- Title Pages
- Show Tunes
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- How to Use this Book
- Part I Composers of the Early Years
- Jerome Kern
- Irving Berlin
- George Gershwin
- Vincent Youmans
- Richard Rodgers
- Cole Porter
- Arthur Schwartz
- Harold Arlen
- Vernon Duke
- Burton Lane
- Kurt Weill
- Marc Blitzstein
- Harold Rome
- Part II New Composers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s
- PART III New Composers of the 1970s and Beyond
- PART IV Notable Scores by Other Composers
- Appendix 1 Chronological Listing of Productions
- Appendix 2 Collaborator Reference Listing
- Appendix 3 Bibliography
- Song Title Index
- Show Index
- People Index
Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill
Born: March 2, 1900, Dessau, Germany
Died: April 3, 1950, New York, New York
- Chapter:
- (p.168) Kurt Weill
- Source:
- Show Tunes
- Author(s):
Steven Suskin
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter examines the work of Kurt Weill. It begins with an extended commentary of his career, followed by details on productions, with data and song information. Weill, the son of a cantor, evinced an early interest in music. He went to Berlin in 1918, where he studied with Engelbert Humperdinck (Hansel und Gretl) before moving on to avant-garde composer Ferruccio Busoni. Weill soon moved from concert to contemporary work and started writing for the theater. Caught up in Germany’s inflammatory political situation, he began a collaboration in 1927 with outspoken playwright/lyricist Bertolt Brecht.
Keywords: Kurt Weill, Berlin, Broadway musicals, contemporary work, show tunes, Bertolt Brecht, Engelbert Humperdinck
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- Title Pages
- Show Tunes
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- How to Use this Book
- Part I Composers of the Early Years
- Jerome Kern
- Irving Berlin
- George Gershwin
- Vincent Youmans
- Richard Rodgers
- Cole Porter
- Arthur Schwartz
- Harold Arlen
- Vernon Duke
- Burton Lane
- Kurt Weill
- Marc Blitzstein
- Harold Rome
- Part II New Composers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s
- PART III New Composers of the 1970s and Beyond
- PART IV Notable Scores by Other Composers
- Appendix 1 Chronological Listing of Productions
- Appendix 2 Collaborator Reference Listing
- Appendix 3 Bibliography
- Song Title Index
- Show Index
- People Index