Love Song

The Lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya

Ethan Mordden

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St Martin's Press
16 October 2012

Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment

"For the first time, Ethan Mordden chronicles the romance of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya in ""Love Song"", a dual biography that unfolds against the background of the tumultous twentieth century, scored to music from Weil's greatest triumphs: ""Knickerbocker Holiday"", ""Lost in the Stars"", ""Lady in the Dark"", ""Happy End"", ""One Touch of Venus"" and ""The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny"". The romance of Weill, the Jewish cantor's son, and Lenya, the Viennese coachman's daughter, changed the history of Western music. With Bertolt Brecht, they created one of the definitive works of the twentieth century, The Threepenny Opera, a smash that would live on in musical theatre history. Weill, the jazz Mozart, was the creator whose work is backstage, unseen. Lenya, his epic-theatre femme fatale, was the performer who put the work into view. They heard the same unique music, but he gave it form while she gave it life. ""Love Song"" is ultimately the story of a great romance scored to some of the twentieth century's greatest music."

By: Ethan Mordden
Imprint: St Martin's Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 558g
ISBN: 9780312676575
ISBN 10: 0312676573
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 16 October 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

ETHAN MORDDEN is the author of dozens of books, both fiction and nonfiction. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker and other publications. He lives in New York.

Reviews for Love Song: The Lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya

With smart, chatty and occasionally hilarious prose...Mordden ably captures both artists and their ever-changing geographical and professional locales. Kirkus Reviews With smart, chatty and occasionally hilarious prose...Mordden ably captures both artists and their ever-changing geographical and professional locales. --Kirkus Reviews