Previous entries for March 2nd can be found here: Kurt Weill (2021); Bedřich Smetana (2020); Kurt Weill and Marc Blitzstein (2019), and Desi Arnaz (2022)
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Kurt Weill (2 (March 1900 – 3 April 1950) was a German (later American) composer, especially for the musical theater.
An’nem schönen blauen Sonntag
"Moritat vom Mackie Messer" ("Mack the Knife") was a last-minute addition that was inserted before its premiere in 1928. -- Wikipedia
The song has become a popular standard recorded by many artists after it was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1955. The most popular version of the song was by bobby Darin in 1959, whose recording became a number one hit in the US and UK and earned him two Grammys. Ella Fitzgerald also received a Grammy for her performance of the song in 1961. -- Wikipedia
When Weill composed his "Mackie Messer"
Also known as "Mack the Knife"
It would have been a savvy guesser
Who reckoned covers would be rife,
And Weill would be the shrewd possessor
Of royalties throughout his life.
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Bedřich Smetana (2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was an important Czech composer.
On Smetana
The program note says one expects
That patriotic pride infects
His melodies, and one suspects
That they derive piquant effects
From favorite folk songs of the Czechs.
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