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by Ethan Mordden

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A noted historian of the Broadway musical chronicles the braided lives of two of the 20th-century's most influential artists. Mordden shows the romance of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya in a dual biography scored to music from Weil's greatest triumphs.

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Noted historian of the Broadway musical chronicles the braided lives of two of the twentieth century's most influential artists

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 tumultuous 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.

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  • Title Love Song: The Lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya
  • Author Ethan Mordden
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Press, New York
  • Publication date 2012-10-16
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780312676575 / 0312676573
  • Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.57 x 6.47 x 1.36 in (24.31 x 16.43 x 3.45 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Singers, Weill, Kurt
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012028287
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/01/2012, Page 10
  • Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/01/2013, Page 7
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2012, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 05/01/2012, Page 55
  • New York Review of Books, 04/04/2013, Page 44
  • New York Times Book Review, 01/06/2013, Page 9
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/06/2012, Page 0

About the author

Ethan Mordden is the author of dozens of books, both fiction and nonfiction, including the Buddies cycle (beginning with I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore); standalone novels such as How Long Has This Been Going On? and One Last Waltz; and seven volumes spanning the history of the Broadway Musical. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker and numerous other magazines and journals. He lives in Manhattan.
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