When German-Jewish composer Kurt Weill arrived in the United States in 1935, he found a nation nothing like he imagined. This book tells the full story of Weill

(Limelight). His best-known song is "Mack the Knife," with words by Bertolt Brecht, from The Threepenny Opera , first performed in Weimar Berlin in 1928. Five y

Selected letters trace the relationship of the composer and actress, who were married for twenty-four years

“This book, the first scholarly consideration of Weill’s complete output of stage works, is without doubt the most important critical study of the composer�

Offers coverage of Weill's life that is informed by a knowledge of the shifting cultural and political climates in which he worked.