Kurt Weill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kurt Weill

German composer

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1900

Place of Birth: Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 03-Apr-1950

Profession: composer, conductor, musician, pedagogue, film score composer

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German Jewish composer, active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States.
He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht.
With Brecht, he developed productions such as his best-known work The Threepenny Opera, which included the ballad "Mack the Knife".
Weill held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose.
He also wrote several works for the concert hall.
He became a United States citizen on August 27, 1943.