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-{{Template}}'''Kurt Julian Weill''' ([[March 2]], [[1900]] – [[April 3]], [[1950]]), was a [[Germany|German]], and in his later years German-American, [[composer]] active from the 1920s until his death. He was a leading composer for the [[theatre|stage]], as well as writing a number of concert works. +{{Template}}
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 +'''''Mack the Knife''''' or '''''The Ballad of Mack the Knife''''', originally '''''Die Moritat von Mackie Messer''''', is a song composed by [[Kurt Weill]] with lyrics by [[Bertolt Brecht]] for their music drama ''Die Dreigroschenoper'', or, as it is known in [[English language|English]], ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]''. It premiered in [[Berlin]] in 1928. The song has become a popular standard.
-Over fifty years after his death, his music continues to be performed both in [[popular music|popular]] and [[classical music|classical]] contexts. In Weill's lifetime, his work was most associated with the voice of his wife, [[Lotte Lenya]], but shortly after his death "[[Mack the Knife]]" was established by [[Louis Armstrong]] and [[Bobby Darin]] as a [[jazz standard]]. His music has since been recorded by many performers, ranging from [[The Doors]], [[Judy Collins]], [[Lou Reed]], [[John Zorn]], [[Dagmar Krause]], and [[PJ Harvey]] to New York's [[Metropolitan Opera]] and the [[Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra]]. Singers as varied as [[Teresa Stratas]], [[Ute Lemper]], [[Gisela May]], [[Anne Sofie von Otter]], [[Dee Dee Bridgewater]], and [[Marianne Faithfull]] have recorded entire albums of his music. 
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Mack the Knife or The Ballad of Mack the Knife, originally Die Moritat von Mackie Messer, is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928. The song has become a popular standard.




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