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Portrait of Kurt Weill

Composer

Kurt Weill

1950–1900

269 works in the index

Born
1950
Died
1900

Biography

Kurt Julian Weill studied music composition with Ferruccio Busoni in the early 1920s. The first work of his performed publicly anywhere was his children’s pantomime, Die Zaubernacht (The Magic Night) performed in November 1922. But Weill’s lasting reputation is based on his collaboration with Bertolt Brecht on The Threepenny Opera in 1928. Theodor Wiesengrund-Adorno described Weill’s compositions for this work thus: “The harmonies, the fatal diminished seventh chords, the chromatic alterations of diatonic melodic steps, the expressivo that expresses nothing, they sound false to us …” That was, surprisingly, intended as praise. These features of the score have to “sound false,” as a way of establishing that something new and dangerous is afoot. Weill died of a heart attack after a half century of life. His wife, Lotte Lenya, lived on until 1981, and her name has become a fixture in English-language versions of the most famous song from The Threepenny Opera, “Mack the Knife.”

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Voice, Piano, Guitar, Vocal, Horn
Genres represented
Classical, Jazz, pop, Pop, Broadway
Works with composition dates
0 of 269

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 2 of 6

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Stay Well — —— VoiceClassical 6
Susan's Dream — —— VoiceClassical 6
Barbara Song — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 5
Je Ne T'aime Pas — —— Piano, Guitar, VoiceClassical 4
Lonely House — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 7
Lied Von Schlaraffenland — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 4
Dance Around The Golden Calf — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 4
David's Psalm — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 4
March To Zion — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Pirate Jenny — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 5
Le Roi D Aquitaine — —— —Classical 5
We'll Go Away Together 100% — —— —Classical 6
Song Of Miriam — —— —Classical 5
Nur Die Nacht Darf Nicht Aufhor'n — —— —Classical 4
Vorstellung Des Fliegers Lindbergh — —— —Classical 4
We'll Go Away Together — —— VoiceClassical 3
Wrapped In A Ribbon & Tied-Bow — —— VoiceClassical 4
Economics Additional credits Alan Jay Lerner, Kurt Weill — —— Guitar, VoiceClassical 3
Love Song — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 5
There's Nowhere To Go But Up — —— VoiceClassical 5
Complainte De La Seine — —— Piano, Guitar, VoiceClassical 3
Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet — —— Piano, Guitar, VoiceClassical 4
Kanonen Song — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 4
Auf Nach Mahagony — —— —Classical 4
Kraniche-Duett — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Matrosen-Tango — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Get A Load Of That (K.Weill) — —— VoiceClassical 3
Ice Cream Sextet (Weill K) — —— VoiceClassical 3
Wouldn't You Like To Be On Broadway — —— VoiceClassical 3
Remember That I Care — —— VoiceClassical 3
Dance of the Golden Calf Additional credits Kurt Weill, Franz Werfel — —— Guitar, VoiceClassical 3
Kraniche-Duett Additional credits Kurt Weill — —— Guitar, VoiceClassical 2
This Is New — —— VoiceClassical 4
Trouble Man — —— VoiceClassical 4
Ich Bin Eine Arme Verwandte — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Le Grand Lustucru — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Ballad Von Casars Tod — —— —Classical 1
Lotterieagents Tango — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Marterl — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Seerauber Jenny — —— —Classical 3
Song Of Ruth — —— —Classical 3
Song Der Beiden Verkauferinnen — —— —Classical 2
The Promise — —— —Classical 3
Overture — —— Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, TubaJazz, Classical, pop 2
The Instead-Of Song — —— Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, TubaJazz, Classical, pop 2
Cannon-Song — —— Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, TubaJazz, Classical, pop 2
I Got A Marble And A Star — —— VoiceClassical 2
When A Woman Has A Baby — —— VoiceClassical 2