Here you can explore the full range of original works by Kurt Weill, as well as many derived or compiled since his lifetime. Works are presented in three categories: Stage works, Concert works, and Songs. Some can be found in more than a single category. The works are searchable, sortable in alphabetical and chronological order, and filterable by original status, parent work title, and scale of instrumental forces.
The Concert Works category gathers together all of Kurt Weill’s works that are suitable for performance in a concert setting. This includes works such as symphonies and chamber music as well as works such as cantatas that combine instruments and voice. A number of independent songs not composed as part of a stage work can be found here. The category further encompasses many compilations and derivative works based on Weill originals after his death. Individual works pages include basic information such as movements, performing forces, and published editions and may also present related media and background information. Listings may be sorted by title or date and filtered by original status and scale of performing forces.
For voice and piano. Texts by Maxwell Anderson. Completed by Lys Symonette. Based on Maxwell Anderson's Raft on the River, an adaptation of the Mark Twain novel.
For voice and piano. Texts by Walt Whitman.
For voice and orchestra on texts by Walt Whitman. Orchestrations of “Beat! Beat! Drums!” and “O Captain! My Captain!” by Kurt Weill (1942). Orchestration of “Come Up from the Fields, Father” by Carlos Surinach (1956). Orchestration of “Dirge for Two Veterans” by Kurt Weill and John Baxindine (1942, 2013).
Arrangement for jazz orchestra with voice ad lib. by Hartwig von Platen (1929).
Song cycle for soprano and instrumental ensemble on seven medieval poems.
Arrangement for orchestra by Weill of the Israeli National Anthem.
Madrigal for SATB chorus a cappella, with divisi. Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.
For solo piano. Edited by Sherri Jones.
Liturgical setting of Sanctification rite for tenor solo, SATB chorus, organ.
Suite from Die Dreigroschenoper for wind orchestra created by Weill.