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Dessau, Germany (1900 – 1950)
Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950), born in Dessau, Germany and died in New York City, was a composer active from the 1920s until his death. He was a leading composer for the stage, as well as writing a number of concert works.
Over fifty years after his death, his music continues to be performed both in popular and classical contexts. In Weill’s lifetime, his work was most associated with the voice of his wife, Lotte Lenya, but shortly after his death “Mack The Knife” was established by Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin as a jazz standard; his music has since been recorded by other performers ranging from The Doors, Lou Reed, Sting and PJ Harvey to New York’s Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; singers as varied as Teresa Stratas, Ute Lemper, and Marianne Faithfull have recorded entire albums of his music.
Over fifty years after his death, his music continues to be performed both in popular and classical contexts. In Weill’s lifetime, his work was most associated with the voice of his wife, Lotte Lenya, but shortly after his death “
Mack The Knife” was established by Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin as a jazz standard; his music has since been recorded by other performers ranging from The Doors, Lou Reed, Sting and PJ Harvey to New York’s Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; singers as varied as Teresa Stratas, Ute Lemper, and Marianne Faithfull have recorded entire albums of his music.
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dinkydauisshit wrote:
it was so sweet, to be his little spouse, in that foul two-by-four where we played house...
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jvaahtera wrote:
I have playd tracks by Kurt Weil, a swiss trombonist/vibraphonist. He's not the same as the more well known composer Kurt Weill (with two l's). He recorded an LP in the 60's called Kurt Weil Plays Kurt Weill - hey I would have done that with such a similar name, too :-) But anyway, I don't like it when last.fm automagically corrects my tags to to Kurt Weill, when I'm actually playing Kurt Weil, when I have tagged correctly!
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zrsullivan wrote:
If Bonhoeffer were a composer & further east, they'd be one & the same. Not expert conjecture, but my own conclusion.
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kotofeevna wrote:
moooooon of alabaaaaamaaaa
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rpd236 wrote:
"Youkali Tango" is a great, not well-known Kurt Weill song. Here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHlIHyOglPY
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andrdprnd wrote:
Mack the knife!
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metawirt wrote:
Kurt Weill on tour? That's nice! ;)
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enitoys wrote:
<3
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sweetdy wrote:
oh deyeiz!
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:D
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S3lfd3structi0n wrote:
<333
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metawirt wrote:
Greatest composer of the 20th century!
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Weillhead wrote:
Check out Anne Kerry Ford's WEILL CD at http:www.annekerryford.com. Her Pirate Jenny was on USA TODAY's top ten playlist a few weeks ago. It is killer. Also available on itunes.
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