March 2 - Kurt Weill (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Kurt Weill (2 (March 1900 – 3 April 1950) was a German (later American) composer, especially for the musical theater.

[Previous entries for March 2 can be found here: 

• Bedřich Smetana (2020)
  
• Kurt Weill and Marc Blitzstein (2019)]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two Variations on a Theme of Kurt Weill

(1)

There are those who have said of Kurt Weill,

When he gave Tin Pan Alley a trial,

That his music with Brecht

Had been rather more echt

Than his new North American style.

(2)

Mister Weill was a little bit hurt

When anyone said to him, “Kurt,

On your musical menu,

The stuff you wrote when you

Moved to the States is dessert.”

 

 

 

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