The composer gave the work's public debut in Hollywood, later the same decade, with his friend and student Harry Sukman providing the piano part.
[1] The piece is a one-movement piano concerto incorporating melody of one of Wars' nostalgic wartime songs "Po mlecznej drodze" (1942)[a] with lyrics by a poet Feliks Konarski about longing for Warsaw.
After Poland gained independence in 1918, Wars made a career in the 1930s as one of the pioneers of jazz in Central Europe and as a film music composer.
At this time, in Iraq, Wars composed the nostalgic tune "Po mlecznej drodze" to the lyrics by a Polish poet and songwriter Feliks Konarski.
[1] The song, which was about returning the pre-war Warsaw with memories, was first sung by Irena Anders for the soldiers on their trek from Persia to Monte Cassino.