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Note: Page numbers indicated below refer to the published vocal score for the complete work.

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Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny

Opera in three acts. Text by Bertolt Brecht, Elisabeth Hauptmann, and Kurt Weill.

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Nur die nacht

(No. 17)

Tief in Alaskas schneeweissen Wäldern

(No. 9, pp. 89-97, omit chorus)

Der Kuhhandel

Operetta in two acts. Book and lyrics by Robert Vambery.

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Ich habe eine Kuh gehabt

(No. 30, Juan's Lied)

Schockschwerenot!

(No. 7, Auftrittslied)

Schön war die erste Flasche

(No. 28, Fandango)

Seit ich in diese Stadt

(No. 13)

Der Protagonist

Opera in one act. Libretto by Georg Kaiser

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Ich wäre nicht der Künstler

(pp. 29-34)

Jetzt schiesst schon neues Feuer in mich

(pp. 35-38)

Der Silbersee

Play with music, in three acts. Book and lyrics by Georg Kaiser.

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Der Bäcker backt ums Morgenrot

(No. 3, sing all parts)

Erst trifft dich die Kugel/Rache-Arie

(No. 11)

Was zahlen Sie für einen Rat?/Lotterieagents Tango

(No. 6)

Wie Odysseus an den Mast des Schiffes

(No. 14)

Es wächst uns in den Mund der Wein/Schlaraffenland-Song

(No. 15a, 2nd stanza only)

Die Bürgschaft

Opera in three acts. Libretto by Caspar Neher and Weill, after Johann Gottfried von Herder's "Der afrikanische Rechtspruch."

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Frage sie aus

(No. 13, pp. 206-212, Kommisar's aria)

Nichts geben und Alles behalten

(No. 6, pp. 68-72)

Sie soll nichts wissen

(No. 8, end at Anna's entrance, or with cut)

Die Dreigroschenoper

Play with music after John Gay's The Beggar's Opera; in three acts. By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann.

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Ballade vom angenehmen Leben

Grabschrift

Zweites Dreigroschenfinale

(1st stanza only)

Down in the Valley

Folk-opera in one act. Libretto by Arnold Sundgaard.

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Where Is the One Who Will Mourn Me When I'm Gone?

Happy End

Comedy with music, in three acts (in German). Book by Elisabeth Hauptmann ("Dorothy Lane"). Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.

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Bilbao-Song

Lied von der harten Nuss

Mandalay-Song

Johnny Johnson

Play with music in three acts. Book and lyrics by Paul Green.

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Johnny's Song

(original lyric only, not popular song lyrics)

Oh, the Rio Grande

Knickerbocker Holiday

Musical comedy in two acts after Washington Irving's A History of New York by Diedrich Knickerbocker. Book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson.

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It Never Was You

There's Nowhere to Go but Up

Lady in the Dark

Musical play in two acts. Music and lyrics by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin. Book by Moss Hart.

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Bats About You (cut)

(1st stanza only)

It's Never Too Late to Mendelssohn (cut)

This Is New

Unforgettable (cut)

Der Lindberghflug/Der Ozeanflug

Cantata for tenor, baritone, and bass soloists, SATB chorus and orchestra. Text by Bertolt Brecht.

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Mein Name ist Charles Lindbergh

(No. 2)

Lost in the Stars

Musical tragedy in two acts after Alan Paton's novel Cry, the Beloved Country. Book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson.

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Hills of Ixopo

The Little Gray House

Lost in the Stars

O Tixo, Tixo, Help Me

Thousands of Miles

Love Life

Vaudeville in two parts. Music and lyrics by Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner. Book by Alan Jay Lerner.

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Here I'll Stay

How I Love My Work (cut)

Love Song

This is the Life

Marie Galante

Play with music in two acts. Book and lyrics by Jacques Deval.

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Les filles de Bordeaux

Le train du ciel

One Touch of Venus

Musical comedy in two acts. Book by S.J. Perelman and Ogden Nash after F. Anstey's The Tinted Venus. Lyrics by Ogden Nash.

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How Much I Love You

Westwind

Wooden Wedding

Who Am I? (cut)

Street Scene

American Opera in two acts. Book by Elmer Rice, based on his play of the same name. Lyrics by Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice.

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Great Big Sky (cut)

I Got a Marble and a Star

Let Things Be Like They Always Was

Lonely House

Streetlight Is My Moonlight (cut)

(1st stanza only)

When a Woman Has a Baby

Wouldn't You Like to Be on Broadway

The Firebrand of Florence

Broadway operetta in two acts. Music and lyrics by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin. Book by Edwin Justus Mayer, based on his play The Firebrand.