Music of Another World
Author | : Szymon Laks |
Publisher | : Northwestern University Press |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780810118027 |
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Translated from the 1948 French edition. A remarkable memoir of the Polish composer Szymon Laks. While interned at the Auschwitz extermination camp, Laks became kappelmeister of the Auschwitz band. With wit and self-detachment, he records the grotesque phenomena of music among the crematoria. Paper edition (unseen), $10.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR