Research Catalog

September songs: the music of Kurt Weill

Title: September songs: the music of Kurt Weill [videorecording] / Rhombus Media and ZDF-German Television, with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, RTP Portugal and Telefilm Canada present a film by Larry Weinstein ; producers, Niv Fichman and Larry Weinstein ; co-producer, Daniel Iron ; writers, David Mortin and Larry Weinstein ; music composed by Kurt Weill ; lyricists: Bertolt Brecht, Maxwell Anderson, Paul Green, Langston Hughes, Roger Fernay, and Jacques Deval ; director, Larry Weinstein ; a production of WNET/13.
Publication: New York, 1995.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

Item details
Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOX 1137	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

Details

Additional Authors

Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (85 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Series Statement

Great performances

Uniform Title

Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))

Alternative Title

Music of Kurt Weill: September songs

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.
Television.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Director of photography, Horst Zeidler ; editor, David New ; production design, Michael Levine ; costume design, Linda Muir ; music supervisor, Hal Willner ; music recording and mix, Eric Liljestrand ; sound editors, Denise McCormick and Jane Tattersall.

Performer (note)

Archival audio performances: Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya.
Performers: Nick Cave, Stan Ridgway, Teresa Stratas, PJ Harvey, David Johansen, Ellen Shipley, Ralph Schuckett, Bob Dorough, William S. Burroughs, The Persuasions, Kathy Dalton, Elvis Costello, the Brodsky String Quartet, Betty Carter, the Ghettoriginal Dance Company, Lou Reed, and Charlie Haden.

Event (note)

Originally broadcast on Great performances, WNET/13, New York, N.Y., Jan. 23, 1995.

Language (note)

Performed primarily in English. Some material in German and French, with English subtitles.

Contents

Song / performer: Mackie Messer (Moritat) / vocal by Bertolt Brecht -- Mack the Knife / Nick Cave -- Cannon song / Stan Ridgway -- Surabaya Johnny / Teresa Stratas -- Ballad of the soldier's wife / P.J. Harvey -- Alabama song / David Johansen, Ellen Shipley, Ralph Schuckett, and Bob Dorough -- What keeps mankind alive? / William S. Burroughs -- O heavenly salvation / The Persuasions -- Youkali tango / Teresa Stratas -- Aggie's sewing machine / Kathy Dalton -- Lost in the stars / Elvis Costello and the 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.

Call Number

NCOX 1137

OCLC

1009081731

Title

September songs: the music of Kurt Weill [videorecording] / Rhombus Media and ZDF-German Television, with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, RTP Portugal and Telefilm Canada present a film by Larry Weinstein ; producers, Niv Fichman and Larry Weinstein ; co-producer, Daniel Iron ; writers, David Mortin and Larry Weinstein ; music composed by Kurt Weill ; lyricists: Bertolt Brecht, Maxwell Anderson, Paul Green, Langston Hughes, Roger Fernay, and Jacques Deval ; director, Larry Weinstein ; a production of WNET/13.

Imprint

New York, 1995.

Series

Great performances

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Director of photography, Horst Zeidler ; editor, David New ; production design, Michael Levine ; costume design, Linda Muir ; music supervisor, Hal Willner ; music recording and mix, Eric Liljestrand ; sound editors, Denise McCormick and Jane Tattersall.

Cast

Archival audio performances: Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya.

Performers: Nick Cave, Stan Ridgway, Teresa Stratas, PJ Harvey, David Johansen, Ellen Shipley, Ralph Schuckett, Bob Dorough, William S. Burroughs, The Persuasions, Kathy Dalton, Elvis Costello, the Brodsky String Quartet, Betty Carter, the Ghettoriginal Dance Company, Lou Reed, and Charlie Haden.

Event

Originally broadcast on Great performances, WNET/13, New York, N.Y., Jan. 23, 1995.

Language

Performed primarily in English. Some material in German and French, with English subtitles.

Connect to:

Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added Author

Fichman, Niv, producer.

Iron, Daniel, producer.

Weinstein, Larry, producer.

Weinstein, Larry, director.

Mortin, David.

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950, composer.

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950, performer.

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956, lyricist.

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956, performer.

Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959, lyricist.

Green, Paul, 1894-1981, lyricist.

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, lyricist.

Fernay, Roger, lyricist.

Deval, Jacques, 1890-1972, lyricist.

Zeidler, Horst, director of photography.

New, David, editor of moving image work.

Levine, Michael, 1961- set designer.

Muir, Linda, costume designer.

Willner, Hal, music supervisor.

Liljestrand, Eric, sound designer.

McCormick, Denise, sound editor.

Tattersall, Jane, sound editor.

Cave, Nick, 1957- performer.

Ridgway, Stan, performer.

Stratas, Teresa, performer.

Harvey, Polly Jean, performer.

Johansen, David, 1950- performer.

Shipley, Ellen, performer.

Schuckett, Ralph, 1948- performer.

Dorough, Bob, performer.

Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997, performer.

Dalton, Kathy, performer.

Costello, Elvis, performer.

Carter, Betty, 1930-1998, performer.

Reed, Lou, performer.

Haden, Charlie, performer.

Lenya, Lotte, performer.

Ghettoriginal Productions Dance Company.

Persuasions (Musical group)

Brodsky String Quartet.

Rhombus Media (Firm)

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, producer.

Radiotelevisão Portuguesa.

Telefilm Canada.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))

Research Call Number

NCOX 1137

View in Legacy Catalog