Zygmunt Mycielski

He was born in Przeworsk and completed his childhood education in Kraków, where he was taught by Bernardino Rizzi.

In 1928, Mycielski moved to Paris, where he studied composition at École Normale de Musique with Paul Dukas and Nadia Boulanger.

After the war ended, he returned to Poland and served two terms as editor for Ruch Muzyczny (1946–1948 and 1957–1959) before becoming editor-in-chief from 1960 to 1968.

His publications caused him to be ousted as editor-in-chief of Ruch Muzyczny; his writings were then subject to strict censorship and he was forbidden to leave the country.

In 1978, he founded the Academic Education Society, a student organisation that was deemed illegal and later banned.