The Polish composer and teacher Tadeusz Szeligowski studied in his native Lwów, in Kraków, and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. In Poland he held various positions of importance and played a leading part in the teaching of a generation of Polish composers.

Stage, Vocal and Orchestral Music
Szeligowski contributed to a variety of musical genres and showed interest in a number of styles and techniques. He took an eclectic stance, reflecting something of the changes in music in the 20th century but without undue experiment. His opera The Scholars’ Revolt, set in the 16th century, was the first opera in Communist Poland and brings together a variety of historical styles. He wrote sacred and secular choral works, songs, and orchestral music which includes a suite based on Maeterlinck’s Blue Bird and an Epitaph for Szymanowski.