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Poeme Juif

Recorded Sound | Digitized | RG Number: RG-91.2062

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    Poeme Juif

    Overview

    Description
    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)
    Date
    released:  1993
    Contributor
    Performer: Szymon Laks
    Performer: Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer: Maurice Ravel
    Biography
    Szymon Laks (1901-1983), Polish-French composer, survivor of Auschwitz (where he directed the men's orchestra), Holocaust memoirist.
    Format
    Audiocassette; magnetic

    Physical Details

    Language
    French
    Genre/Form
    Music.

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Copyright Undetermined
    Conditions on Use
    Owner of copyright, if any, is undetermined. It is possible this is an orphan work. It is the responsibility of anyone interested in reproducing, broadcasting, or publishing content to determine copyright holder and secure permission, or perform a diligent Fair Use analysis.

    Administrative Notes

    Recorded Sound Provenance
    Since 1992, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's music historian has collected historic sound recordings, published materials, interviews, and music related to the Holocaust and World War II.
    Recorded Sound Notes
    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.
    Recorded Sound Source
    Bret Werb
    File Number
    Musicology Tape Number: 173
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:29:09
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