Kurt Weill

He was born in Dessau Germany on March 1900 and died in New York in on April 3, 1950. He was a German composer. He grew up in a Jewish family. He was seen as a threat by the Nazi authorities as a famous Jewish composer. He fled Nazi Germany in 1933 and moved to Paris. His later works nearly caused riots in caused by Nazi members. His only option was to leave as soon as possible, so in 1935 he moved to New York. On the way, he believed most of his works were destroyed so he left his life behind never spoke German again except to in letters to his parents who had escaped to Israel.

He married Lotte Lenya twice: in 1926, and remarried in 1937, after their divorce in 1933. His most well known work is the Threepenny Opera. It was written with Bertolt Brecht. Even though his American works were considered to be of a lower than his German ones, but his works for Broadway were highly respected and admired, such as Lady in the Dark and Love Live. Weil endeavored to find a new way to create American Opera. His work with Brecht was a success but the two separated of different ideas of politics. Even after his death his wife supported his worked to promote it.

Some of his works

1929- |Happy End (Bertolt Brecht)

1936- Johnny Johnson (Paul Green)

1949- Lost in the Stars (Maxwell Anderson)

1950- Huckleberry Finn (Maxwell Anderson) Unfinished