The Weill Project blog: Happy Birthday, Kurt Weill!

(Blog post by Juliana Brandon)

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Agnes de Mille
- 13 December 2021: One Touch of Venus

Alabama Song
- 26 April 2021: Face-to-face!

Alan Jay Lerner
- 14 March 2022: Love Life

Alan Paton
- 28 March 2022: Lost in the Stars

Arnold Sundgaard
- 28 February 2022: Down in the Valley

Baden-Baden
- 24 June 2021: Brecht (1), Mahagonny Songspiel

Ben Hecht
- 3 January 2022: Jewish Kurt Weill

Berlin

Berlin Im Licht

Berliner Requiem
- 30 August 2021: Brecht (3) and… Charles Lindbergh?

Bertolt Brecht

Broadway opera
- 31 January 2022: Broadway Opera

Caspar Neher

Charles Lindbergh
- 30 August 2021: Brecht (3) and… Charles Lindbergh?

Complainte de la Seine
- 1 November 2021: Paris (2): Sojourn

Danny Kaye
- 6 December 2021: Lady in the Dark

Darren Loucas
- 23 August 2021: Not exactly a manifesto

David Drew
- 5 July 2021: Brecht (2), Threepenny Opera

Der Jasager
- 20 September 2021: Brecht (5): Jasager & Neinsager

Der Neinsager
- 20 September 2021: Brecht (5): Jasager & Neinsager

Der Protagonist
- 31 May 2021: Der Protagonist

Dessau
- 03 April 2021: The Young Kurt Weill in Dessau
- 16 April 2021: Weill's Student years (1)

Die Bürgschaft
- 27 September 2021: Die Bürgschaft

Down in the Valley
- 28 February 2022: Down in the Valley

Dresden
- 31 May 2021: Der Protagonist

East Portland Blog
- 9 March 2021: Kurt Weill and John Cale

Elia Kazan
- 13 December 2021: One Touch of Venus

Elisabeth Hauptmann

Elmer Rice
- 14 February 2022: Street Scene

Engelbert Humperdinck
- 16 April 2021: Weill's Student years (1)

Epic theater
- 12 July 2021: What Is 'Epic Theater'?

Erika Neher

Erwin Piscator

Eternal Road
- 8 November 2021: The Eternal Road

Expressionism
- 20 May 2021: Novembergruppe

Felix Jackson
- 14 June 2021: Transformation

Ferruccio Busoni
- 5 May 2021: Weill's Student years (2)
- 13 May 2021: Weill's Student years (3)

Firebrand of Florence
- 17 January 2022: Firebrand

François Villon
- 15 July 2021: What Keeps Mankind Alive? (song)
- 9 August 2021: François Villon

Franz Werfel
- 8 November 2021: The Eternal Road

Frauentanz
- 31 May 2021: Der Protagonist

Fritz Busch
- 31 May 2021: Der Protagonist

Georg Kaiser

George Antheil
- 20 May 2021: Novembergruppe
- 31 January 2022: Broadway Opera

Georges Rouault
- 20 May 2021: Novembergruppe

Gertrude Lawrence
- 6 December 2021: Lady in the Dark

Hannah Höch
- 20 May 2021: Novembergruppe

Hans Curjel

Happy End
- 30 August 2021: Brecht (3) and… Charles Lindbergh?

Hollywood
- 29 November 2021: A period of adjustment

Howard Dietz
- 14 June 2021: Transformation
- 28 June 2021: Schickelgruber (song)

Hyperinflation
- 5 May 2021: Weill's Student years (2)
- 16 August 2021: Lotte Lenya and the road to Threepenny Opera

Ira Gershwin

Ivan Goll
- 14 June 2021: Transformation

Jacques Deval
- 2 August 2021: Youkali (song)
- 1 November 2021: Paris (2): Sojourn

Jealousy Duet

Jean Cocteau
- 1 November 2021: Paris (2): Sojourn

Jewish Kurt Weill

Joe Mabel

Johann Gottfried Herder
- 27 September 2021: Die Bürgschaft

John Cale
- 9 March 2021: Kurt Weill and John Cale

Juliana Brandon

K.L. Ammer
- 15 July 2021: What Keeps Mankind Alive? (song)
- 9 August 2021: François Villon

Kuhhandel
- 1 November 2021: Paris (2): Sojourn

Kurt Weill

Léo Lania

Lüdenscheid
- 16 April 2021: Weill's Student years (1)

