Kurt Weill
German composer
Kurt Julian Weill (German: [vaɪl]; March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, he wrote his best-known work, The Threepenny Opera, which includes the ballad "Mack the Knife". Weill held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose, Gebrauchsmusik. He also wrote several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes. He fled Nazi Germany in 1933, arriving in the United States two years later. Settling in New York, he made a substantial contribution to American musical theater through works such as Lady in the Dark and Street Scene.
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Works
- 3 songs by Kurt Weil
- Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
- Brass Suite from The Threepenny Opera
- Chansons des quais
- Concerto, for violin and wind orchestra, op. 12 Orchestral
- Das Berliner Requiem Vocal
- Der Jasager: Eine Lehroper in 2 Akten
- Der Kuhhandel
- Der Lindberghflug
- Der Protagonist, op. 15
- Der Silbersee: Ein Wintermärchen
- Die Dreigroschenoper: Opera Stage
- Die sieben Todsünden: Ballet Stage
- Down in the Valley
- Four Walt Whitman Songs
- Happy End
- Johnny Johnson
- Kleine Dreigroschenmusik
- Knickerbocker Holiday
- L'Opéra de quat'sous
- Lady in the Dark
- Lost in the Stars
- Love Life
- Mack the Knife
- Mahagonny Songspiel
- Marie Galante
- One Touch of Venus
- Seven Pieces from "The Threepenny Opera"
- Silverlake
- Sonata for Cello and Piano
- Street Scene
- String Quartet in B minor
- String Quartet no. 1, op. 8
- Suite aus der Oper "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny"
- Symphonic Nocturne from Lady in the Dark
- Symphony no. 1, "Berliner Symphonie" Orchestral
- Symphony no. 2
- The Firebrand of Florence
- The Threepenny Opera
- Zaubernacht
Box sets & recent recordings
- Kurt Weill: Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 — Kurt Weill, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, Konig Ensemble, Jan Latham-Koenig (2015) box set · 72 tracks Spotify
- One Touch of Venus (Original JAY Cast First Complete Recording) — Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash (2014) box set · 38 tracks Spotify
- Street Scene: Complete Recording [Original London Cast (Complete Recording)] — Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes, Ria JonesJoel Hirschhorn (1996) box set · 31 tracks Spotify
- Weill: Street Scene — Kurt Weill, Giselle Allen, Robert Hayward, Gillene Butterfield, Alex Banfield, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Chorus Of Opera North, James Holmes, Miranda Bevin, Claire Pascoe (2026) Spotify
- Lost to the World — Daniel Lozakovich, Hélène Mercier, Claude Debussy, Fritz Kreisler, Gabriel Fauré, George Frideric Handel, Gustav Mahler, Joseph Kosma, Kurt Weill, Philippe Sarde (2026) Spotify
- The Kurt Weill Album — Kurt Weill, Katharine Mehrling, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz (2024) Spotify
- Kurt Weill: Songs — Kurt Weill, Various Artists (2024) Spotify
Box sets & recent releases via Spotify — surfaced automatically, not editorial picks.