Augustyn Bloch

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Augustyn Bloch, the composer and organist, was born on 13th of August 1929 in Grudziadz. He was an organ student of Feliks Raczkowski and a composition student of Tadeusz Szeligowski at the National Higher School of Music (nowadays the Academy of Music) in 1950-5 and 1952-9, respectively. In 1947-57, when still a student, Bloch gave organ concerts in Wroclaw, Oliwa and Warsaw. In 1954-77 he had a contract with the Polish Radio Theatre to write music for its plays. In 1977-9 and 1983-7 Bloch was the Vice-President of the Association of Polish Composers, and in 1979-87 he chaired the Program Committee of the "WARSAW AUTUMN" INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. Bloch was the winner of international composing competitions in Vercelli (1961) for his PIANO VARIATIONS "KAROL SZYMANOWSKI IN MEMORIAM" (1953) and twice in Monaco: for MEDITATIONS for soprano, organs and percussion in 1962 and for his EXPECTATION ballet in 1963. In 1969 Bloch was third at the UNESCO's International Composers' Tribune in Paris for his DIALOGHI PER VIOLINO ED ORCHESTRA (1964). In 1989 the composer received the Brighton Festival award for the ORATORIUM for organ, strings and percussion, composed in 1982. He is also a two-time winner of the Minister of Art and Culture award: for ENFIANDO PER ORCHESTRA (1970) and for the ballet GILGAMESH (1968), received in 1971 and 1985, respectively. Bloch's radio compositions for children earned him the award of the Radio and Television Committee in 1960 and of

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Unusual Sounds Vol 1

Unusual Sounds vol. 2

Unusual Sounds Vol 2

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Bibliotheque Exotique Vol. 1: Panorama of the Exotic World

Unusual Sounds Vol. 2 - The Brain

Polish Collection of the Warsaw Autumn 1956-2005

Unusual Sounds Vol. 1 - Reflections

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Unusual Sounds, Vol. 1: Reflections

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A Look At The Future

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Unusual Sounds Vol. 1 (Reflections)

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warsaw autumn - intonations

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Unusual Sounds Vol. 2 (The Brain)

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