Kurt Weill
Composer
1900 – 1950
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Who was Kurt Weill?
Kurt Julian Weill was a German composer, active from the 1920s, 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 a number of works for the concert hall, as well as several Judaism-themed pieces.
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- Born
- Mar 2, 1900
Dessau - Also known as
- Kurt Julian Weill
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Lotte Lenya
(1926/01/28 - 1933) - Lotte Lenya
(1937 - 1950/04/03)
- Lotte Lenya
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Dessau
- Died
- Apr 3, 1950
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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