Tadeusz Baird

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Tadeusz Baird (b. July 26, 1928 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki - d. September 2, 1981 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish composer. He studied in Warsaw camposition (among others with Kazimierz Sikorski), piano and musicology. In 1956, with Kazimierz Serocki he founded the Warsaw Autumn international contemporary music festival. In 1974 he began to teach composition at the State College of Music (currently the Music Academy) in Warsaw.


Photograph of Tadeusz Baird.
Photograph of Tadeusz Baird.

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[edit] Compositions

Baird's music is usually lyrical, very expressive, and intensely subjective. It is often rooted in the Romantic, or rather post-romantic tradition, despite serial techniques.

[edit] Music for solo instruments

  • Sonatina I (1949)
  • Sonatina II (1952)
  • Little Suite for Children (1952)

[edit] Chamber music

  • String Quartet (1971)
  • Play for String Quatret (1971)

[edit] Orchestral works

  • Symphony I (1950) - Polish National Prize, 1951
  • Colas Breugnon: a suite in the old style for string orchestra with flute (1951)
  • Four Essays (1958) - UNESCO Prize, 1959
  • Symphony III (1969) - National Prize, 1970

[edit] Concertos

  • Four Dialogs for oboe and chamber orchestra (1964) - UNESCO Prize 1966
  • Oboe Concerto (1973)
  • Scenes for cello, harp and orchestra (1977)
  • Concerto Lugubre (1975) for viola and orchestra

[edit] Vocal-instrumental works

  • Four Love Sonnets for baritone and orchestra (1956) to texts by Shakespeare
  • Five Songs for mezzo-soprano and six instruments (1970) to texts by H. Poświatowska - National Prize, 1970
  • Tomorrow, a musical drama to a libretto by J. S. Sito

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