Witold Szalonek
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| Born | March 2, 1927 Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland |
| Died | October 12, 2001 (aged 74) Berlin, Germany |
| Era | Contemporary 20th Century Classical |
Witold Szalonek (born in 1927 in Czechowice-Dziedzice, died in 2001 in Berlin) was a Polish composer.[1]
In 1949-56 he studied at the State Higher School of Music in Katowice. Following his first successes at international composers' competitions, he received a grant from Kranichsteiner Musikinstitut in
Hochschule der Künste
. In 1973 he won the competition to succeed Boris Blacher as Professor of Composition there. He has conducted numerous seminars and courses in composition in Poland, Denmark, Germany, Finland and Slovakia. In 1990 he received an honorary doctor's degree from the Wilhelmian University in Münster.
In 1963 Szalonek discovered and classified the so-called 'combined sounds' generated by the woodwind instruments. He is also the author of theoretical studies on a wide range of subjects, including combined sounds, sonorism, Chopin and Debussy.
Selected works
- Suite from Kurpie for Alto Solo and 9 Instruments, 1955
- Satire for Orchestra, 1956
- 1+1+1+1 per 1-4 strumenti ad arco, 1969
- O, Pleasant Earth, Cantata for Voice and Orchestra, 1969
- Musica concertante for Double-bass and Orchestra, 1977
- Little Symphony B-A-C-H for Piano and Orchestra, 1981
- Bagattellae di Dahlem, II for Flute and Piano, 1998
References
- ^ "Witold Szalonek | Twórca | Culture.pl". Culture.pl. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
External links
- Witold Szalonek at Porta Polonica Documentation Centre in Germany
- Witold Szalonek at PWM Edition
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