Baird, Tadeusz

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Baird, Tadeusz (b Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland, 1928; d Warsaw, 1981). Polish composer. Several of post–1956 works use 12-note procedures. Works incl.:OPERA: Tomorrow (Jutro) (after J. Conrad) (1966).ORCH.: syms.: No.1 (1950), No.2 (1952), No.3 (1968–9); Sinfonietta (1949); pf. conc. (1949); Concerto for Orchestra (1953); Cassation (1956); 4 Essays (1958); Espressioni varianti, vn. and orch. (1959); Variations without a Theme (1962); Epiphany Music (1963); Sinfonia brevis (1968); Psychodram (1972); ob. conc. (1973).INSTR.: Colas Breugnon, fl., chamber orch. (1951); 4 Dialogues, ob., chamber orch. (1964); 4 Novelettes, chamber orch. (1967).VOCAL: 4 Shakespeare Love Sonnets, bar., chamber orch. (1956); Exhortation, narr., ch., orch. (1960); Erotica, sop., orch. (1961); Songs of Trouvères, mez., fl., vc. (1964); 5 Songs, mez., chamber orch. (1967–8); Goethe Letters, bar., ch., orch. (1970).

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