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Kurt Weill's "The threepenny opera"

Title
Kurt Weill's "The threepenny opera" [sound recording] / [music by] Kurt Weill ; [original text by] Bert Brecht ; [English adaptation by] Marc Blitzstein.
Author
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Publication
[New York?] : MGM, [1954?]

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Additional Authors
  • Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
  • Blitzstein, Marc.
  • Lenya, Lotte
  • Merrill, Scott
  • Wolfson, Martin
  • Sullivan, Jo
  • Rae, Charlotte, 1926-2018
  • Arthur, Beatrice
  • Tyne, George
  • Matlowsky, Samuel.
Description
1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in.
Uniform Title
  • Dreigroschenoper. English
  • Beggar's opera.
Alternative Title
Dreigroschenoper.
Subject
Note
  • Musical; based on The beggar's opera.
  • Program notes on container include abridged version of English text.
Contents
Overture -- The ballad of Mack the knife -- Morning anthem -- Instead of song -- Wedding song -- Pirate Jenny -- Army song -- Love song -- Ballad of dependency -- Melodrama ; Polly's song -- Ballad of the easy life -- The world is mean -- Barbara song -- Tango-ballad -- Jealousy duet -- How to survive -- Useless song -- Solomon song -- Call from the grave -- Death message -- The mounted messenger (finale).
Call Number
*LZR 32531
LCCN
ra 55000218
OCLC
3864720
Author
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Title
Kurt Weill's "The threepenny opera" [sound recording] / [music by] Kurt Weill ; [original text by] Bert Brecht ; [English adaptation by] Marc Blitzstein.
Imprint
[New York?] : MGM, [1954?]
Performer
Starring Lotte Lenya, with Scott Merrill, Martin Wolfson, Jo Sullivan, Charlotte Rae, Beatrice Arthur, George Tyne, and the Threepenny opera company ; Samuel Matlowsky, musical director.
Added Author
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
Blitzstein, Marc.
Lenya, Lotte, singer.
Merrill, Scott, singer.
Wolfson, Martin, singer.
Sullivan, Jo, singer.
Rae, Charlotte, 1926-2018, singer.
Arthur, Beatrice, singer.
Tyne, George, singer.
Matlowsky, Samuel. Conductor
Added Title
Beggar's opera.
Publisher No.
E 3121 MGM
Research Call Number
*LZR 32531 Program notes and lyrics on container.
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