(P/V/G Composer Collection). The first volume of a fabulous 2-volume set of the songs of one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. From The Threepenny Opera to his great final Broadway show Lost in the Stars. Volume 1 contains 63 songs Alabama Song * Bilbao Song * Green-up Time * Here I'll Stay * It Was Never You * Lost in the Stars * Mack the Knife * My Ship and dozens of great songs from his early days in Berlin through Broadway and Hollywood triumphs. Cover graphics include color photos of original sheet music covers. Text includes bio and introductory notes.
Kurt Julian Weill was a German, and in his later years German-American, composer active from the 1920s until his death. He was a leading composer for the stage, as well as writing a number of concert works.