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Also Known As Kurt Julian Weill
Born March 2, 1900 • Dessau • Germany
Died April 3, 1950 (aged 50) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Down in the Valley” • “Johnny Johnson” • “Knickerbocker Holiday” • “Lady in the Dark” • “Mahagonny” • “One Touch of Venus” • “The Threepenny Opera”
Movement / Style Gebrauchsmusik • Novembergruppe
Notable Family Members spouse Lotte Lenya

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Felix Mendelssohn
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Leonard Bernstein
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Victor Herbert, 1906
Victor Herbert
American composer
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Offenbach, Jacques
Jacques Offenbach
French composer
Still, William Grant
William Grant Still
American composer and conductor
Louis Spohr
German musician
Orff, Carl
Carl Orff
German composer
Paul Dessau
German composer
Ernst Krenek
American composer
Foss, 1969
Lukas Foss
American composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
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Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
Purcell, Henry
Henry Purcell
English composer
Bizet, Georges
Georges Bizet
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