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Kurt Weill was a German and American composer, pedagogue, conductor, and film score composer. Born in Dessau in 1900, he resided in Kleinmachnow and Dessau before moving to Berlin, where he worked. He studied under Ferruccio Busoni and Engelbert Humperdinck and taught students including Nikos Skalkottas, Rio Gebhardt, and Giannis Konstantinidis. Weill composed works in the genres of opera, symphony, and ballet, with notable pieces including The Threepenny Opera, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, The Seven Deadly Sins, and Street Scene.
Weill was married to Lotte Lenya and practiced Judaism. He received the Tony Award for Best Original Score and the National Medal of Science, and was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical. He played the piano and was described by sources such as UbuWeb and the Encyclopedia of Jews in Music. Weill died of a myocardial infarction in New York City in 1950.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1900
- Active to
- 1950
Discography
- One Touch of Venus (Original Broadway Cast)1943
- Street Scene1947
- Tryout1953
- Lotte Lenya singt Kurt Weill1955
- Die Dreigroschenoper (Sender Freies Berlin)1958
- September Song and Other American Theatre Songs of Kurt Weill1958
- Die sieben Todsünden1966
- Die Dreigroschenoper: Songs & Szenen1968
- The Three Penny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper)1968
- From Green‐Up Time to September Song With Lotte Lenya and Others1978
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 76,489
- Total plays
- 687,849
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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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kurt+Weill">Read
Key facts
- Born
- Kurt Julian Weill , ( 1900-03-02 ) 2 March 1900, Dessau , Saxony
- Died
- 3 April 1950 (1950-04-03) (aged 50), New York City, New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Composer
- Spouse
- Lotte Lenya
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Julian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dessau
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Lotte Lenya
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- Berlin University of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Notable work
- Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
- Student of
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Genre
- ballet
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.kwf.org
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2005-0119, Kurt Weill.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
- Residence
- Dessau
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- Commons category
- Kurt Weill
- date of birth
- 1900-03-02
- date of death
- 1950-04-03
- topic's main category
- Category:Kurt Weill
- student
- Nikos Skalkottas
- nominated for
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described by source
- Encyclopedia of Jews in Music
- birth name
- Kurt Julian Weill
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- name in native language
- Kurt Weill
- P12674
- 4487 Pocahontas
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Kurt Weill, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Kurt Julian Weill (/waɪl/; German: [vaɪl]; March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, 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 wrote his best-known work, The Threepenny Opera, which includes the ballad "Mack the Knife". Weill held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose, Gebrauchsmusik. He also wrote several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes. He fled Nazi Germany in 1933, arriving in the United States two years later. Settling in New York, he made a substantial contribution to American musical theater through works such as Lady in the Dark and Street Scene.
Family and childhood
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