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"This is the first full-length biography of Weill to benefit from the unexpected release of family letters in the early 1980s. . . The author's description of the cultural and social factors that contributed to Weill's metamorphoses as a composer makes this account of his life more compelling than any previous one." —Choice
In this well-researched and balanced account, Ronald Taylor examines the emotional and intellectual forces that fueled Kurt Weill's unique contribution to twentieth-century music, tracing the shifting career of the enigmatic and underappreciated composer who was forced to trade Berlin for Broadway by the burgeoning Nazi terror of the 1930s.
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