(b Lwów, Sept 9, 1921; d Graz, Aug 8, 1990). Polish composer. He studied the organ with Rutkowski, singing with Belina-Skupiewski and the clarinet with Kurkiewicz; from 1945 to 1951 he studied composition with Malawski and theory with Łobaczewska. In 1947 he was appointed to teach at the State Higher School for Music (now Academy of Music) in Kraków before becoming reader in theory and composition at the State Higher School (now Academy) in Warsaw. In 1976 he moved to Graz as professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik. He was general secretary of the Polish Composers' Union for many years, and played a key role in the Polish Radio electronic music studio in Warsaw. Dobrowolski's early works such as the Trio (1956) show that he had fully absorbed the rhythmic style and harmonic language of neo-classical composers, and his Suita dziecięca (‘Children's Suite’, 1953...