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"Nanna's Lied" (Brecht, 1936)

Posted by:	NeoAdamite 10:38 pm EST 01/21/15
In reply to:	Is "On The Farm" from "New Girl in Town" the first song about sexual abuse, - PlayWiz 08:13 pm EST 01/21/15

Brecht's Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe has ten songs (plus incidental music) by Hans Eisler. One of them is "Nanna's Lied," a first-person account of the dehumanizing effects of working as a prostitute. I can't find a good translation online. Weill did a new setting in 1938, here's Ute Lemper singing it.
Link	Ute Lemper - Nanna's Lied

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