Stefan Bolesław Poradowski

Stefan Bolesław Poradowski studied at The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań. The recorded working language is Polish. Employment is recorded with The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań. Distinctions recorded are Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland, Silver Cross of Merit, Gold Cross of Merit and Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

• Name — Stefan Bolesław Poradowski • Born — 16 August 1902 • Birthplace — Włocławek, Congress Poland • Died — 9 July 1967 • Place of death — Poznań, Poland

Poradowski was born on 16 August 1902 in Włocławek. He received his musical education in Włocławek at P. Bojakowskiego, then at the Conservatory of Music in Bydgoszcz Winterfeld. From 1922 to 1926 he studied in Poznań at the National Conservatory of Music where he studied composition and theory (Henryk Opieński) and the University (the right and musicology). Complementary studies in composition took place in Berlin with Emil Reznicek. He worked as a teacher of violin playing and lecturing on theoretical subjects in Poznań and Leszno, and in 1930 he became professor of theory and composition, as well as a special chamber orchestra director in the Poznań Conservatory. Before the war, he also lectured at the Municipal Conservatory of Music in Bydgoszcz (1935–1939), conducted the chamber orchestra and choir of the Society of Music "Harmony" in Poznań (1930–1939) and operated recenzencką. In 1939, he was arrested by the Germans and then taken to Opatów, Poland, where he worked as an organist and choral conductor. In 1945, he again taught a special class of theory and composition at the State Music Academy in Poznań, where he was also Vice-rector and Dean of the Faculty of Composition, Theory and Conducting. In 1958, he became associate professor. At the same time, he led the composition class at the State Higher School of Music in Wrocław (in 1955), discussed the Poznań Philharmonic concert programs (1946–1956), and organized festivals and competitions nationwide. He was also a well-known artist, photographer, and longtime president of the Poznań branch of the Union of Polish Art Photographers. The composer's wife was Wanda Lewandowska, the daughter of well-known druggist Louis Lewandowski. Stefan Bolesław Poradowski died on 9 July 1967 in Poznań. He lies in the Crypt of the Meritorious Wielkopolska in the Church of St. Adalbert.

He wrote several textbooks on the theory of music, including Harmony Science (1931), Musical Instruments (1938), Diatonic-Harmonic Modulations (1939), The Fugue (1962), Acoustics for Musicians (1964), The Art of Writing canons (1965).