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The Kurt Weill Newsletter

Published twice a year, the Kurt Weill Newsletter features articles and reviews (books, performances, recordings) that center on Kurt Weill but take a broader look at issues of twentieth-century music and theater. The Newsletter is distributed worldwide, and subscriptions are free. The editor welcomes the submission of articles, reviews, and news items for consideration. A variety of opinions are expressed in the Newsletter; they do not necessarily represent the publisher’s official viewpoint.

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Editor
Dave Stein
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Mike Gerard
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Natasha Nelson
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Ed Harsh, Elmar Juchem, Kim H. Kowalke, Brady Sansone

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Volume 15, Number 2

Fall 1997

ADOPTING A NEW HOMELAND
Learning the New Ropes: Kurt Weill and the American Theater Song J. BRADFORD ROBINSON	3
“Few Little English”: A Forgotten Song by Marc Blitzstein for Lenya LEONARD J. LEHRMAN	8
OBITUARY
Remembering Burgess Meredith	13
BOOK REVIEWS
Von der Zeitoper zur Broadway Opera: Kurt Weill und die Idee des musikalischen Theaters by Heinz Geuen ELMAR JUCHEM	14
The Twisted Muse: Musicians and their Music in the Third Reich by Michael Kater PAMELA M. POTTER	15
Selected Letters by Paul Hindemith, ed. and trans. Geoffrey Skelton JOHANN BUIS	16
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
Street Scene in Altenburg/Gera ELMAR JUCHEM	17
One Touch of Venus in Evanston, Illinois JULIE KISTLER	18
Seven Deadly Sins/Mahagonny Songspiel in London PATRICK O’CONNOR	19
RECORDING REVIEWS
The Seven Deadly Sins (Teresa Stratas, soprano, Opéra de Lyon, cond. Kent Nagano) on Erato DANIEL ALBRIGHT	20
The Threepenny Opera (Donmar Warehouse) on Jay/TER ARVED ASHBY	21
To the Soul: Thomas Hampson Sings the Poetry of Walt Whitman on EMI RICHARD LALLI	22
Pascal von Wroblewsky singt Kurt Weill on Deutsche Schallplatten DAVID RAYMOND	23
TOPICAL WEILL: NEWS AND EVENTS	1a-8a

Volume 15, Number 1

Spring 1997

Weill and His Collaborators LOTTE LENYA and GEORGE DAVIS	4
Simplicity Is the Richness: HK Gruber Talks about Performing Weill	10
OBITUARY
Remembering Berthold Goldschmidt	13
BOOK REVIEWS
Kurt-Weill-Studien, eds. Nils Grosch, Joachim Lucchesi, and Jürgen Schebera MARTHA BRECH	14
Metzler Kabarett-Lexikon by Klaus Budzinski and Reinhard Hippen ALAN LAREAU	15
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
Lady in the Dark in London RODERICK SWANSTON	16
The Seven Deadly Sins in New York DAVID LEVIN	17
Songplay: The Songs and Music of Kurt Weill in St. Louis STEPHANIE CAMPBELL	18
Suite from Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny and Violin Concerto in Berlin MARTHA BRECH	19
RECORDING REVIEW
Kurt Weill on Broadway (Stephen Kimbrough, Victor C. Symonette) on Koch JOEL GALAND	20
Kurt Weill on Broadway (Thomas Hampson, et al., London Sinfonietta, cond. John McGlinn MARK HOROWITZ	21
Recorded Arrangements of Weill EDWARD HARSH	22
TOPICAL WEILL: NEWS AND EVENTS	1a-8a

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