Kurt Weill
German American composer
Died when: 50 years 32 days (601 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States.
He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht.With Brecht, he developed productions such as his best-known work, The Threepenny Opera, which included the ballad "Mack the Knife".
Weill held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose, Gebrauchsmusik.He also wrote several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes.
He became a United States citizen on August 27, 1943.
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