Szuk, Józef Zygmunt
Szuk, Józef Zygmunt
Szuk, Józef Zygmunt, Polish pianist and composer; b. Warsaw, April 4, 1875; d. Paris, April 10, 1956. He studied at the Warsaw Cons, with Noskowski; then took piano lessons in Paris with Moszkowski. He remained in Paris as a piano teacher; then turned to composition of light operas. His first work in this genre, Flup (Brussels, Dec. 19, 1913), was successful and had numerous performances in Europe; he continued to produce operettas at regular intervals; the last one was Pantoufle (Paris, Feb. 24, 1945). He also wrote a ballet, Une Nuit d’Ispahan (Brussels, Nov. 19, 1909), overtures, chamber music, and piano pieces.
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