Lady in the Dark
- 6 December 2021: Lady in the Dark

Langston Hughes
- 14 February 2022: Street Scene

London
- 1 November 2021: Paris (2): Sojourn

Lost in the Stars
- 28 March 2022: Lost in the Stars

Lotte Lenya

Lotte Reiniger
- 18 October 2021: Kurt Weill and shadow puppetry

Love Life
- 14 March 2022: Love Life

Lys Symonette
- 1 November 2021: Paris (2): Sojourn

Mahagonny
- 24 June 2021: Brecht (1), Mahagonny Songspiel
- 13 September 2021: Brecht (4): Rise and Fall of the City

Man Without Qualities
- 13 September 2021: Brecht (4): Rise and Fall of the City

Marc Blitzstein
- 31 January 2022: Broadway Opera

Marie Galante
- 2 August 2021: Youkali (song)
- 1 November 2021: Paris (2): Sojourn

Marlene Dietrich
- 14 June 2021: Transformation
- 1 November 2021: Paris (2): Sojourn

Mary Martin
- 13 December 2021: One Touch of Venus

Maurice Abravanel

Max Reinhardt
- 8 November 2021: The Eternal Road

Maxwell Anderson
- 29 November 2021: A period of adjustment
- 28 March 2022: Lost in the Stars

Meyer Weisgal
- 8 November 2021: The Eternal Road

Moss Hart
- 6 December 2021: Lady in the Dark

Mussel From Margate

Nannas Lied
- 20 July 2021: Lotte Lenya & Nanna's Lied
- 23 August 2021: Not exactly a manifesto

Nazizeit

New York

Novembergruppe
- 13 May 2021: Weill's Student years (3)
- 20 May 2021: Novembergruppe

Ogden Nash
- 25 July 2021: Speak Low (song)
- 13 December 2021: One Touch of Venus

One Touch of Venus
- 25 July 2021: Speak Low (song)
- 13 December 2021: One Touch of Venus

Otto Dix
- 20 May 2021: Novembergruppe

Otto Pasetti

Papercuts
- 18 October 2021: Kurt Weill and shadow puppetry

Paris

Paul Green
- 15 November 2021: New York, New York
- 29 November 2021: A period of adjustment

Petroleum Play
- 26 March 2021: Working on "Mussel From Margate" and "Jealousy Duet"

Princess du Polignac
- 1 November 2021: Paris (2): Sojourn

Robert Vambery
- 1 November 2021: Paris (2): Sojourn

Roger Fernay
- 2 August 2021: Youkali (song)

S.J. Perelman
- 13 December 2021: One Touch of Venus

Scherenschnitte
- 18 October 2021: Kurt Weill and shadow puppetry

Schickelgruber
- 28 June 2021: Schickelgruber (song)

Seven Deadly Sins
- 11 October 2021: Paris (1): an expedient harbor

Shadow puppetry
- 18 October 2021: Kurt Weill and shadow puppetry

Silbersee
- 4 October 2021: Standing on the Verge

Speak Low
- 25 July 2021: Speak Low (song)
- 23 August 2021: Not exactly a manifesto

Street Scene
- 14 February 2022: Street Scene

Threepenny Opera

Tilly Losch
- 11 October 2021: Paris (1): an expedient harbor
- 22 November 2021: Lotte Lenya from Threepenny Opera to America

Weill Project

Weill Project Blog
- 8 March 2021: Welcome!

Weill family
- 03 April 2021: The Young Kurt Weill in Dessau

Weill's Second Symphony
- 1 November 2021: Paris (2): Sojourn

What Keeps Mankind Alive
- 15 July 2021: What Keeps Mankind Alive? (song)
- 23 August 2021: Not exactly a manifesto

What Was Sent to the Soldier's Wife
- 28 June 2021: Schickelgruber (song)

World War II
- 20 December 2021: Wartime

World War II propaganda
- 28 June 2021: Schickelgruber (song)

Youkali
- 2 August 2021: Youkali (song)
- 23 August 2021: Not exactly a manifesto

Young Kurt Weill

Yvette Endrijautzki
- 8 March 2021: Welcome!
- 23 August 2021: Not exactly a manifesto

Zeitoper
- 14 June 2021: Transformation

degenerate art
- 25 October 2021: Summer 1933

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Juliana wrote this for her own blog on March 2, 2021, Kurt Weill's 121st birthday. That was just before we started the Kurt Weill Project blog, but now you can read it here, thanks to the wonderful technology known as an HTML iframe, or you can "break out" the original page.

Next blog post: Working on "Mussel From Margate" and "Jealousy Duet"

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Original date: 18 March 2021
Last modified: 18 March 2021

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