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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 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 and 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 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

    it was so sweet, to be his little spouse, in that foul two-by-four where we played house...

    August 2011

  • jvaahtera

    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!

    November 2010

  • zrsullivan

    If Bonhoeffer were a composer & further east, they'd be one & the same. Not expert conjecture, but my own conclusion.

    May 2010

  • kotofeevna

    moooooon of alabaaaaamaaaa

    September 2009

  • rpd236

    "Youkali Tango" is a great, not well-known Kurt Weill song. Here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHlIHyOglPY

    August 2009

  • andrdprnd

    Mack the knife!

    February 2009

  • metawirt

    Kurt Weill on tour? That's nice! ;)

    February 2009

  • enitoys

    <3

    February 2009
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