Kurt Weill was een vooraanstaand componist voor zowel het toneel als de concertzaal. Zijn werken, actief vanaf de jaren 1920, staan bekend om hun kenmerkende mix van muzikale stijlen en hun krachtige dramatische impact. Weills composities weerspiegelen vaak het sociale en politieke klimaat van hun tijd en resoneren nog steeds door hun emotionele diepgang en innovatieve benadering van compositie.
Featuring 28 songs from all 12 American shows and films by the composer, this collection provides comprehensive insights into each musical. It includes detailed information, captivating photos, and a complete discography, making it an essential resource for fans and scholars alike.
(Schott). 14 art songs dating from 1925 to 1944 as masterly performed by Teresa Stratas on the Nonesuch record. Includes: Berlin im Licht-Song * Buddy on the Nightshift * Es regnet * Je ne t'aime pas * Klops Lied * Nanna's Lied * Youkali (Tango Habanera) * and more.
Featuring a collection of 11 vocal selections from the musical, this folio showcases the collaboration between Ogen Nash and Kurt Weill. Key pieces include "How Much I Love You," "Speak Low," "The Trouble with Women," and "Wooden Wedding," highlighting the musical's rich lyrical and melodic themes. This compilation is perfect for performers and enthusiasts looking to explore the unique sound and storytelling of the production.
(P/V/G Composer Collection). A fabulous collection of this composer's songs, both from his German period and his later years in America. Features: Mack the Knife * September Song * My Ship * Speak Low * Lost in the Stars * many more.
Contains the edited letters of Lotte Lenya and Kurt Weill. Their tortured relationship fuelled their individual geniuses - he wrote his best music for her and her singing was its most impassioned when she sang his songs.
Featuring 22 previously unpublished songs by Kurt Weill, this collection showcases works cut from successful Broadway shows yet retaining the composer's signature quality. Collaborating with iconic lyricists like Ira Gershwin and Oscar Hammerstein, these pieces highlight Weill's artistic range. Accompanied by photographs of the composer and his collaborators, the volume is designed for solo voice and piano, making it accessible for performers. It's a must-have for fans of Weill and musical theater enthusiasts alike.
This collection features easy arrangements of 17 songs, each accompanied by a vocal line. Accompanying the music are stills from the renowned 1931 film adaptation of the opera, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, which adds a visual dimension to the experience.
One of Bertolt Brecht's best-loved and most performed plays, The Threepenny Opera was first staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin (now the home of the Berliner Ensemble). Based on the eighteenth-century The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, the play is a satire on the bourgeois society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. With Kurt Weill's music, which was one of the earliest and most successful attempts to introduce the jazz idiom into the theatre, it became a popular hit throughout the western world. This new edition is published here in John Willett and Ralph Manhein's classic translation with commentary and notes by Anja Hartl.
Als Angriff auf die Institution der traditionellen und "kulinarischen" Oper sucht Brecht am Modell eines Amüsierbetriebes für Goldgräber, bei dem man, wenn man Geld hat, "alles dürfen darf", das Wesen der spätkapitalistischen Gesellschaft zu erläutern. Kunstkritik und Gesellschaftskritik stehen nebeneinander.
