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==Compositions== ===Stage works including operas, musical plays and operettas === {{Main|List of works for the stage by Kurt Weill}} ===Concert works=== ====Cantatas==== *1920 : ''Sulamith'', choral fantasy for soprano, female chorus and orchestra (lost) *1927 : ''Der neue Orpheus'', [[cantata]] for soprano, solo violin and orchestra, Op. 16 (text: [[Yvan Goll]]) *1927 : ''Der Tod im Wald'', cantata for bass and band (originally belonged to ''Das Berliner Requiem'') *1928 : [[The Berlin Requiem (Weill)|''Das Berliner Requiem'']], cantata for tenor, baritone, male chorus (or three male voices) and wind orchestra (text: [[Bertolt Brecht]]) *1929 : ''[[Der Lindberghflug]]'', cantata for tenor, baritone and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra (text: Bertolt Brecht, first version with music by [[Paul Hindemith]] and Weill, second version, also 1929, with music exclusively by Weill) *1940 : ''The Ballad of Magna Carta'', cantata for tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra (text: [[Maxwell Anderson]]) *1946 : "Kiddush", commissioned by cantor David Putterman, premiered at a [[Kiddush]] on May 10, 1946, at [[Park Avenue Synagogue]]<ref>[https://www.milkenarchive.org/music/volumes/view/swing-his-praises/work/kiddush-weill/ "Kiddush liner notes"] by [[Neil W. Levin]], ''Swing His Praises'', [[Milken Archive of Jewish Music]]</ref><ref>[https://www.kwf.org/pages/ww-kiddush.html "Kiddush" (1946)], work details, Kurt Weill Foundation for Music</ref> ====Chamber music==== *1918 : String Quartet in B minor (without opus number) *1923 : String Quartet, Op. 8 *1919–1921 : Sonata for Cello and Piano ====Piano music==== *1917 : ''Intermezzo'' *1937 : ''Albumblatt for Erika'' (transcription of the pastorale from ''Der Weg der Verheissung'') ====Orchestral works==== *1919 : Suite for orchestra *1919 : ''Die Weise von Liebe und Tod'', symphonic poem for orchestra after [[Rainer Maria Rilke]] (lost) *1921 : Symphony No.1 in one movement for orchestra *1922 : Divertimento for orchestra, Op. 5 (unfinished, reconstructed by [[David Drew (music critic)|David Drew]]) *1922 : ''Sinfonia Sacra, Fantasia, Passacaglia and Hymnus'' for orchestra, Op. 6 (unfinished) *1923 : ''Quodlibet'', suite for orchestra from the pantomime ''Zaubernacht'', Op. 9 *1925 : Concerto for violin and wind orchestra, Op. 12 *1927 : ''Bastille Musik'', suite for wind orchestra (arranged by David Drew, 1975) from the stage music to ''Gustav III'', by [[August Strindberg]] *1929 : ''Kleine Dreigroschenmusik'', suite from ''[[Die Dreigroschenoper]]'' for wind orchestra, piano and percussion, (premiere conducted by [[Otto Klemperer]]) *1934 : ''Suite panaméenne for chamber orchestra'', (from ''{{ill|Marie Galante (play)|fr|Marie Galante (pièce de théâtre)|lt=Marie Galante}}'') *1934 : Symphony No. 2 in three movements for orchestra, (premiere by Royal Concertgebouw orchestra under [[Bruno Walter]]) *1947 : ''Hatikvah'', arrangement of the Israeli National Anthem for orchestra ====''Lieder'', ''Lieder'' cycles, songs and ''chansons''==== *1919 : "Die stille Stadt", for voice and piano, text: [[Richard Dehmel]] *1923 : ''Frauentanz'', Op. 10, [[song cycle]] for soprano, flute, viola, clarinet, horn and bassoon (after medieval poems) *1923 : ''Stundenbuch'', song cycle for baritone and orchestra, text: [[Rainer Maria Rilke]] *1925 : "Klopslied", for high voice, two piccolos and bassoon ("Ick sitze da un' esse Klops" – Berliner Lied) *1927 : ''Vom Tod im Wald'' (''Death in the Forest''), Op. 23, ballad for bass solo and ten wind instruments, text: Bertolt Brecht *1928 : "Berlin im Licht-Song", slow-fox, text: Kurt Weill; composed for the exhibition ''Berlin im Licht'', first performance in Wittenbergplatz (with orchestra) on October 13, and on October 16 in the [[Krolloper|Kroll Opera]] (with voice and piano) *1928 : "Die Muschel von Margate: Petroleum Song", slow-fox, text: Felix Gasbarra for the play by Leo Lania, ''Konjunktur'' *1928 : "Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen" ("In Potsdam under the Oak Trees"), song for voice and piano, alternatively male chorus a cappella, text: Bertolt Brecht *1928 : "Das Lied von den braunen Inseln", text: [[Lion Feuchtwanger]], from the play by same author, ''Petroleum Inseln'' *1930?: "Lied vom weißen Käse" ("Song of the White Cheese") – unpublished, discovered in Berlin at the [[Free University of Berlin]] in 2017<ref>{{cite news|last=Barone|first=Joshua|date=2017-11-06|title=Hear a Newly Found Kurt Weill Song That Surprised Experts|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/arts/music/kurt-weill-song-of-the-white-cheese-discovered.