Kurt Weill - From Berlin to Broadway

by Kurt Weill

Book Overview

A fabulous collection of this composer's songs, both from his German period and his later years in America. Features: Mack the Knife * September Song * My Ship * Speak Low * Lost in the Stars * many... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881883336
• ISBN13: 9780881883336
• Release Date: December 1984
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.1" x 11.9"

Customer Reviews

sheet music

I'm a Kurt Weill fanatic. I know all the songs in this collection and I own the music CD by the same title. Definitely buy the CD if you like Weill. I wanted to be able to play the songs on piano. I'm not thrilled with all of the arrangements in this book because with some of them, the piano music is written more as accompaniment, rather than as providing all the melody for the tunes. In that respect, it's frustrating. I find myself trying to adapt the sheet music while I play so that I can play the melody when it's missing. The vocal line is included, above the piano score, for people who want to sing. So, really, I'd give this a 3 and-a-half star rating for that reason. There's about 10 pages in the front providing some photos and interesting info on the songs and on Weill.