Opera American style : arias for soprano /

Table of Contents: “…Somehow I never could believe / by Kurt Weill -- Treemonisha. The sacred tree / by Scott Joplin.…”

Dancing on the edge of a volcano : Jewish cabaret popular and political songs 1900-1945.

Table of Contents: “…(Viennese Broadside) / Anonymous (2:41) -- Jüdisches Fiaker Lied / Gustav Pick, Carl Lorens (5:35) -- Cohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars / Irving Berlin (3:09) -- Liebeslied an ein Proletariermädchen / Gerhard Bronner, Peter Hammerschlag (2:54) -- Couplet des Schmafu / Adolf Müller, Johann Nestroy (2:58) -- Eine kleine Sehnsucht / Friedrich Holländer (4:00) -- Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt / Friedrich Holländer (4:01) -- Gigerlette / Arnold Schoenberg from Brettl-Lieder (1:52) -- Mahnung / Arnold Schoenberg from Brettl-Lieder (2:40) -- Haman-Arie / Gustav Pick (2:02) -- Ballade vond er 'Judenhure' Marie Sanders / Hanns Eisler, Bertolt Brecht (3:10) -- Der Graben / Hanns Eisler, Kurt Tucholsk (2:35) -- Solidaritätslied / Hanns Eisler, Bertolt Brecht (2:02) -- An den kleinen Radioapparat / Hanns Eisler, Bertolt Brecht (1:21) -- Und es sind die finstren Zeiten / Hanns Eisler, Bertolt Brecht (00:55) -- Havu L'venim / Kurt Weill, Alexander Penn (2:06) -- Hine Achal'la Bachalili / Paul Dessau, Jacob Schönberg (4:01) -- Gam Hayam / Darius Milhaud, Levi Ben-Amitai (1:19) -- Holem Tza'adi / Darius Milhaud, Jacob Schönberg (2:51) -- Ra'Inu Amalenu / Stefan Wolpe, Levi Ben-Amitai (1:43) -- Ba'a M'nucha / Kurt Weill, Nathan Alterman (4:23) -- Banu / Aaron Copland, Nathan Alterman (1:39).…”
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American aria anthology.

Table of Contents: “…Trouble man ; Stay well / Kurt Weill -- Madam Mao. Yes! I am she! / Bright Sheng -- Marco Polo. …”

Wolf, Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Ives, Weill.

Table of Contents: “…Anakreons Grab ; Die Spröde ; Die Bekehrte ; Blumengruss ; Mignon III ; Gleich und Gleich ; Frühling übers Jahr ; Ganymed / Hugo Wolf -- Drei Lieder der Ophelia : op. 67a / Richard Strauss -- Six songs, op. 38 / Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Berceuse ; The world's highway / Charles Ives -- Berlin im Licht-Song ; Je ne t'aime pas / Kurt Weill.…”
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The American popular ballad of the golden era, 1924-1950 / by Forte, Allen

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The harmonic language of the popular ballad --Rhythmic features of the popular ballad -- Melodic design : descriptive categories -- The lyric : its qualities and melodic roles -- Form : nomenclature and templates -- The large-scale view : a primer -- Ballads of Jerome Kern -- Ballads of Irving Berlin -- Ballads of Cole Porter --Ballads of George Gershwin -- Ballads of Richard Rodgers -- Ballads of Harold Arlen -- Ballads of Richard Whiting, Walter Donaldson, Harry Warren, Jimmy McHugh, Vincent Youmans, Duke Ellington, and Kurt Weill --Ballads of Hoagy Carmichael, Arthur Schartz, Vernon Duke, John Green, Burton Lane, and Jimmy Van Heusen -- Ballads of Kay Swift, Bernice Petkere, Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse, and Ruth Lowe -- Concluding reflections.…”

The American way

Table of Contents: “…Excerpts from: Rhapsody in blue / George Gershwin -- Decoration Day / Charles Ives -- First construction (in metal) / John Cage -- A celebration of some 100 x 150 notes / Elliott Carter -- Mme Press died last week at 90 / Morton Feldman -- Appalachian spring / Aaron Copland -- Harmonium / John Adams -- Lonely house (from Street scene) / Kurt Weill -- In C / Terry Riley -- Symphonic dances (from West side story) / Leonard Bernstein.…”

The incredible Kai Winding Trombones.

Table of Contents: “…Speak low / Kurt Weill (4:03) -- Lil darlin' / Neal Hefti (4:03) -- Doodlin' / Horace Silver (3:31) -- Love walked in / George Gershwin (2:52) -- Mangoes / D. …”
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American aria anthology.

