About

Jump to

Relationships
Family
Associates
Similar

Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German (later 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. He became a United States citizen on August 27, 1943.

Key details

edit section

Born	Kurt Julian Weill 2 March 1900 Dessau, Germany
Died	3 April 1950 (aged 50) New York City, NY, USA
Zodiac	Pisces
Tags	Add tag

Family members

Spouse 1

Lotte Lenya 1898-1981 Austrian singer and actress · m. 1937 info edit

expand_more

view couple »

Parents

Add parent

Siblings

Add sibling

Other family members

Add family member

Connections

Friends & associates

Tilly Losch · Friend · 1903-1975 · Austrian dancer edit info

expand_more

Add friend/associate

Kurt Weill dating history

add

List
Detail
More

Lotte Lenya

Austrian singer and actress

1

Married · 1937

1924 - Apr 1950

Partner Died · 21 photos

view »

edit

edit

Children

No records found.

Scholars

expand_more

Show more expand_more