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The Unknown Kurt Weill
Die Songs aus der Dreigroschenoper
Sechs Stücke aus dem Silbersee
Brecht-Weill Song Album
Vocal Selections from The Threepenny Opera
 Vocal Selections: Lost in the Stars
Kurt Weill, from Berlin to Broadway
Kurt Weill: Broadway & Hollywood
Kurt Weill Songs: A Centennial Anthology
Unsung Weill



 
 
The Unknown Kurt Weill

For voice and piano.
Texts by various authors.
Published by European American Music: EAMC 493


Song list
  • Der Abschiedsbrief (1933), text by Erich Kästner
  • Berlin im Licht (1928), text by Kurt Weill
  • Buddy on the Nightshift (1942), text by Oscar Hammerstein
  • Complainte de la Seine (1934), text by Maurice Magre
  • Es regnet (1933), text by Jean Cocteau and Kurt Weill
  • Je ne t'aime pas (1934), text by Maurice Magre
  • Klops Lied - Ich setze da un'esse Klops, (1925), anon.
    • Petroleum-Song - Das Lied von den braunen Inseln (1928), text by Lion Feuchtwanger
    • Die Muschel von Margate (1928), text by Felix Gasbarra
    • Nannas Lied (1939), text by Bertolt Brecht
    • Schickelgruber (1942), text by Howard Dietz
    • Was bekam des Soldaten Weib? (1943), text by Bertolt Brecht
    • Wie lange noch? (1943), text by Walther Mehring
    • Youkali (1935), text by Roger Fernay
     
    Recording  Nonesuch D-79019
    Teresa Stratas, soprano,
    Richard Woitach, piano

     
     
     
    Die Songs aus der Dreigroschenoper

    For voice and piano.
    Texts by Bertolt Brecht.

    Published by Universal Edition: UE 13832
    Song list
  • Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
  • Der Morgenchoral des Peachum
  • Der Anstatt-dass-Song
  • Das Hochzeitslied ärmerer Leute
  • Die Seeräuber-Jenny
  • Der Kanonen-Song
  • Die Liebe dauert oder dauert nicht (Das Liebeslied)
  • Barbara-Song
    • Uber die Unsicherheit menschlicher Verhältnisse (1. Dreigroschen- Finale)
    • Hübsch als es währte (Polly's Lied)
    • Die Zuhälter-Ballade
    • Die Ballade vom angenehmen Leben
    • Das Eifersuchts-Duett
    • Denn wovon lebt der Mensch? (2. Dreigroschen-Finale)
    • Das Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens
    • Salomon-Song
    • Ruf aus der Gruft
     
    Also see the main page for Die Dreigroschenoper.

     
     
     
    Brecht-Weill Song Album
    For voice and piano or guitar.
    Texts by Bertolt Brecht.
    Published by Universal Edition: UE 17105
    Song list
  • Moritat
  • Seeräuberjenny
  • Alabama-Song
  • Surabaya-Johnny
  • Barbara-Song
    • Bilbao-song
    • Was die Herren Matrosen sagen
    • Kanonen-song
    • Der Song von Mandelay
    • Ballade vom angenehmen Leben
     
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    Vocal Selections from The Threepenny Opera
    For voice and piano.
    Original German texts by Bertolt Brecht.
    English texts by Marc Blitzstein.
    Published by Warner Brothers Publications: SF 0137
    Song list
  • Army Song
  • Ballad of Dependency
  • Ballad of the Easy Life
  • Ballad of Mack the Knife
  • Barbara Song
    • Instead Of Song
    • Love Song
    • Pirate Jenny
    • Solomon Song
    • Tango Ballade
    • Useless Song 
     

     
     
     
     
    Kurt Weill, From Berlin to Broadway
    For voice and piano.
    Texts by various authors.
    Published by Hal Leonard: HL00308562

    Note: This songbook is not related to the revue Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill (1972).
     
     

    Song list
  • Mack the Knife
  • The Bilbao Song
  • Surabaya Johnny
  • Alabama Song
  • Johnny's Song
  • Mon Ami, My Friend
  • It Never Was You
  • September Song
  • There's Nowhere to Go But Up
  • My Ship
  • The Saga of Jenny
    • This is New
    • Speak Low
    • Sing Me Not a Ballad
    • A Boy Like You
    • What Good Would the Moon Be?
    • Green-Up Time
    • Here I'll Stay
    • Love Song
    • Susan's Dream
    • Little Gray House
    • Lost in the Stars
    • Stay Well
    • Trouble Man

     
     
     
    Kurt Weill: Broadway & Hollywood
    For voice and piano.
    Texts by various authors.
    Published by Hal Leonard: HL00313063
    Song List
  • Cowboy Song
  • The River Is So Blue
  • The Right Guy for Me
  • How Can You Tell an American?
  • The One Indispensable Man
  • September Song
  • Girl of the Moment
  • One Life to Live
  • It's Never Too Late to Mendelssohn
  • My Ship
  • My Heart Is Showing
  • My Week
  • Speak Low
    • That's Him
    • You're Far Too Near Me
    • A Rhyme for Angela
    • There'll Be Life, Love, and Laughter
    • All at Once
    • If Love Remains
    • Lonely House
    • Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed
    • Is It Him or Is It Me?
    • Mr. Right
    • Lost in the Stars
    • Thousands of Miles
    • Apple Jack
    • Come in, Mornin'
    • This Time Next Year

