Bogusław Julian Schaeffer (also Schäffer) (6 June 1929 – 1 July 2019) was a Polish composer, musicologist, and graphic artist, a member of the avant-garde "Cracow Group" of Polish composers alongside

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and others. Schaeffer was born in

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(now

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). After studying

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and graduating with a degree in

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under Zdzisław Jachimecki in 1953 at the Academy of Music in

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, he became an active composer and musical theoretician. From 1963, he was a lecturer on composition at the Kraków Academy, and he was a professor at the

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from the mid-1980s to 2000. Konstancja Kochaniec was one of his students. Schaeffer's 'Klavierkonzert' was used on the soundtrack of

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's 2006 film ''

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''. "Solo", a documentary about Schaeffer was released in 2008. In 2022, American electronic music duo

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released an album dedicated to the composer.

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

Most significant works

Books

* ''New Music. Problems in Contemporary Composing techniques'' (''Nowa Muzyka'') - 1958 * ''Introduction to Composition'' (1974)

Musical works

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 quartets - 1946 * ''Lineare Construction'' for piano - 1959 * ''Kodes'' for chamber orchestra - 1961 * ''String 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 * ''Iranian Set'' for flute, piano, 3 actors & ensemble of performers - 1976 * ''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 * ''Project'' for tuba and tape - 1980 * ''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 * ''Fantasia'' (24 movements'')'' for organ - 2003 * ''Fantasie Impromptu'' for piano - 2004 * ''Grand Sonata'' for piano solo and electronic media - 2006

Opera

* ''Monodram'', opera radiowa, 65' - 1968 * ''Liebesbliecke'' opera, 150' - 1990

References

External links

Bogusław Schaeffer at culture.pl

work by Bogusław Schaeffer

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