Szpilman, Wladyslaw

Suite

The Life of the Machines Wladyslaw Szpilman - The Pianist

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Details
For
piano
Product Type
Sheet music
Author / Composer
Szpilman, Wladyslaw
Editor
John York
Product number
780399
Extent
20 Pages
Description

Wladyslaw Szpilman (1911-2000) was a major star on Polish State Radio in the 1930s. In September 1939, during a live broadcast, he was perfoming Chopin's "Nocture in C Sharp Minow" when the sudio was bombed. Narrowly escaping deportiation and the death caps, he survived with the help of Polish friends and was ulitamtely spared by a German officer who heard him play the same "Nocturne" in his hiding place. After the war, Szpilman resumed his career at Polish State Radio, coming back on the air on...

Content
  • Preface
  • Vorwort des Herausgebers
  • About the edition
  • Zur Edition
  • Suite "The Life of the Machines":
  • I.
  • II. "Machine at rest"
  • III. Toccatina