinfonica for orchestra - 1986
Concertante
- 4 Movimenti for piano and chamber orchestra - 1957
- Concerto Breve for cello and orchestra - 1959
- Concerto for flute, flute trio and orchestra - 1963
- Violin Concerto - 1963
- Piano Concerto II for piano and orchestra - 1967
- Jazz Concerto for 12 musicians and orchestra - 1969
- Concerto for 3 pianos - 1972
- Concerto for guitar and orchestra - 1984
- Concerto for 2 piano 4 hands and orchestra - 1988
- Violin Concerto II - 1989
- Piano Concerto III for piano, orchestra and electronic media - 1990
- Concerto for Viola and Orchestra - 1997
- Piano Concerto IV for piano, orchestra and electronic media - 1999
- Violin Concerto III for violin and orchestra - 1999
- Violin Concerto IV for violinist with 3 violins and chamber orchestra - 2003
- Piano Concerto V for piano and 15 vocalists - 2004
- Piano Concerto VI for piano and 11 instruments (including accordion) - 2004
- Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra - 2004
- Piano Concerto VII for piano and chamber orchestra - 2005
- Violin Concerto V for violin and female chorus - 2006
Chamber music
- Music for string quartet - 1954
- Permutations for 10 instruments - 1956
- String Quartet No.1 - 1957
- Extremes for 10 instruments - 1957
- Monosonate for 6 string quartetts - 1946
- Lineare Construction for piano - 1959
- Kodes for chamber orchestra - 1961
- Strng Quartet No.2 - 1964
- Composition for harp and piano - 1966
- Estratto for string trio - 1971
- String Quartet No.3 - 1971
- Mare for piano and 9 instruments - 1971
- Negative Music for chosen instrument - 1972
- Free Form I for 5 instruments - 1972
- Minimal Art for tuba and piano - 1977
- Gravesono for wind instrument - 1977
- Self-expression for violoncello - 1978
- Kesukann for 13 string instruments - 1978
- Esatto e libero for violin and piano - 1983
- Mouhadatsa for viola and violoncello - 1985
- Kwaiwa for violin and computer - 1986
- Summer Music for accordion and piano - 1987
- Missa brevis for choir - 1988
- Spring Music for viola and piano - 1988
- Winter Music for horn and piano - 1988
- Love Moments - 1990
- Monophonie II for 13 violas - 1997
- Kreuzweg 11 for saxophone, accordion, percussion and viola - 2003
- Salzburg Spectres for 4 violas - 2005
- Quartet for 4 violas - 2006
- String Quartet No.17 - 2006
Solo works
- Sonate for violin solo - 1955
- Negative for flute solo - 1960
- Construction for vibraphone solo - 1962
- Euterpe for oboe solo - 1984
- Sonata for viola solo - 1991
- Espedozione for trombone solo - 2000
- Per Violino Solo - 2002
- Raccontino for marimba solo - 2005
Keyboard works
- Sonatine - 1952
- Composition - 1954
- Model I-XXXIV - 1956-2006
- Described Emotions - 1966
- Sonate II for organ - 1985
- Sonate III-IV for organ - 1986
- Megasonata for piano - 1994
- Organ fantasia (24 movs.) for organ - 2003
- Fantasie Impromptu for piano - 2004
- Grand Sonata for piano solo and electronic media - 2006