Brecht on Brecht > Original Cast


Show Details

Show
Brecht on Brecht
Music
Paul Dessau (18), Hanns Eisler (26), Kurt Weill (341)
Lyrics
Bertolt Brecht (100)
Book
George Tabori (3)

Recording Details

Date
1962
Type
Audio / Stage Cast
Language
English
Location
US / NY / New York
Translation
Eric Bentley (11), Marc Blitzstein (56), H.R. Hays, George Tabori (3)
Liner Notes
George Tabori (3)
Performer
Dane Clark (2), Anne Jackson, Lotte Lenya (28), Viveca Lindfors, George Voskovec (2), Michael Wager (3)
Shortcode
[r8245]

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Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill Solomon Song (Salomonsong), Song From Mutter Courage, Song of a German Mother

Releases (2)

Format
2-LP
Label
Columbia O2S 2032
Released
1963
Audio
Stereo
Lists
19 collectors / 4 wish lists
Shortcode
[rl10878]
I. OF POOR B.B.
Last song.
Moritat (music Kurt Weill).
Excerpt of Senate committee hearing.
Of poor B.B.
Maria.
Visit to the banished poets.
Song about my mother.
When the war begins.
II. THE ETERNAL STUDENT
The lion.
Excerpt of Senate committee hearing.
On critics.
The old hat.
The Solomon song (music Kurt Weill).
III. CONVERSATIONS IN EXILE
Changing wheels.
Excerpt of Senate committee hearing.
Finland.
Landscapes of exile.
In praise of the passports.
Some stories about Herr Kauner.
Burning books.
IV. WRITTEN ON THE WALL
Spring 1938.
Written on the wall.
Song from "Mutter Courage" (music Paul Dessau).
The marked men.
In memory of a German soldier fallen in France.
Song of a German mother (music Hanns Eisler).
To my countrymen.
V. TO THE NEXT GENERATION
The solution.
The dog.
Bad times.
Questions from a worker.
In memory of Marie A.
Concerning the infanticide, Marie Farrar.
Questions from a son.
The parable of the burning house.
To the next generation.
Excerpt of Senate committee hearing.
Epitaph.
VI. THE MASK OF EVIL
The mask of evil.
Bad times for poetry.
The Jew, a misfortune for the people.
Prologue to "The Jewish wife."
Excerpt of Senate committee hearing.
The Jewish wife.
Envoi.
Moritat (music by Kurt Weill).
Format
LP
Label
Columbia O2L 278
Released
1963
Audio
Mono
Search
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Lists
6 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode
[rl10877]

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