| re: “Cabaret in the Weimar Republic” | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:57 pm EDT 03/11/24 | |
| In reply to: “Cabaret in the Weimar Republic” - kieran 12:58 pm EDT 03/11/24 | |
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| I've read somewhat different things elsewhere, including in a very long 1929 report on Berlin in the New York Times, but maybe the problem is that the Times writer was an American who didn't fully understand nuances. As for the statement about Weill, according to the booklet for the terrific, long out-of-print H K Gruber all-Weill CD Berlin Lit Up, Weill was temporarily employed as "composer and pianist for one of Berlin's more obscure Bierkeller cabarets." A song on the CD seems like it may have been intended for and performed at that cabaret. Some early Weill remains lost and perhaps will never be found so I think making an absolute statement such as that in the article is a bit foolhardy. Also, the article says that Weill "never composed songs explicitly for cabaret, rather for opera and musical stages." There are two popular-style songs on Berlin Lit Up composed for neither opera nor musical stages and also not for cabaret. And if I were to take that literally, it would mean that Weill never composed songs for the concert hall, which is certainly incorrect (unless I'm misunderstanding what the author meant by "musical stages"). |
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