Zbigniew Turski (21 July 1908 – 6 January 1979) was a Polish

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. He was born in

Konstancin Konstancin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Góra Świętej Małgorzaty, within Łęczyca County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Łęczyca and north of the regional capital Łó ...

and died in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

. In 1948 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his ''Symfonia Olimpijska'' ("Olympic Symphony").

Selected film music

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The Nutcracker (1967 film) ''The Nutcracker'' ( pl, Dziadek do orzechów) is a 1967 Polish film directed by Halina Bielińska and based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1816 novelette "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". Cast * Elżbieta Zagubień - Marynia * Janusz Pomaski - Fryc ...

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