Poeme Juif

Identifier
irn600100
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-91.2062
Dates
1 Jan 1993 - 31 Dec 1993
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Szymon Laks (Performer)
  • Maurice Ravel (Performer)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich (Performer)

Biographical History

Szymon Laks (1901-1983), Polish-French composer, survivor of Auschwitz (where he directed the men's orchestra), Holocaust memoirist.

Scope and Content

Cassette includes works of Jewish poetry by Shostakovich, Laks, and Ravel released in Warsaw in 1993 by Towarzystwo Przyjaźni Polsko-Izraelskiej (Polish-Israeli Friendship Society). Includes: Dmitri Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (26:25) Szymon Laks: Elegia zydowskich miasteczek (Elegy for the Jewish Villages; poems by Antoni Slonimski; 1961) (5:30) this is Laks' most overt treatment of the Holocaust theme 8 popularnych pieśni żydowskich (12:08) Maurice Ravel: Deux mélodies Hébraïques (6:28) Chants populaires, no. 4: Chanson hébraïque ("Mayerke, mon fils") (4:16)

Note(s)

  • Musicologist's file contains: Photocopy of sheet music with lyrics Laks published a memoir in French in 1948 "Musiques d'un autre monde" An English translation was published in 1989. This cassette has also been cataloged in the USHMM Library catalog under bibId=241955.

Genre

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