Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Last updated: 31.01.24
According to the Internet source given below, Kurt Julian Weill was a German 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. He also wrote several works for the concert hall.
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Kurt Weill | Biography by wikipedia.org. | |
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Kurt Weill Foundation | The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music |
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Various Artists | Die Dreigroschenoper |        |
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Das Lied der Seeräuber-Jenny (1928) | K. Weill (w&m) | Score, Voice | Michael Bednarek |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 28 works by Kurt Weill (1900-1950).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Das Lied der Seeräuber-Jenny (w&m) | 1928 | Hildegard Knef (perf.) |  |
| Oh the Rio Grande | 1936 | Paul Green (words) | |
| Oh, Heart of Love | 1936 | Paul Green (words) | |
| Knickerbocker Holiday | 1938 | Maxwell Anderson (words) |  |
| September Song | 1938 | Maxwell Anderson (words) Walter Huston (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Jenny | 1941 | Ira Gershwin (words) Gertrude Lawrence (perf.) |
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| My Ship | 1941 | Ira Gershwin (words) Gertrude Lawrence (perf.) |
Pub. |
| One Life to Live | 1941 | Ira Gershwin (words) Gertrude Lawrence (perf.) |
Pub. |
| This Is New | 1941 | Ira Gershwin (words) Gertrude Lawrence (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Foolish Heart | 1943 | Ogden Nash (words) | |
| Speak Low | 1943 | Ogden Nash (words) Kenny Baker (perf.) John Boles (perf.) Teddy Hart (perf.) Paula Laurence (perf.) Mary Martin (perf.) |
Pub. |
| ⇑ Trouble With Women, The | 1943 | Ogden Nash (words) Kenny Baker (perf.) John Boles (perf.) Teddy Hart (perf.) Paula Laurence (perf.) Mary Martin (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Westwind | 1943 | Ogden Nash (words) Kenny Baker (perf.) John Boles (perf.) Teddy Hart (perf.) Paula Laurence (perf.) Mary Martin (perf.) |
Pub. |
| All at Once | 1944 | Ira Gershwin (words) June Haver (perf.) Joan Leslie (perf.) Fred MacMurray (perf.) |
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| Lonely House | 1946 | Langston Hugh (words) | Pub. |
| What Good Would the Moon Be? | 1946 | Pub. | |
| Boy Like You, A | 1947 | Langston Hughes (words) | Pub. |
| Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed | 1947 | Langston Hughes (words) | Pub. |
| We'll Go Away Together | 1947 | Langston Hughes (words) | Pub. |
| Here I'll Stay | 1948 | Alan Jay Lerner (words) | Pub. |
| Big Mole | 1949 | Maxwell Anderson (words) Andy Williams (perf.) |
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| Lost in the Stars | 1949 | Maxwell Anderson (words) | |
| Who'll Buy? | 1949 | Maxwell Anderson (words) | |
| ⇑ Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria, The | 1954 | Ira Gershwin (words) | Pub. |
| Mack the Knife | 1955 | Mark Blitzstein (words) Bert Brecht (words) |
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| Bilbao Song, The | 1961 | Bert Brecht (words) Johnny Mercer (words) |
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| One Touch of Venus | 1972 | Ogden Nash (words) | |
| Polly's Song | ? | Ute Lempe (perf.) | |
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K. Weill | Polly's Song (1:39) | Ute Lempe |
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K. Weill | Seeraüberin Jenny (3:49) | Hildegard Knef |