Musical Interlude: Listened to some Kurt Weill today, and remembered this track from his wife, Lotte Lenya, a song I find immensely lovely and comforting all at once.

"Speak Low," performed by Lotte Lenya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jULhrwOmGOY

#MusicalInterlude #Jazz #KurtWeill #LotteLenya #OneTouchOfVenus #LoveSong

Hieronymus Bosch in der Konsumhölle – „Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny“ an der DOB
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[caption id="attachment_30826" align="alignleft" width="300"] Deutsche Oper Berlin/ Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny/Foto: Thomas Aurin[/caption]

Inmitten einer Berliner Schlechtwetterperiode, die einem einmal täglich die Brille von der Nase regnet, macht die Deutsche Oper Berlin gottseidank einen Ausflug. Und zwar in ihr eigenes Foyer. Benedikt von Peters Neuinszenierung von „Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny“ (Musik von Kurt Weill /Text von Bertolt Brecht) spielt (fast) überall im Haus. Für den optimalen Besuch einfach die schrillste Klamotte des eigenen Kleiderschrankes anziehen, Kopfschmerzen des Arbeitstages mitbringen und in Neonlicht und Sekt (mit oder ohne Alkohol) ertränken – und warten, bis der Ernst beißt. (Rezension der besuchten Premiere am 17. Juli 2025) […]

https://opernmagazin.de/hieronymus-bosch-in-der-konsumhoelle-aufstieg-und-fall-der-stadt-mahagonny-an-der-dob/

Musical Interlude: Ever feel indecisive? Can't settle on something? Kurt Weill understood, and wrote a great justification for it. Here it is, by the great diva herself.

"The Saga of Jenny," performed by Lotte Lenya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4oU7THKC5E

#MusicalInterlude #LotteLenya #KurtWeill #IraGershwin #LadyInTheDark #Broadway

Sammy Davis Jr. Belts the Best of Broadway is a 1962 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., arranged by Marty Paich

Sam does show tunes, of which the best by far for me is Lost in the Stars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06hruqTiuyU&list=OLAK5uy_lumkGDeFrt5wPBxte_2sY5yklPqv-Rz6U

#sammydavisjr #showtunes #lostinthestars #kurtweill #martypaich

DESSAU: I am pleased to announce that the births 1872-1902 will appear in the next new edition; among them is the birth of Kurt Weill.

#Dessau #SachsenAnhalt #Anhalt #KurtWeill #Genealogy #Jewish #JewishGenealogy #JewishCommunity #JewishHistory #Holocaust #Shoah

Today In Labor History April 3, 1950: Composer Kurt Weill died. Weill’s most famous song was Mack the Knife ("Die Moritat von Mackie Messer"), which became a schlock classic after Bobby Darin’s rendition. However, Weill wrote the song as part of Bertolt Brecht’s “Three Penny Opera,” which was a socialist critique of the capitalist world. Weill was persecuted by the Nazis for his political views and his Jewish heritage. He fled to America, with his wife, singer Lotte Lenya. Some of Weill’s other well-known songs include: Alabama Song (covered by the Doors), Pirate Jenny (covered by Nina Simone), Mack the Knife (also covered by Louis Armstrong), Der Kleine des Lieben Gottes (covered by John Zorn).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6orDcL0zt34

#workingClass #LaborHistory #nazis #antisemitism #holocaust #KurtWeill #LotteLenya #BertoltBrecht #socialism #communism #NinaSimone #LouisArmstrong