Kurt Weill

Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer^[a]^[2] active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States.^[3] He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, he developed productions such as his best-known work, The Threepenny Opera, which included the ballad "Mack the Knife". Weill held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose,^[4] Gebrauchsmusik.^[5] He also wrote several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes. He became a United States citizen in 1943.

^ The letter, reprinted in Henry Marx (ed.), Weill-Lenya Goethe House, (New York, 1976), is cited in Jarman 1982, p. 140.
^ The editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Kurt Weill". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
^ "Mack the Knife" – Sinatra Song of the Century #95 by Mark Steyn, December 8, 2015
^ Kurt Weill. Cjschuler.net. Retrieved on August 22, 2011. Archived March 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ Jarman 1982, p. 34.

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[1] The letter, reprinted in Henry Marx (ed.), Weill-Lenya Goethe House, (New York, 1976), is cited in Jarman 1982, p. 140.

[3] The editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Kurt Weill". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 29, 2022.

[4] "Mack the Knife" – Sinatra Song of the Century #95 by Mark Steyn, December 8, 2015

[cjschuler.net-5] Kurt Weill. Cjschuler.net. Retrieved on August 22, 2011. Archived March 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[FOOTNOTEJarman198234-6] Jarman 1982, p. 34.

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