Kurt Weill

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Kurt Weill was a German-American composer best known for his innovative theater and opera works, including "The Threepenny Opera," which blended classical, jazz, and popular styles.

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Kurt Weill canonical 44
Kurt Julian Weill 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
film score composer
human
opera composer
theatre composer
activePeriod 1930s
1940s
Weimar Republic
surface form: Weimar Republic era
birthName Kurt Weill self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kurt Julian Weill
burialPlace Mount Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw, New York
causeOfDeath heart attack
citizenship Germany
United States of America
collaboratedWith Bertolt Brecht
Ira Gershwin
Langston Hughes
Max Reinhardt
Ogden Nash
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1900-03-02
dateOfDeath 1950-04-03
educatedAt Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig
surface form: Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig

Stern Conservatory
emigratedTo United States of America
emigrationReason Nazi persecution in Germany
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Weill
fieldOfWork Broadway musical
music for theatre
opera
genre cabaret
classical music
jazz-influenced classical music
musical theatre
opera
givenName Kurt
influenced 20th-century opera
musical theatre composers
languageOfWork English
German
movement Weimar culture
modernism
name Kurt Weill self-link
notableSong Alabama Song
Mack the Knife
My Ship
September Song
Speak Low
notableWork Der Protagonist
Der Silbersee
Der Zar lässt sich photographieren
Happy End
Lady in the Dark
Lost in the Stars
One Touch of Venus
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Royal Palace
Street Scene
The Eternal Road
The Seven Deadly Sins
The Threepenny Opera
occupation composer
conductor
songwriter
placeOfBirth Dessau
placeOfDeath New York City
religion Judaism
sexOrGender male
spouse Lotte Lenya
studiedUnder Ferruccio Busoni
style integration of classical, jazz, and popular music

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Alan Jay Lerner collaboratedWith Kurt Weill
The Threepenny Opera creator Kurt Weill
The Threepenny Opera composer Kurt Weill
Lady in the Dark composer Kurt Weill
Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) composer Kurt Weill
subject surface form: Lady in the Dark
Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) musicBy Kurt Weill
subject surface form: Lady in the Dark
Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) collaborator Kurt Weill
subject surface form: Lady in the Dark
Kurt hasNotableBearer Kurt Weill
Ira Gershwin collaboratedWith Kurt Weill
Marc Blitzstein influencedBy Kurt Weill
Love Life composer Kurt Weill
Love Life musicBy Kurt Weill
Love Life workOf Kurt Weill
The Seven Deadly Sins creator Kurt Weill
The Seven Deadly Sins composer Kurt Weill
Mahagonny Songspiel composer Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill name Kurt Weill self-link
Kurt Weill birthName Kurt Weill self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kurt Julian Weill
Pirate Jenny creator Kurt Weill
Pirate Jenny composer Kurt Weill
Jenny Diver creator Kurt Weill
Weimar culture notableFigure Kurt Weill
The Saga of Jenny composer Kurt Weill
My Ship composer Kurt Weill
My Ship musicBy Kurt Weill
My Ship associatedWithComposer Kurt Weill
1944 film "Lady in the Dark" basedOnWorkBy Kurt Weill
subject surface form: Lady in the Dark (1944 film)
1944 film "Lady in the Dark" composerOfOriginalStageScore Kurt Weill
subject surface form: Lady in the Dark (1944 film)
Liza Elliott createdBy Kurt Weill
Weill hasNotableBearer Kurt Weill
LoveMusik composer Kurt Weill
LoveMusik subject Kurt Weill
LoveMusik featuresSongsBy Kurt Weill
LoveMusik character Kurt Weill