Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill · Arts & Literature
Composer of The Threepenny Opera and Broadway works blending classical and popular idioms
1900, Dessau, Germany — 1950, New York City, United States
Germany · France · United States
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Kurt Weill was a composer who fused classical technique with popular and cabaret idioms, most famously in 'The Threepenny Opera' (with Bertolt Brecht) and later in Broadway works such as 'Street Scene'. His songs, including 'Mack the Knife', became standards. The son of a synagogue cantor, he was born into a Jewish family and fled Nazi Germany for France and the United States.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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Composer of The Threepenny Opera and Broadway works blending classical and popular idioms
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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