Smithsonian American Songbook Series – Kurt Weill

The Smithsonian American Songbook Series traces the legacy of American songwriters with individual volumes devoted to a number of artists. This one featurs music by Kurt Weill in interpretationts by artist like Louis Armstong, Benny Goodman, Lotte Lenya, Bing Crosby, Lee Wiley, Sarah Vaughan and many others.

 

Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a prominent and popular German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He left nazi Germany in 1933 for Paris, London and then the USA in 1936. He was a leading composer for the stage who was most well known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, he developed productions such as his most well known work “The Threepenny Opera”, a Marxist critique of capitalism, which included the ballad “Mack the Knife”. Weill was a socialist who held the ideal of writing music that serveda socially useful purpose. He also wrote a number of works for the concert hall, as well as several Judaism themed pieces.

Smithsonian American Songbook Series – Kurt Weill
(256 kbps, front cover included)

Smithsonian American Songbook Series – Kurt Weill

The Smithsonian American Songbook Series traces the legacy of American songwriters with individual volumes devoted to a number of artists. This one featurs music by Kurt Weill in interpretationts by artist like Louis Armstong, Benny Goodman, Lotte Lenya, Bing Crosby, Lee Wiley, Sarah Vaughan and many others.

 

Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a prominent and popular German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He left nazi Germany in 1933 for Paris, London and then the USA in 1936. He was a leading composer for the stage who was most well known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, he developed productions such as his most well known work “The Threepenny Opera”, a Marxist critique of capitalism, which included the ballad “Mack the Knife”. Weill was a socialist who held the ideal of writing music that serveda socially useful purpose. He also wrote a number of works for the concert hall, as well as several Judaism themed pieces.

Smithsonian American Songbook Series – Kurt Weill
(256 kbps, front cover included)