Boguslaw Schaeffer

Bogusław Schaeffer (1929-2019) was a Polish composer, musicologist and playwright, born in Lwów (now Lviv). He taught composition at the Academy of Music in Kraków from 1963 and later also in Salzburg, where he died. His output ranges from orchestral and chamber works to instrumental theatre for the group MW2 and pieces for tape and electronics such as Missa electronica. He also wrote plays and books on new music.