Organ
SKU:
AY.FRD106
Composed by
Paul J. Sifler. Keyboards
- Organ. Fredonia Press
#FRD106. Published by
Fredonia Press
(AY.FRD106).
ISBN
9790302117506.
Paul
J. Sifler, born in
Ljubljana, Slovenia,
immigrated to the United
States at the age of 11,
and following his studies
at the Chicago
Conservatory as music,
led a long and prolific
career as a composer and
organist. The Despair and
Agony of Dachau has been
performed at the National
Cathedral in Washington
D.C. and in Sifler's
native Ljubljana,
performances which were
preceded by a reading of
Psalm 22. Phrases from
the Psalm beginning My
God, my God, why has Thou
forsaken me? are used to
depict the tragedy of the
concentration camp at
Dachau. Among the traumas
represented are the
furnaces, described by a
mighty roar, the
scurrying of rats and
barking of dogs. This
work was composed to
provide a history lesson
for the future, and to
offer the fervent prayer
that mankind will never
again be involved in such
an atrocity.
