Kurt Weill - An Illustrated Life

This engaging and lavishly illustrated book draws on a wealth of previously unexplored written and pictorial material to present an up-to-date and balanced biography of 20th-century composer Kurt Weill, whose life was as rich and complex as the music for which he is acclaimed. 288 illustrations. Zusammenfassung Examining the life of Kurt Weill, this text explores the phases of the composer's life, from his childhood as the son of a cantor in the Jewish section of Dessau, Germany, to his renunciation of Germany in 1933. It also looks at his emigration to America (1935) and his premature death (1950).

Product details

• Authors: Jurgen Schebera, Jürgen Schebera
• Assisted by: Caroline Murphy (Translation), Caroline K. Murphy (Translation)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.09.1997
• EAN: 9780300072846
• ISBN: 978-0-300-07284-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Biography: arts & entertainment, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment