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September songs the music of Kurt Weill

Title
September songs [videorecording] : the music of Kurt Weill / [presented by] Bullfrog Films, Rhombus Media and ZDF-German Television ; director: Larry Weinstein ; producers: Niv Fichman, Larry Weinstein.
Publication
Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
  • Weinstein, Larry
  • Bullfrog Films, inc
  • Rhombus Media (Firm)
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Description
1 videocassette (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Set against the bleak backdrop of an abandoned warehouse, contemporary performers interpret excerpts from Weill's most celebrated operas and musicals, interspersed with spoken commmentary on his life and times, including remarks by Lenya, Brecht, and Weill himself.
Subjects
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Language (note)
  • Performed principally in English; some selections in German or French, with English subtitles.
Contents
Mackie Messer (Moritat) (vocal by Bertolt Brecht) -- Mack the Knife (Nick Cave) -- Cannon song (Stan Ridgway) -- Don't be afraid (Mary Margaret O'Hara) -- Surabaya Johnny (Teresa Stratas) -- Ballad of the soldier's wife (P.J. Harvey) -- Alabama song (David Johansen, Ellen Shipley, Ralph Schuckett, Bob Dorough) -- What keeps mankind alive? (William S. Burroughs) -- O heavenly salvation (Persuasions) -- Youkali tango (Teresa Stratas) -- Aggie's sewing machine (Kathy Dalton) -- Lost in the stars (Elvis Costello, Brodsky String Quartet) -- Lonely house (Betty Carter) -- Mandalay B-Bo parlay (Ghettoriginal Dance Company) -- September song (Lou Reed) -- Speak low (Charlie Haden, double bass, with vocal by Kurt Weill).
ISBN
1560296240
OCLC
35049444
Title
September songs [videorecording] : the music of Kurt Weill / [presented by] Bullfrog Films, Rhombus Media and ZDF-German Television ; director: Larry Weinstein ; producers: Niv Fichman, Larry Weinstein.
Imprint
Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c1994.
System Details
VHS.
Performer
Various performers, and the voices of Lotte Lenya, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht.
Language
Performed principally in English; some selections in German or French, with English subtitles.
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Added Author
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Musicals. Selections; arranged.
Weinstein, Larry.
Bullfrog Films, inc.
Rhombus Media (Firm)
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
Branch Call Number
VC 782 S
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