This book offers coverage of Weill's life that is informed by a knowledge of the shifting cultural and political climates in which he worked.
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Born in 1900 into a German Jewish family, Kurt Weill gained fame as composer of The Threepenny Opera and other politically charged works written by Bertolt Brecht. He reinvented himself in America; by his death in 1950 he had written several popular Broadway shows ("Lady in the Dark") and one indisputably classic tune, "September Song." This solid biography capably covers Weill's life (including a tactful account of his unconventional marriage to Lotte Lenya), but concentrates on the music, refuting charges that Weill's American work betrayed his talent in search of commercial success.
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- PublisherLimelight Editions
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0879100435
- ISBN 13 9780879100438
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages480
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