# 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.
Schaeffer was born in Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine). 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 was one of 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.

## 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