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Kurt Weill. Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer [a] [2] active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. [3] He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht.
Born into a religious and musical family, the young Kurt Weill's talent impresses his peers and teachers early on. He takes full advantage of the resources in his home town, Dessau (known as the “Bayreuth of the North”), to gain a thorough grounding in musical theater.
Kurt Weill (born March 2, 1900, Dessau, Germany—died April 3, 1950, New York, New York, U.S.) was a German-born American composer who created a revolutionary kind of opera of sharp social satire in collaboration with the writer Bertolt Brecht.
Early Works & Operas. By 1925, a series of performances in Berlin and at international music festivals established Weill as one of the leading composers of his generation, along with Paul Hindemith and Ernst Krenek. Already at nineteen, he decided the musical theater would be his calling.
Biography (600 words) The son of a cantor, Kurt Weill (1900-1950) was raised in a religious Jewish home in Dessau, Germany. He took an early interest in music; his first teacher was Albert Bing, conductor at the local opera house.
May 29, 2018 · Kurt Weill. The operas and other stage works of Kurt Weill (1900-1950), German-American composer, had considerable influence on contemporary Western musical theater. Kurt Weill was born in Dessau, Germany, on March 2, 1900. He studied piano as a child and composed several works before enrolling at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik at age 18.
Mar 25, 2021 · When the composer Kurt Weill was a teenager in Germany, as seen here in 1919, he was already showing signs of what would shape his Broadway sound. Hoenisch, via Weill-Lenya Research Center,...
Kurt Weill, (born March 2, 1900, Dessau, Ger.—died April 3, 1950, New York, N.Y., U.S.), German-born U.S. composer. Son of a cantor, by age 15 he was working as a theatre accompanist. He studied composition briefly with Engelbert Humperdinck, and a conductor’s post gave him wide experience.
Mar 9, 2017 · Slowly but surely, Germany has played catch-up with Weill’s music — in particular through the Kurt Weill Festival in Dessau, currently celebrating its 25th anniversary. The festival, which...
Jun 24, 2019 · Kurt Julian Weill (1900–1950) Weill was born in Dessau, Germany, the son of a cantor and scion of a family of rabbis and rabbinic scholars whose Judeo-German roots have been traced to the 13th century.
