The ballade of Westerbork
3 songs:
1. Razzia (The raid) for soprano and piano
2. De kindertrein (The children’s train) for soprano and piano
3. (?) for soprano or alto or tenor and piano
See also: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl catalogue application number MNmfI/0546
His hometown Lemberg, in the Ukraine known as Lviv, and in Poland as Lwów, has a history of occupation by shifting powers. This is why the Germans had trouble figuring out Ignace Lilien's real identity; he survived the war with forged documents. He worked as a chemical engineer, but that didn’t stop him from composing a large oeuvre. His life was as varied as his music, with influences ranging from Polish modernism to South American rhythms and timbres.
by Frans van Ruth