Kurt Julian Weill (2 Maret 1900 – 3 April 1950) merupakan seorang komponis berkebangsaan Jerman. Dia dilahirkan di Dessau dan meninggal di New York City. Dia merupakan pemimpin komposer untuk panggung, dia juga merupakan penulis di tempat konser.
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1920-1927 sunting
- 1920 – Sonata for Cello and Piano
- 1921 – Symphony No. 1 for orchestra
- 1923 – String Quartet op. 8
- 1923 – Quodlibet. Suite for orchestra from the pantomime Zaubernacht, op. 9
- 1923 – Frauentanz: sieben Gedichte des Mittelalters for soprano, flute, viola, clarinet, horn and bassoon, op. 10
- 1924 – Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, op. 12
- 1926 – Der Protagonist, op.15 (Opera in one act, text by Georg Kaiser)
- 1927 – Der Neue Orpheus. Cantata for soprano, solo violin and orchestra op.16 (text by Yvan Goll)
- 1927 – Royal Palace op.17 (Opera in one act, text by Iwan (Yvan) Goll)
- 1927 – Der Zar lässt sich photographieren op.21 (Opera in one act, text by Georg Kaiser)
- 1927 – Mahagonny (Songspiel) (Bertolt Brecht)
1928-1935 sunting
- 1928 – Berlin im Licht Song. March for military band (wind ensemble) or voice and piano
- 1928 – Die Dreigroschenoper, or the Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht)
- 1928 – Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music), Suite for wind orchestra based on the Threepenny Opera
- 1928 – Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen for chorus a cappella or voice and piano (Bertolt Brecht)
- 1928 – Das Berliner Requiem (Berlin Requiem). Cantata for three male voices and wind orchestra (Bertolt Brecht)
- 1929 – Der Lindberghflug (first version). Cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra. Music by Weill and Paul Hindemith and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
- 1929 – Happy End (Elisabeth Hauptmann and Bertolt Brecht) - Tony Nomination for Best Original Score
- 1929 – Der Lindberghflug (second version). Cantata for tenor, baritone, and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra. Music entirely by Weill and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
- 1930 – Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, or Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Bertolt Brecht)
- 1930 – Der Jasager (Elisabeth Hauptmann and Bertolt Brecht)
- 1932 – Die Bürgschaft, or The Pledge (Caspar Neher)
- 1933 – Der Silbersee, or Silver Lake
- 1933 – Die sieben Todsünden, or The Seven Deadly Sins. Ballet chanté for voices and orchestra (Bertolt Brecht)
- 1934 – Marie galante for voices and small orchestra (book and lyrics by Jacques Deval)
- 1934 – Symphony No. 2 for orchestra
- 1935 – Der Kuhhandel, or My Kingdom for a Cow (Robert Vambery)
1936-1949 sunting
- 1936 – Johnny Johnson (Paul Green)
- 1937 – The Eternal Road (Desmond Carter, first, unfinished version in German with a text by Franz Werfel, directed by Max Reinhardt (theatre director))
- 1938 – Knickerbocker Holiday (Maxwell Anderson)
- 1938 – Railroads on Parade (Edward Hungerford)
- 1940 – Ballad of Magna Carta. Cantata for narrator and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra (Maxwell Anderson)
- 1940 – Lady in the Dark (Moss Hart and Ira Gershwin)
- 1941 – Fun to be Free Pageant
- 1942 – And what was sent to the Soldier's Wife? (Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib?). Song for voice and piano (Bertolt Brecht)
- 1942 – Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory. Patriotic song arrangements by Weill for narrator, chorus, and orchestra
- 1943 – One Touch of Venus (Ogden Nash)
- 1945 – The Firebrand of Florence (Ira Gershwin)
- 1945 – Down in the Valley
- 1947 – Hatikvah Arrangement of the Israeli National Anthem for orchestra
- 1947 – Four Walt Whitman Songs for voice and orchestra (or piano)
- 1947 – Street Scene (Elmer Rice and Langston Hughes) - Tony Award for Best Original Score
- 1948 – Love Life (Alan Jay Lerner)
- 1949 – Lost in the Stars (Maxwell Anderson)
- 1950 – Huckleberry Finn (Maxwell Anderson) Unfinished.
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- Eastside Sinfoniette: Don't Be Afraid (True Classical 2003)
- Lotte Lenya sings Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins & Berlin Theatre Songs (Sony 1997)
- The Threepenny Opera. Lotte Lenya and Others, conducted by Wilhelm Brückner-Ruggeberg (Columbia 1987)
- Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. Lotte Lenya/ Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg (Sony 1990)
- Berliner Requiem / Violin Concerto op.12 / Vom Tod im Walde. Ensemble Musique Oblique/ Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi, 1997)
- Kleine Dreigroschenmusik / Mahagonny Songspiel / Happy End / Berliner Requiem / Violin Concerto op.12. London Sinfonietta, David Atherton (Deutsche Grammophon, 1999)
- Kurt Weill à Paris, Marie Galante and other works. Loes Luca, Ensemble Dreigroschen, directed by Giorgio Bernasconi, assai, 2000
- The Eternal Road (Highlights). Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester/ Gerard Schwarz (Naxos, 2003)
- The Doors, The Doors, (Elektra, 1967). Including Alabama Song
- Bryan Ferry. As Time Goes By (Virgin, 1999). Including "September Song"
- Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill (performed by Tom Waits, Lou Reed and others). (A&M Records, 1987)
- September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (performed by Elvis Costello, PJ Harvey and others) (Sony Music, 1997)
- Kazik Staszewski: Melodie Kurta Weill'a i coś ponadto (SP Records, 2001) Tribute to Kurt Weill by one of the greatest song writers from Poland (also includes his version of Nick Cave's "The Mercy Seat")
- Youkali: Art Songs by Satie, Poulenc and Weill. Patricia O'Callaghan (Marquis, 2003)
- Gianluigi Trovesi/ Gianni Coscia: Round About Weill (ECM, 2005)
- Tom Robinson, Last Tango: Midnight At The Fringe, (Castaway Northwest: CNWVP 002, 1988). Including "Surabaya Johnny"
- Complete String Quartets. Leipziger Streichquartett (MDG 307 1071-2)
- Die sieben Todsünden; Chansons B.Fassbaender, Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR, C.Garben (HMA 1951420)
- The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill (Pias, April 1991), Studio recording of the songs performed live in 1989.
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- Paul Hindemith
- Hanns Eisler
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann
- A Kurt Weill Cabaret
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- Kurt Weill Foundation, including a detailed list works
- Schott Music 2006-02-15 di Wayback Machine.
- Kurt Weill di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)