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Scene to Song Episode 96: The Musicals of Kurt Weill
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In this episode, editor and writer Rob Weinert-Kendt discusses the work of the German-born American composer Kurt Weill from The Threepenny Opera to Lost in the Stars. We also talk about the song "In Dahomey" from Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern's 1927 musical Show Boat.
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Music played in this episode:
"Alabama Song" from Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
"The Ballad of Mack the Knife" from The Threepenny Opera
"Lied der Fennimore (I Am a Poor Relative)" from The Silverlake, A Winter's Tale
"September Song" from Knickerbocker Holiday
"Green Up Time" from Love Life
"Lonely House" from Street Scene
"Hills of Ixopo" from Lost in the Stars
"In Dahomey" from Show Boat
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