Bloch, Augustyn (Hipolit)

Bloch, Augustyn (Hipolit), Polish composer and organist; b. Grudziadz, Aug. 13, 1929. He was a student of Feliks Raczkowski (organ, 1950–55) and Tadeusz Szeligowski (composition, 1952–59) at the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw. From 1954 to 1977 he composed music for various plays and radio dramas for the Theatre of the Polish Radio in Warsaw. He was vice president of the Polish Composers' Union from 1977 to 1979, and again from 1983 to 1987. From 1979 to 1987 he was chairman of the repertoire committee of the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music. In 1971 and 1985 he received the Minister of Culture and Art Award, in 1975 the Prime Minster's Award, in 1981 the Polish Composers' Union Award, and in 1989 the Brighton …