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2017-11-08}}</ref> *1933 : "Der Abschiedsbrief", text: [[Erich Kästner]], intended for [[Marlene Dietrich]] *1933 : "La complainte de Fantômas", text: [[Robert Desnos]]; for a broadcast of ''[[Fantômas]]'' in November 1933 (the music was lost, and later reconstructed by [[Jacques Loussier]] for Catherine Sauvage) *1933 : "Es regnet" ("It's Raining"), text: [[Jean Cocteau]] (direct into German) *1934 : "Je ne t'aime pas", text: [[Maurice Magre]] for the soprano [[Lys Gauty]] *1934 : "Les Filles de Bordeaux", text: [[Jacques Deval]], from ''{{ill|Marie Galante (play)|fr|Marie Galante (pièce de théâtre)|lt=Marie Galante}}'' *1934 : "[[J'attends un navire]]", text: Jacques Deval, from ''Marie Galante''; as an independent song for Lys Gauty; used for the "Hymne der Resistance" during the Second World War *1934 : "Youkali" (originally the "Tango habanera", instrumental movement in ''Marie Galante''), Text: {{ill|Roger Fernay|fr}} *1934 : "Complainte de la Seine", text: Maurice Magre *1939 : "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", song for voice and piano, text: [[Robert Frost]] (unfinished) *1939 : "Nanna's Lied", text: Bertolt Brecht, the song of a prostitute, from a play satirizing the Nazi party, written as a Christmas present for his wife Lotte Lenya; quotes ''[[Ballade des dames du temps jadis]]'' *1942–47 : ''Three Walt Whitman Songs'', later ''Four Walt Whitman Songs'' for voice and piano (or orchestra), text: [[Walt Whitman]]<ref>The introduction by Kim H. Kowalke in the published score (European American Music Corporation EA 584) gives the background and chronology for the songs.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kwf.org/works/walt-whitman-songs-for-voice-and-piano/|title=Four Walt Whitman Songs|website=Kwf.org|access-date=March 2, 2025}}</ref> #Oh Captain! My Captain! (Christmas 1941) #Dirge for Two Veterans (January 1942) #Beat! Beat! Drums! (Spring 1942) #Come Up From The Fields, Father (1947) *1942 : ''Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory'', patriotic song arrangements for narrator, male chorus, and orchestra, of the "[[Battle Hymn of the Republic]]" (text: [[Julia Ward Howe]]), "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" (text: [[Francis Scott Key]]), "[[My Country, 'Tis of Thee|America]]" (text: [[Samuel Francis Smith]]) and "Beat! Beat! Drums!" (text: [[Walt Whitman]]) *1942–44 : ''Propaganda Songs'', for voice and piano; written for the ''Lunch Hours Follies'' performed for the workers of a shipbuilding workshop in New York, then broadcast: **1942 : "Buddy on the Nightshift", text: [[Oscar Hammerstein II|Oscar Hammerstein]] **1942 : "Schickelgruber", text: [[Howard Dietz]] *1942 : "Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib?" ("And what was sent to the soldier's wife?"), ballad for voice and piano, text: Bertolt Brecht *1944 : "Wie lange noch?", text: [[Walter Mehring]]; premiere: Lotte Lenya ====Choral==== *1923 : ''Recordare'', Op. 11 ===Film music=== *1931 : ''[[The Threepenny Opera (film)|The Threepenny Opera]]'', director [[G. W. Pabst]], two versions: in German and French *1938 : ''[[You and Me (1938 film)|You and Me]]'', director [[Fritz Lang]] *1945 : ''[[Where Do We Go from Here? (1945 film)|Where Do We Go from Here?]]'', text: [[Ira Gershwin]] *1948 : ''[[One Touch of Venus (film)|One Touch of Venus]]'', starring: [[Robert Walker (actor, born 1918)|Robert Walker]], [[Ava Gardner]] and [[Dick Haymes]]
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