Augustyn Bloch (13 August 1929 in

Grudziądz Grudziądz ( la, Graudentum, Graudentium, german: Graudenz) is a city in northern Poland, with 92,552 inhabitants (2021). Located on the Vistula River, it lies within the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and is the fourth-largest city in its prov ...

– 6 April 2006 in

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) was a Polish composer and

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists. In addition, an organist may accompany congregational h ...

, student of Feliks Rączkowski and Tadeusz Szeligowski. He was an active concert organist, conducted his own music, and wrote music for the Polish Radio Theater.

Selected works

* Piano variations ''Karol Szymanowski in memoriam'' (1953) * ''Concertino for violin solo, string orchestra, piano, and percussion'' (1958) * ''Meditations'' for soprano solo, organs, and percussion (1961) * ''Oczekiwanie'' (''Waiting''), a ballet (1963) * ''Dialogi per biolino et orchestra'' (1969) * ''Gilgamesh'' (1969) * ''Enfiando'' (1970) * ''Warstwy czasu'' (''Layers of Time'') for 15 string instruments (1978) * ''Anenaiki'' (1979)

External links

* Michael F. Runowski: Polnische Orgelmusik nach 1945. Saarbrücken: Verlag Dr. Müller (2009).
Augustyn Bloch on culture.pl
1929 births 2006 deaths People from Grudziądz Polish composers Polish organists Male organists 20th-century organists 20th-century male musicians {{Poland-composer-stub