     
     
    Kurt Weill Songs: A Centennial Anthology
    For voice and piano.
    Texts by various authors.
    Published in 2 volumes by Warner Bros. ISBN: 0769290450
    Song List (vol. 1)
    Alabama Song
    All at Once
    Apple Jack
    As Long as I Love
    Auf nach Mahagonny
    Der Bäcker backt ums Morgenrot
    Ballad of the Robbers
    Ballade vom angenehmen Leben
    Ballade von Cäsars Tod
    Ballade von der sexuellen Hörigkeit
    Barbara Song
    Berlin im Licht
    Big Mole
    Bilbao Song
    A Boy Like You
    The Catfish Song
    Come in, Mornin'
    Complainte de la Seine
    Dance around the Golden Calf
    David's Psalm
    Denn wie man sich bettet, so liegt man
    Dirge for a Soldier
    Don't Look Now
    Economics
    Les filles de Bordeaux
    Foolish Heart
    Girl of the Moment
    Le grand Lustucru
    Green-up Time
    Here I'll Stay
    How Can You Tell an American?
    How Much I Love You
    Ich bin eine arme Verwandte
    If Love Remains
    I'm a Stranger Here Myself
    Is It Him or Is It Me?
    It Never Was You
    J'attends un navire
    Je ne t'aime pas
    Kanonen Song
    Können einem toten Mann nicht helfen
    Kraniche-Duett
    Liebeslied
    Lied von den braunen Inseln
    Lied von Schlaraffenland
    The Little Gray House
    Lonely House
    Lost in the Stars
    Lotterieagents Tango
    Love Song
    Mack the Knife
    March to Zion
    Marterl
    Matrosen-Tango
    May and January
    Mile after Mile
    Mon Ami, My Friend
    Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed
    Moritat vom Mackie Messer
    Mr. Right
    Die Muschel von Margate
    My Ship
    My Week
    Song List (vol. 2)
    The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria
    Nur die Nacht darf nicht aufhör'n
    Oh, Heart of Love
    Oh, the Rio Grande
    The One Indispensable Man
    One Life to Live
    One Touch of Venus
    Our Ancient Liberties
    Pirate Jenny
    The Princess of Pure Delight
    The Promise
    A Rhyme for Angela
    The Right Guy for Me
    River Chanty
    Le roi d'Aquitaine
    The Saga of Jenny
    The Scars
    Seeräuberjenny
    September Song
    Sing Me Not a Ballad
    Song der beiden Verkäuferinnen
    Song of Miriam
    Song of Ruth
    Song of the Free
    Song of the Rhineland
    Speak Low
    Stay Well
    Surabaya-Johnny
    Susan's Dream
    That's Him
    There'll be Life, Love, and Laughter
    There's Nowhere to Go but Up
    This Is New
    This Is the Life
    This Time Next Year
    Thousands of Miles
    To Love You and to Lose You
    To War!
    Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians)
    Le train du ciel
    Trouble Man
    The Trouble with Women
    Two Hearts
    Vorstellung des Fliegers Lindbergh
    Washington Irving's Song
    We Are Cut in Twain
    We'll Go Away Together
    Westwind
    What Good Would the Moon Be?
    Will You Remember Me
    Wooden Wedding
    Youkali
    Young People Think about Love
    You're Far too Near Me
    Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen

     
     
     
     
    Unsung Weill
    For voice and piano.
    Texts by various authors.
    Published by European American Music: EA 00830
    Song List
    Farewell, Goodbye (1936), text by Paul Green
    Too Much to Dream (1937), text by Sam Coslow
    The Romance of a Lifetime (1937), text by Sam Coslow
    The Picture on the Wall (date unknown), text by Ann Ronell
    Your Technique (date unknown), text by Ann Ronell
    The River Is So Blue (1937), text by Ann Ronell
    How Far Will You Go with Me? (1938), text by Maxwell Anderson
    Bats About You (1940), text by Ira Gershwin
    It's Never Too Late to Mendelssohn (1940), text by Ira Gershwin
    Unforgettable (1940), text by Ira Gershwin
    Who Am I? (1942), text by Ogden Nash (One Touch Of Venus)
    Love in a Mist (1942), text by Ogden Nash
    Vive la différence (1942), text by Ogden Nash
    The Good Earth (1942), text by Oscar Hammerstein (Propaganda Songs)
    Inventory (1942), text by Lewis Allan (Propaganda Songs)
    It Could Have Happened to Anyone (1944), text by Ira Gershwin
    Great Big Sky (1946), text by Langston Hughes
    Street Light Is My Moonlight (1946), text by Langston Hughes
    You Understand Me So (1948), text by Alan Jay Lerner
    There's Nothing Left for Daddy (but the Rhumba) (1948), text by Alan Jay Lerner
    How I Love My Work (1948), text by Alan Jay Lerner
    The Little Tin God (1949), text by Maxwell Anderson