His songs ranged from lyrical serenades and ballads to marches and quasi-Straussian waltzes. Sigizmund Katz' professional reputation now rests primarily on his war-time song "And the Briansk Forest Rustled Sternly" (Шумел сурово Брянский лес...), with lyrics by Anatoly Sofronov, which is dedicated to the struggles of Soviet partisans against Nazi invaders, and which earned him the Stalin Prize (1950).
His musical output included sentimental love songs and ballads as well as triumphant marches and intricate waltzes. Sigizmund Katz' professional reputation is now primarily based on his wartime song "And the Briansk Forest Rustled Sternly" (Шумел сурово Брянский лес...), which pays tribute to the Soviet partisans' fight against Nazi invaders, and which earned him the Stalin Prize in 1950.