Biography
Kurt Julian Weill was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, he wrote his best-known work, The Threepenny Opera, which includes the ballad "Mack the Knife". Weill held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose, Gebrauchsmusik. He also wrote several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes. He fled Nazi Germany in 1933, arriving in the United States two years later. Settling in New York, he made a substantial contribution to American musical theater through works such as Lady in the Dark and Street Scene.
Works
Foxtrot-Potpourri
2005
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8
2005
Music with solo violin
Threepenny Opera
Five Songs from The Threepenny Opera
Four Walt Whitman Songs
Kurt Weill Songs -- a Centennial Anthology, Vol 2 Vol. 2
Down in the Valley
Briefwechsel mit der Universal-Edition
Briefwechsel mit der Universal-Edition
Czar Has His Photograph Taken, Op. 21
Czar Has His Photograph Taken, Op. 21
6 (six) Songs from Threepenny Opera for Guitar Quartet Score and Parts
6 (six) Songs from Threepenny Opera for Guitar Quartet Score and Parts
Six Songs from the Threepenny Opera
Six Songs from the Threepenny Opera
Die Legende Vom Toten Soldaten Satb
Die Legende Vom Toten Soldaten Satb
String Quartet in B Minor
String Quartet in B Minor
Klopslied
Klopslied
Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12
Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12
DE BERLIN A BROADWAY
DE BERLIN A BROADWAY
Mack the Knife
Mack the Knife
Lady in the dark
Lady in the dark
Happy End
Happy End