Poeme Juif
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Poeme Juif
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 fil") (4:16)
Musicologist's file contains: Photocopy of sheet music with lyrics Laks published a memoir in French in 1948"Musiques d'un autre mond" An English translation was published in 1989. This cassette has also been cataloged in the USHMM Library catalog under bibId=241955.
Szymon Laks (1901-1983), Polish-French composer, survivor of Auschwitz (where he directed the men's orchestra), Holocaust memoirist.