Poeme Juif

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

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.