Talk:Kurt Weill
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anyone have any quotes from kurt weill
-"i have never acknowledged the difference between "serious" music and "light" music."
I'm no expert, but I think there is a problem with this sentence: "There were riots at performances of his later works, orchestrated by Nazi party members."
As written, it is not clear whether the Nazi party orchestrated the riots or the performances. The former seems more likely, but I really don't know; it could be either. Could someone clean this up? --Cladist 07:14, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)
- They orchstrated the riots. But it is an amusing double entendre, there must be good joke potential there somewhere. - Jmabel | Talk 21:11, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "German-born American composer"
He did a lot of his best work while he was still a German citizen. Perhaps this should say "German, later American, composer"? - Jmabel | Talk 21:11, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Weill himself would have said "American composer," as he fiercely rejected Germany and its culture and (obviously) politics when he emigrated. Perhaps it would be best to explain this somewhere in the entry and define him as you suggest ("German, later American"), because "German-born American" will mislead those who don't know the Weill saga. (Such as his insisting on pronouncing his last name "While" rather than the original "Vial.") - Fred Lane 18:24, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Israel
"who had escaped to Israel": isn't that a bit of an anachronism? Presumably they had escaped to Mandate Palestine. - Jmabel | Talk 22:04, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Civil service
The link to civil service seems a bit odd: the linked article is on the general concept of civil service (as against, for example, the spoils system), whereas this article is talking specifically about homefront civilian service in wartime. - Jmabel | Talk 22:19, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
