Bolesław Szabelski

Bolesław Szabelski (3 December 1896 in Radoryż – 27 August 1979 in Katowice) was a Polish composer of modern classical music.

[2] Szabelski began working in the neoclassical and romanticism modes typical of the early 20th century.

He adopted the serialist technique[3] in the 1950s and was one of a number of Polish New Wave composers to embrace atonality.

[4] His early work had been characterised by monumental forms and fanfare motifs[5] and Szabelski adapted to the new aesthetic while retaining his old signatures.

Szabelski was highly influential on the "New Polish School" composers of the early 1950s and had a formative influence on his student Henryk Mikołaj Górecki.