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Kurt Weill
Born: 2nd March 1900, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany
Died: 3rd April 1950, New York, U.S.A
Nationality: German
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 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, Gebrauchsmusik. He also wrote several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes.
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Joana Mallwitz conducts music by Kurt Weill
For her debut album on Deutsche Grammophon, Joana Mallwitz conducts the Konzerthausorchester Berlin in characterful performances of the composer's two symphonies, alongside a vivid account of his satirical stage work, The Seven Deadly Sins.
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Popular Works: Weill, K
- Alabama Song (from Mahagonny) (29)
- Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (17)
- Barbara Song (from The Threepenny Opera) (10)
- Berlin im Licht (15)
- Berliner Requiem (10)
- Berliner Requiem: Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen (9)
- Bilbao Song (from Happy End) (16)
- Buddy on the Nightshift (14)
- Complainte de la Seine (Text: Maurice Magre) (17)
- Concerto for Violin & Wind Orchestra, Op. 12 (26)
- Denn wie man sich bettet (from Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny) (11)
- Der Abschiedsbrief (11)
- Die Seeräuber-Jenny (Brecht) (7)
- Es regnet (9)
- Happy End (22)
- J'attends un navire (from Marie Galante) (9)
- Je ne t'aime pas (text: Maurice Magre) (32)
- Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (28)
- Knickerbocker Holiday (14)
- Knickerbocker Holiday: It Never Was You (12)
- Lady in the Dark (15)
- Lonely House from Street Scene (21)
- Lost in the stars (19)
- Mahagonny Songspiel (11)
- Marie Galante (Lyrics: Jacques Deval/Roger Fernay) (10)
- Moritat von Mackie Messer (from The Threepenny Opera) (33)
- My ship (22)
- Nanna's lied (Text: Bertolt Brecht) (30)
- One Touch of Venus (16)
- One Touch of Venus: I'm A Stranger Here Myself (11)
- September Song (32)
- Speak low (28)
- Surabaya Johnny (from Happy End) (28)
- Symphony No. 2 'Symphonic Fantasy' (15)
- Tango Ballad (8)
- The Seven Deadly Sins (26)
- The Threepenny Opera (18)
- Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib (10)
- Wie lange noch? (13)
- Youkali (43)
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