Table of Contents: “…Thousands of miles ; O Tixo, Tixo, help me! / Kurt Weill -- McTeague. Jehosophat! / William Bolcom -- The mighty Casey. …”

The threepenny opera / by Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956

Song cycles for soprano plus--

Table of Contents: “…Frauentanz / Kurt Weill (Edith Gordon Ainsberg, soprano ; Bronx Arts Ensemble) (11 min., 36 sec.) -- Two songs : At dusk in Summer -- The ruined maid / Judith Lang Zaimont (Berenice Bramson, soprano ; Sara Cutler, harp) (10 min., 4 sec.) -- Totengesänge : Totenglocken -- Die Ewige Liebe -- Wiegenlied an ein Krankes Kind -- Tod einer Jungfrau -- Totentanz -- Totenreigen -- Hurenlied -- Die Spanierin / Ruth Schonthal (Berenice Bramson, soprano ; Ruth Schonthal, piano) (23 min., 35 sec.)…”

Tango notturno.

Table of Contents: “…Tcheknagh yeraz / Arno Babadjanian -- Ya zahratan fee khayalee / Fareed El-Atrache -- Satumaa / Unto Mononen -- Jalousie / Jacob Gade -- Por una cabeza ; Volver ; El día que me quieras / Carlos Gardel -- Che bandoneón / Anibal Troilo -- La cumparsita / Matos Rodriguez -- Youkali / Kurt Weill -- Oblivion ; Invierno porten̄o / Astor Piazzolla -- Tango notturno / Hans-Otto Borgmann -- Che tango che / Astor Piazzolla -- Corralera / Anselmo Aieta -- Verano porten̄o ; Rinascerò / Astor Piazzolla.…”
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Tonality as drama : closure and interruption in four twentieth-century American operas / by Latham, Edward David

Table of Contents: “…Tonality as drama: an introduction -- Dramatic closure: the Stanislavsky system and the attainment of character objectives -- Tonal closure: a Schenkerian approach to tonal drama -- The completed background line with open-ended coda: Scott Joplin's grand opera Treemonisha (1911) -- The multi-movement Anstieg or initial ascent: George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess (1935) -- The multi-movement initial arpeggiation: Kurt Weill's Broadway opera Street scene (1947) -- The prolonged permanent interruption: Aaron Copland's operatic tone poem The tender land (1954).…”
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Weill, Blitzstein, and Bernstein : a study of influence / by Schmid, Rebecca

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Music and performance during the Weimar Republic /

Table of Contents: “…Stage and screen : Kurt Weill and operatic reform in the 1920s / Bryan Gilliam -- Rethinking sound : music and radio in Weimar Germany / Christopher Hailey -- "Overcoming romanticism" : on the modernization of twentieth-century performance practice / Robert Hill -- Lehrstück : an aesthetics of performance / Stephen Hinton --Robinson -- The idea of Bewegung in the German organ reform movement of the 1920s / Peter Williams.…”

Chris Potter [and] Kenny Werner.

Table of Contents: “…Hibiscus / Chris Potter (8:35) -- Boulevard of broken time / Kenny Werner (8:37) -- Istanbul (not Constantinople) / Nat Simon (5:23) -- Sail away / Tom Harrell (6:03) -- Tala / Chris Potter, Kenny Werner (4:32) -- September song / Kurt Weill (6:31) -- The new left (and we have our own talk show host) / Chris Potter (6:16) -- Epistrophy / Thelonious Monk (4:26) -- Hey Reggie / Kenny Werner (7:16) -- Giant steps / John Coltrane (3:01).…”
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Great lives from history.

Table of Contents: “…Nathan Soderblom -- Simone Weil -- v. 10. Kurt Weill -- Vladimir Zworykin ; Indexes.…”
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Lost in the stars

John Hicks / by Hicks, John

Table of Contents: “…Blue in green / Miles Davis (5:29) -- All of you / Cole Porter (4:48) -- After the rain / John Coltrane (5:28) -- Speak low / Ogden Nash-Kurt Weill (4:48) -- Blues for Maybeck Recital Hall / John Hicks (4:19) -- Heroes / Billy Childs (5:29) -- Rhythm-a-ning / Thelonious Monk (3:27) -- Duke Ellington's sound of love / Charles Mingus (7:48) -- Oblivion / Bud Powell (3:25) -- Contemplation / Wayne Shorter (5:27) -- Straighten up and fly right / Irving Mills (3:21).…”
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Show tunes : the songs, shows, and careers of Broadway's major composers / by Suskin, Steven

Table of Contents: “…Introduction ; Jerome Kern ; Irving Berlin ; George Gershwin ; Vincent Youmans ; Richard Rodgers ; Cole Porter ; Arthur Schwartz ; Harold Arlen ; Vernon Duke ; Burton Lane ; Kurt Weill ; Marc Blitzstein ; Harold Rome -- New composers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. …”

Heat wave /

Table of Contents: “…Heat wave / Irving Berlin (3:02) -- All in love is fair / Stevie Wonder (4:23) -- Besame mucho / Consuelo Velazquez, Sunny Skylar (5:21) -- Evil ways / Sonny Henry (5:18) -- Do nothing till you hear from me / Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith Russell (3:08) -- Love / Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin (3:02) -- Upside down / Djavan (4:29) -- The visit / Ivan Lins, Victor Martins (4:09) -- Speak low / Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash (4:46) -- Don't you worry 'bout a thing / Stevie Wonder (3:41).…”
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