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Love Song

The Lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya

Author: Ethan Mordden

Love Song

Love Song

$11.99

About This Book

Noted historian of the Broadway musical chronicles the braided lives of two of the twentieth century's most influential artists


For the first time, Ethan Mordden chronicles the romance...

Page Count
352
On Sale
10/16/2012

Book Details

Noted historian of the Broadway musical chronicles the braided lives of two of the twentieth century's most influential artists


For the first time, Ethan Mordden chronicles the romance of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya in Love Song, a dual biography that unfolds against the background of the tumultuous twentieth century, scored to music from Weil's greatest triumphs: Knickerbocker Holiday, Lost in the Stars, Lady in the Dark, Happy End, One Touch of Venus and The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. The romance of Weill, the Jewish cantor's son, and Lenya, the Viennese coachman's daughter, changed the history of Western music. With Bertolt Brecht, they created one of the definitive works of the twentieth century, The Threepenny Opera, a smash that would live on in musical theatre history. Weill, the jazz Mozart, was the creator whose work is backstage, unseen. Lenya, his epic-theatre femme fatale, was the performer who put the work into view. They heard the same unique music, but he gave it form while she gave it life. Love Song is ultimately the story of a great romance scored to some of the twentieth century's greatest music.

Imprint Publisher

St. Martin's Press

ISBN

9781250017574

In The News

"With smart, chatty and occasionally hilarious prose...Mordden ably captures both artists and their ever-changing geographical and professional locales."—Kirkus Reviews

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Love Song

Love Song

$11.99