Commercial 33-1/3 RPM recordings of Kurt Weill's music in the collections of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, [ca.1950]-[ca.1990].

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Commercial 33-1/3 RPM recordings of Kurt Weill's music in the collections of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, [ca.1950]-[ca.1990].

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Sound recordings. Most of Weill's music for stage or orchestra, along with numerous popular and cabaret performances of his songs. Includes original-cast recordings of several Broadway shows--Knickerbocker holiday, Lady in the dark, One touch of Venus, Street scene, Lost in the stars--in original or reissue, and some later recordings of Lady in the dark and Johnny Johnson. Most of Lenya's recordings from Germany in the 1950's are represented, such as Happy end, Die sieben Todsünden, Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, and others. A large number of singers, including Milva, Robyn Archer, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Teresa Stratas, have recorded albums with at least one Weill song; these are generally filed in Ser.104B. Also includes a recording of Weill's American film music, an album featuring Alan Jay Lerner performing songs written with Weill and Loewe, and albums of Ira Gershwin performing songs written with Weill or George Gershwin.

<190> sound discs : 33-1/3 RPM ; 12 in.

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