Prélude, Blues & Polka for Piano

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Simon (Polish: Szymon) Laks, born in Warsaw in 1901, worked in Paris from 1926, where he stood out as one of the most important representatives of Polish modernism in the context of the Groupe de Six and the École de Paris. Promoted by Szymanowski and inspired by Ravel, he amalgamated neoclassicism of French provenance with elements of Polish folk music tradition and influences from jazz. Laks’ work was dramatically interrupted by internment and deportation. He survived Auschwitz as a member and leader of a camp band, which he gave poignant testimony to in his book Music in Auschwitz. The piano pieces, which were created independently of one another and are summarized as a cycle in this volume, reflect the stylistic range of Laks ’oeuvre, the juggling typical for him with the levels E and U and his own profound sense of humor. Simon Lak's ‘oeuvre, which is attracting increasing international attention, is published exclusively by Boosey & Hawkes.

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• Part 1: Piano