Andrzej Dobrowolski
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Andrzej Dobrowolski
(b Lwów, 9 Sept 1921; d there, 8 Aug 1990). Polish composer. He studied with Malawski (1945-51) and taught at the conservatories of Kraków and Warsaw. His works, following a development parallel to Lutosławski's, include orchestral and instrumental pieces, electronic music and songs; later works are characterized by craftsmanship and animated wit.
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Andrzej Dobrowolski
Andrzej Dobrowolski (September 9, 1921 in Lwów, Poland [now Lviv. Ukraine] – 8 August 1990 in Graz, Austria) was a Polish composer and teacher.
Dobrowolski was one of the first Polish composers to concentrate on music for tape, and one of the first to pioneer the combination of pre-recorded tape and live performers.[1]
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- ^ Adrian Thomas, Polish Music since Szymanowski (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005), p. 162.
Sources
- Casken, John. 2001. "Dobrowolski, Andrzej". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell. London: Macmillan.
- Thomas, Adrian. 2005. Polish Music since Szymanowski. Music in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-58284-9
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