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| Kurt Weill |
Kurt Weill (1900-1950) was German (later American) composer mostly known for his stage collaborations with Bertolt Brecht - notably The Threepenny Opera and its song Mack The Knife (popularised by Louis Armstrong). As a Jewish left-wing artist in the Weimar Republic Weill became heavily criticised and was a target for National Socialista and pro-Nazi supporters. Just before Hitler came to power in 1933 Weill moved to Paris for a time before going to live in the United States until his death from a heart attack in 1950 in New York.
Weill's final orchestral work was his Second Symphony - first performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam in 1934 conducted by Bruno Walter. The work was a commission from the Princesse de Polignac (Winnaretta Singer, an heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune and an arts patron). The score has affinities with the musical play Der Silbersee, the last work Weill completed in Germany, and Die sieben Todsünden, the ‘ballet chanté’. Aside from the sleeve notes (click on the scan below), more information on the music can be found here.
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