Kurt Weill
About Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill was born in Dessau on 2 March 1900. Having displayed musical talent early on, he became a substitute accompanist at the Dessau Court Theater during the First World War, and - after studying theory and composition with Albert Bing - enrolled at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik. Not liking the training with Engelbert Humperdinck, though, he was accepted finally into Ferruccio Busoni’s master class in composition. In order to support himself, he conducted synagogue choirs, tutored students (e.g. Claudio Arrau, Maurice Abravanel) in music theory and contributed articles and reviews to "Der deutsche Rundfunk“.
By 1925, Weill had been established as one of the leading composers of his generation, along with Paul Hindemith and Ernst Krenek. In the same time, he turned to writing operas, collaborating a.o. with Georg Kaiser (e.g. Der Protagonist, Weill’s sensational theatrical debut in 1926, or Der Silbersee, 1933) and with Bertolt Brecht (e.g. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny or the ballet The Seven Deadly Sins for Balanchine’s troupe). The Brecht-Weill piece Die Dreigroschenoper with its sometimes aggressive, sometimes sentimental popular song-style with elements of jazz, moritat and carabet songs remains one of his most famous works.
Weill’s compositions of the early thirties outraging the Nazis and campaigns discouraging productions of his work, Weill fled Germany in 1933 via Paris and London to America (in 1935) to oversee Max Reinhardt’s production of his opera Der Weg der Verheißung after Franz Werfel’s biblical spectacle. Weill and his wife Lotte Lenya stayed in the USA and applied for American citizenship.
Working mainly for Broadway, Weill established himself soon as a new and original voice in the American musical theater, often chosing unusual collaborators such as Paul Green, Maxwell Anderson, Ogden Nash, and Langston Hughes. He also completed two film scores, including Fritz Lang’s You and Me.
In 1946 Weill was elected as the only composer-member of the distinguished Playwrights Producing Company (founded in 1938) which brought his musical version of Elmer Rice’s Pulitzer-Prize winning drama Street Scene to Broadway as an American opera, the first real successor to "Porgy and Bess“. Weill’s experiment Lady in the Dark was a big success and his daring last two works for Broadway, the concept musical Love Life and the musical tragedy Lost in the Stars, challenged the Broadway institution and audience to a degree that would not be met until the 1970s in the Sondheim-Prince collaborations.
Apart from his numerous stage works (including pantomime, ballet, student opera and operetta), Weill wrote two symphonies and other orchestral works, two string quartets and different kinds of vocal works.
He died on 3 April 1950 in New York City.
- Kurt Weill Foundation for Music www.kwf.org
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in einem SatzComposer: Kurt WeillEdition: Study scoreBrand: Schott Music
Instrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ED 5937Product TypeAs low as £21.50 -
for String QuartetComposer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: PartiturInstrumentation: 2 Violins, Viola and VioloncelloProduct number: EA 683£34.99Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown
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for String QuartetComposer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsInstrumentation: 2 Violins, Viola and VioloncelloProduct number: EA 680£76.50Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown
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Composer: Kurt WeillEditor: David DrewEdition: Study scoreSeries: Music Of Our Time
2. Sinfonie
Brand: Schott Music
Instrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ED 5512Product TypeAs low as £24.99 -
Composer: Kurt WeillArranger: Gisela KanngießerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Choral scoreBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: mixed choir (SATB) a cappellaLanguage: GermanProduct number: UE33663Special Price £9.20 Regular Price £11.50In stock - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 1 working day -
Composer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: voice(s) and pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: UE10471Special Price £20.79 Regular Price £25.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Kurt WeillArranger: Nangialai NashirMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: 4 guitarsProduct number: UE34385Special Price £37.20 Regular Price £46.50In stock - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 1 working day -
Composer: Kurt WeillArranger: Marino FormentiMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: arranged by Marino FormentiBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: UE32645Special Price £15.19 Regular Price £18.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Kurt WeillArranger: Stefan FrenkelMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: violin and piano simplified ViolinProduct number: UE9969BSpecial Price £15.19 Regular Price £18.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
From "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny"Composer: Kurt WeillArranger: Morton FeldmanMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Partitur, Piano reduction and parts on hireBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: ensemble (2 saxophones, trumpet, trombone, marimba, piano, double bass) and voice ad libLanguage: EnglishProduct number: UE32423Special Price £19.19 Regular Price £23.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
from the opera "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny"Composer: Kurt WeillArranger: Richard EtlingerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsSeries: Vindobona Collection
Brand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: salon orchestraProduct number: UE30472Special Price £39.99 Regular Price £49.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
From "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny"Composer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: voice and pianoLanguage: EnglishProduct number: UE8900Special Price £6.00 Regular Price £7.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Für Salonorchester£15.99Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown
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Composer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: LibrettoBrand: Universal Edition
Language: GermanProduct number: UE9852Special Price £10.39 Regular Price £12.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Media Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: voice and pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: UE9787Special Price £16.40 Regular Price £20.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
From "The Threepenny Opera"Composer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: voice and pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: UE9594Special Price £8.40 Regular Price £10.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Kurt WeillAuthor: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: voice and pianoProduct number: UE8862Special Price £7.60 Regular Price £9.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Roberto Gerhard | Berthold Goldschmidt | Kurt WeillConductor: Juergen BrunsOrchestra/ensemble: Kammersymphonie BerlinMedia Type: CDBrand: eda records
Product number: EDA 18£14.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
from the opera "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny"Composer: Kurt WeillArranger: Hartwig von PlatenMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsSeries: Vindobona Collection
Brand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: salon orchestraProduct number: UE30471Special Price £39.19 Regular Price £48.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
From "Happy End"Composer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: voice and pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: UE9892Special Price £5.59 Regular Price £6.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Dance Potpourri IComposer: Kurt WeillArranger: Hartwig von PlatenMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsSeries: Vindobona Collection
