Kurt Weill

Kurt J. Weill (1900-1950) was a German composer. Among other things, he collaborated with Bertolt Brecht, writing works for the stage, as well as putting music on few of his poems. He fled the Nazi Germany in 1933, settling eventually in the United States.

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