Kurt Weill was born on 2 March, 1900. They died on 3 April, 1950. They lived to the age of 50.
Kurt Weill was born on 2 March, 1900. They died on 3 April, 1950. They lived to the age of 50.
Kurt Julian Weill 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 wrote his best-known work, The Threepenny Opera, which includes the ballad "Mack the Knife". Weill held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose, Gebrauchsmusik.
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