productions as well, such as Uczta Baltazara by Jerzy Zarzycki and Jerzy Passendorfer. In music, the trend was limited to art song, film soundtrack, and pop-song based on local folk tradition. Communist ideals were glorified in lyrics. Among the prominent composers were Jan Maklakiewicz: "Śląsk pracuje i śpiewa" (Silesia Works and Sings), Alfred Gradstein: "Na prawo most, na lewo most" (A Bridge on the Right, and a Bridge on the Left), and Andrzej Panufnik: "Symfonia Pokoju" (The Symphony to Peace). Widely promoted popular songs included "O Nowej to Hucie piosenka" (This Song is about Nowa Huta) featured here with the video. The song is still well remembered by most Polish people of the older generation. Following Stalin's death, and especially from 1953 on, critical opinions were heard with increasing frequency. Finally, as part of the Gomułka political thaw from within the Polish United Workers' Party, the entire doctrine was officially given up in 1956. See also Real socialism concept of the Brezhnev era References Further reading Socrealism - history, theory, list of publications, references and legal documents. Paweł Chmielewski, Socrealist art, architecture and literature in the People's Republic of Poland Ideological literary front of socrealism: Broniewski, Mayakovsky, Pasternak. Polish Music Center, University of Southern California: Jan Maklakiewicz, biography. See also: Polish composers. External links Socialist Realism page at Marxists.org Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw Palace of Coal-Basin Culture in Dąbrowa Górnicza Wojciech Weiss Muzeum Foundation Top 10 Socialist Realist Architectural Sculptures in Warsaw Cultural history of Poland Poland Polish People's Republic Stalinism in Poland