My memories of you - the Szpilman songbook

Wladyslaw Szpilman

Wladyslaw Szpilman's miraculous survival of the Warsaw Ghetto is the subject of Roman Polanski's film "The Pianist". However, Szpilman was also a popular composer. He wrote about 500 songs many of which are still evergreens of Polish pop culture. This Songbook contains a selection of 16 songs with newly commissioned English lyrics. Some of them can be heard on the new Wendy Lands CD.

Composer	Title	Instrumentation
Szpilman, Wladyslaw	My Memories of You	Voice, Piano	More Details

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Concert works

Wladyslaw Szpilman

Widely known as a pianist and composer of popular music, Wladyslaw Szpilman - subject of Roman Polanski's film "The Pianist" - also wrote some works for the concert hall. Having been a student of Franz Schreker, his amalgamation of serious and popular music is rooted in the stylistic tradition of the twenties. In addition to a piano suite "The Life of the Machines" Szpilman wrote five shorter orchestral works and a "Concertino" for piano and orchestra, completed in 1940 in the Warsaw Ghetto. Publishing Autumn 2003.

Composer	Title	Instrumentation
Szpilman, Wladyslaw (York)	3 Little Folk Song Suites (1951-55)	Piano	More Details
Szpilman, Wladyslaw	Ballet Scene for Orchestra (1968)	Pocket or Study Score	More Details
Szpilman, Wladyslaw	Concertino (1940) for Piano and Orchestra	Pocket or Study Score	More Details
Szpilman, Wladyslaw (Aisic)	Concertino (1940) for Piano and Orchestra	2 Pianos	More Details
Szpilman, Wladyslaw	Introduction to a Film for Orchestra (1957)	Pocket or Study Score	More Details
Szpilman, Wladyslaw	Little Overture for Symphony Orchestra (1968)	Pocket or Study Score	More Details
Szpilman, Wladyslaw	Paraphrase on an Original Theme (1947)	Pocket or Study Score	More Details
Szpilman, Wladyslaw (Herzfeld)	Suite for Piano "The Life of the Machines" (1933)	Piano	More Details
Szpilman, Wladyslaw	Waltz in the Olden Style for Orchestra (1937/68)	Pocket or Study Score	More Details

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