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My Take
Knowing that Tadeusz Baird was born in 1928 near Warsaw and lived through the war makes his music sound different to me, heavier with survival. He died in 1981 at only 53, which feels like a theft of years he should have had. He wrote film scores, taught at the conservatory, and earned national honors, yet his name rarely travels far outside Poland. To me that's an injustice: he was one of the genuine engines pushing 20th-century music forward. The fact that his sounds still resonate decades later is the most eloquent argument for his importance. I hold a quiet, lasting admiration for him.
Overview
Tadeusz Baird (26 July 1928 – 2 September 1981) was a Polish composer.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tadeusz Baird
- Name (Japanese)
- タデウシュ・バイルト
- Reading
- たでうしゅ・ばいると
- Born
- July 26, 1928 – September 2, 1981
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dragon
- Origin
- Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- composer / music educator / university teacher / film score composer / musicologist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Chopin University of Music
Awards & achievements
- Medal of the National Education Commission
- 1970 Polish State Award
- Work Flag Order, 1st class
- Work Flag Order, 2nd class
- Gold Cross of Merit
- Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.