Brand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: salon orchestraProduct number: UE30474Special Price £42.39 Regular Price £52.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: voice and piano (guitar)Language: GermanProduct number: UE17105Special Price £18.39 Regular Price £22.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Hal Leonard
Instrumentation: piano and voiceLanguage: EnglishProduct number: HL00313063£20.50Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown -
Composer: Kurt WeillEditor: Andreas EichhornMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study score, The score is based on the critical text of the Kurt Weill Edition Ser. II, Vol. 2.Series: Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
Brand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: violin and wind orchestraProduct number: UE35538Special Price £39.99 Regular Price £49.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Edition after the complete Kurt Weill editionComposer: Kurt WeillEditor: Andreas EichhornMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: based on the text of the critically edited full score, Kurt Weill Edition, Ser. II, Vol. 2Brand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: violin and pianoProduct number: UE35046Special Price £48.79 Regular Price £60.99In stock - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 1 working day -
Little CantataMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: tenor, baritone, male choir (or 3 male voices) and orchestraLanguage: GermanProduct number: UE16630Special Price £19.19 Regular Price £23.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Little CantataComposer: Kurt WeillEditor: David DrewMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Orchestra material on hireBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: tenor, baritone, male choir (or three male voices) and brass orchestraLanguage: GermanProduct number: UE9786Special Price £19.19 Regular Price £23.99In stock - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 1 working day -
School Opera in 2 ActsComposer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Libretto by Bertolt BrechtBrand: Universal Edition
Language: GermanProduct number: UE8206Special Price £31.60 Regular Price £39.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: tenor, baritone and bass soloists, satb choir and orchestraLanguage: GermanProduct number: UE9938Special Price £55.99 Regular Price £69.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
CantataComposer: Kurt WeillEditor: Andreas EichhornMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: According to the complete Kurt Weill Edition (Series II, Volume 2 )Brand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: soprano, solo violin and pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: UE35049Special Price £20.79 Regular Price £25.99In stock - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 1 working day -
Opera in 1 ActComposer: Kurt WeillEditor: Gunther Diehl | Juergen SelkMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Libretto, based on the text of the critically edited full score, Kurt Weill Edition, Ser. I, Vol. 1Brand: Universal Edition
Language: GermanProduct number: UE8388Special Price £6.39 Regular Price £7.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Opera buffa in 1 ActComposer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: LibrettoBrand: Universal Edition
Product number: UE8965Special Price £6.80 Regular Price £8.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Opera buffa in 1 ActSpecial Price £48.79 Regular Price £60.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days
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Opera in 3 ActsComposer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Language: GermanProduct number: UE1525Special Price £116.79 Regular Price £145.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Kurt WeillArranger: James RaeMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: 6 well-known pieces, arrangedBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: 2 trumpets and pianoProduct number: UE31201Special Price £12.40 Regular Price £15.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Six well-known piecesComposer: Kurt WeillArranger: James RaeMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: 2 clarinets and pianoProduct number: UE31181Special Price £13.59 Regular Price £16.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Choral scoreBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: mixed choir (SATB) a cappellaLanguage: GermanProduct number: UE33673Special Price £8.79 Regular Price £10.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Der KuhhandelComposer: Kurt WeillEditor: Claudia EderMedia Type: E-score PDFBrand: Schott Music
Instrumentation: tenor and pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: ED 21141 Q20382£2.99available for download immediately -
for Voice and PianoComposer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: voice and orchestra or pianoProduct number: EA 853£38.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days
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Dance Potpourri IIComposer: Kurt WeillArranger: Hartwig von PlatenMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsSeries: Vindobona Collection
Brand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: salon orchestraProduct number: UE30470Special Price £47.60 Regular Price £59.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Seven Poems of the Middle AgesComposer: Kurt WeillEditor: Wolfgang Rathert | Juergen SelkMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Partitur, Based on the Complete Edition. Parts on hireBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: soprano, flute, viola, clarinet, horn and bassoonLanguage: GermanProduct number: UE33081Special Price £18.00 Regular Price £22.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Seven poems from the Middle AgesComposer: Kurt WeillEditor: Wolfgang Rathert | Juergen SelkMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: voice and pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: UE33082Special Price £17.20 Regular Price £21.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Comedy with MusicComposer: Kurt WeillEditor: Alan BousteadMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreBrand: Universal Edition
Language: German, EnglishProduct number: UE17243Special Price £55.99 Regular Price £69.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Comedy with MusicComposer: Kurt WeillEditor: Alan BousteadMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Language: German, EnglishProduct number: UE11685Special Price £42.39 Regular Price £52.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
School Opera in 2 ActsComposer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Language: EnglishProduct number: UE8206ESpecial Price £30.80 Regular Price £38.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Kurt WeillEditor: Sherri JonesMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: EA 829£15.50Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown
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A Play with Music in Three ActsComposer: Kurt WeillEditor: Tim Carter | David Drew | Joel Galand | Edward Harsh | Stephen Hinton | Kim Kowalke | Giselher SchubertMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and critical report, complete editionSeries: The Kurt Weill Edition , Vol. 13
Language: EnglishProduct number: KWE 1013£327.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Der KuhhandelComposer: Kurt WeillEditor: Claudia EderMedia Type: E-score PDFBrand: Schott Music
Instrumentation: tenor and pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: ED 21141 Q20383£2.99available for download immediately -
Liturgical setting of Sanctification riteComposer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: PartiturInstrumentation: mixed choir, baritone and organLanguage: English, YiddishProduct number: EA 399£3.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days
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Composer: Kurt WeillMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: voice, 2 piccolos and bassoonProduct number: EA 849£24.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days