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Author | : Naomi Graber |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0190906588 |
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"This book traces composer Kurt Weill's changing relationship with the idea of "America." Throughout his life, Weill was fascinated by the idea of America. His European works such as The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930), depict America as a capitalist dystopia filled with gangsters and molls. But in 1935, it became clear that Europe was no longer safe for the Jewish Weill, and he set sail for New World. Once he arrived, he found the culture nothing like he imagined, and his engagement with American culture shifted in intriguing ways. From that point forward, most his works concerned the idea of "America," whether celebrating her successes, or critiquing her shortcomings. As an outsider-turned-insider, Weill's insights into American culture are somewhat unique. He was more attuned than native-born citizens to the difficult relationship America had with her immigrants. However, it took him longer to understand the subtleties in other issues, particularly those surrounding race relations. Weill worked within transnational network of musicians, writers, artists, and other stage professionals, all of whom influenced each other's styles. His personal papers reveal his attempts to navigate not only the shifting tides of American culture, but the specific demands of his institutional and individual collaborators"--
Author | : Naomi Graber |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2021-03-27 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 019090660X |
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Throughout his life, German-Jewish composer Kurt Weill was fascinated by the idea of America. His European works depict America as a Capitalist dystopia. But in 1935, it became clear that Europe was no longer safe for Weill, and he set sail for New World, and his engagement with American culture shifted. From that point forward, most of his works concerned the idea of "America," whether celebrating her successes, or critiquing her shortcomings. As an outsider-turned-insider, Weill's insights into American culture were unique. He was keenly attuned to the difficult relationship America had with her immigrants, but was slower to grasp the subtleties of others, particularly those surrounding race relations, even though his works reveal that he was devoted to the idea of racial equality. The book treats Weill as a node in a transnational network of musicians, writers, artists, and other stage professionals, all of whom influenced each other. Weill sought out partners from a range of different sectors, including the Popular Front, spoken drama, and the commercial Broadway stage. His personal papers reveal his attempts to navigate not only the shifting tides of American culture, but the specific demands of his institutional and individual collaborators. In reframing Weill's relationship with immigration and nationality, the book also puts nuance contemporary ideas about the relationships of immigrants to their new homes, moving beyond ideas that such figures must either assimilate and abandon their previous identities, or resist the pull of their new home and stay true to their original culture.
Author | : Ronald Sanders |
Publisher | : Holt McDougal |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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Weill's life and career from his studies with Busoni through his early concert works, his Berlin collaborations, his flight to America, and his Broadway years.
Author | : Foster Hirsch |
Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2004-02-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780879109905 |
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(Limelight). His best-known song is "Mack the Knife," with words by Bertolt Brecht, from The Threepenny Opera , first performed in Weimar Berlin in 1928. Five years later, Kurt Weill fled the Nazis to come to America, where he soon emerged as one of the most admired composers of the Broadway musical stage. His shows included: Knickerbocker Holiday, Lady in the Dark, One Touch of Venus, Street Scene and Lost in the Stars . His songs: "My Ship," "September Song," "Speak Low" and "It Never Was You." This biography concentrates on Weill's career in the United States, but its aim is to explore the truth in the comment made by Weill's wife, the unforgettable Lotte Lenya: "There is no American Weill, there is no German Weill. There is no difference between them. There is only Weill."
Author | : David Farneth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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With 900 photographs, including stills, musical scores, playbills, the composer's notes and other original artwork, Kurt Weill is an addition to any theater or music lover's collection."--BOOK JACKET.
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Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1982 |
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Author | : Kurt Weill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Incidental music |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David Farneth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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With 900 photographs, including stills, musical scores, playbills, the composer's notes and other original artwork, Kurt Weill is an addition to any theater or music lover's collection."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Kurt Weill |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 636 |
Release | : 1997-11-01 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780520212404 |
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Selected letters trace the relationship of the composer and actress, who were married for twenty-four years
Author | : Jürgen Schebera |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 1997-09-01 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780300072846 |
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Examining the life of Kurt Weill, this text explores the phases of the composer's life, from his childhood as the son of a cantor in the Jewish section of Dessau, Germany, to his renunciation of Germany in 1933. It also looks at his emigration to America (1935) and his premature death (1950).