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Lutosławski

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/ lutoˈslavski /

noun

  1. Witold (ˈvitɔlt). 1913–94, Polish composer, whose works frequently juxtapose aleatoric and notated writing

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He wanted a Polish classical composer for “Dracula” and approached Witold Lutosławski — who told Coppola it would take him five years to compose the amount of score required.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2024

Esa-Pekka Salonen led a symphony by the Polish composer Witold Lutosławski.

From New York Times May 8, 2020

Other representatives of this courageous vanguard were Witold Lutosławski, Andrzej Panufnik, Grażyna Bacewicz, and Krzysztof Penderecki; only the last still lives.

From The New Yorker Jan. 30, 2015

Lutosławski said that to write music was to go "fishing for souls", searching for listeners like him, for whom his music would resonate somewhere deep inside them.

From The Guardian Jan. 15, 2013

Classical music concert Twin pianists Christina and Michelle Naughton perform music written or arranged for two pianos by Stravinsky, Brahms, Debussy and Lutosławski.

From Washington Post

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