Bogusław Schaeffer
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 Krzysztof Penderecki and others. • Illustration — Bogusław Schaeffer • Illustration — Commemorative plaque on the apartment block Osiedle Kolorowe 4, where the artist lived and worked. Unveiled in 2025. Schaeffer was born in Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine).
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Bogusław Schaeffer
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- Born
- 1929. · Lviv.
- Died
- 2019. · Salzburg.
- Nationality
- Poland.
- Occupation
- composer, music educator, music critic, painter, musicologist, dramaturge, screenwriter and musician.
- Fields
- music, musicology, drama and pedagogy.
- Education
- Jagiellonian University and Academy of Music in Kraków.
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
- Languages
- Polish.
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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 Krzysztof Penderecki and others. • Illustration — Bogusław Schaeffer • Illustration — Commemorative plaque on the apartment block Osiedle Kolorowe 4, where the artist lived and worked. Unveiled in 2025. Schaeffer was born in Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine).
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Bogusław Schaeffer (1929–2019) was a Polish composer, dramaturge and graphic artist, among other activities. Born in Lviv, the composer died in Salzburg.
Bogusław Schaeffer studied at Academy of Music in Kraków and Jagiellonian University. The composer worked for Mozarteum University Salzburg and was a member of Krakow Group and Union of Polish Composers. Bogusław Schaeffer worked in Kraków and Salzburg. The composer was active in drama, graphics and history of music.
Genres include opera. Languages used include Polish. Bogusław Schaeffer received Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture and Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, among others.
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Orchestral 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
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
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
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
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
Opera
• Monodram, opera radiowa, 65' - 1968 • Liebesbliecke opera, 150' - 1990
Life and career
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Life and career
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1929
Bogusław Schaeffer born at Lviv.
2019
Bogusław Schaeffer died at Salzburg.
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Lviv.
Birth place
Salzburg.
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Books
• New Music. Problems in Contemporary Composing techniques (Nowa Muzyka) - 1958 • Introduction to Composition (1974)
Awards
After studying violin in Opole and graduating with a degree in musical composition under Zdzisław Jachimecki in 1953 at the Academy of Music in Kraków, 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 Hochschule für Musik in Salzburg from the mid-1980s to 2000. Konstancja Kochaniec and Adam Walaciński were among his students. Schaeffer's 'Klavierkonzert' was used on the soundtrack of David Lynch's 2006 film Inland Empire. "Solo", a documentary about Schaeffer was released in 2008. In 2022, American electronic music duo Matmos released an album dedicated to the composer.
Bogusław Schaeffer studied at Jagiellonian University and Academy of Music in Kraków. the recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is music, musicology and drama. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Places of work recorded in the authority are Kraków and Salzburg. Employment is recorded with Mozarteum University Salzburg. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
• 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
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