Happy End
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:24 pm
Never brought this up before as I had no recollection of where I heard it. We artsy, phony types can feel quite the cognoscenti pronouncing Kurt Weill’s name the German way - ‘Vile’. But one of the hosts on our local classical music station just today related the same story I’d heard.
That is, when he and Lotte got out of fascist Germany, he began using the anglicized pronunciation. Can’t say for sure - this is almost ninety years ago. Anyhoo, kind of interesting for some reason or other.
‘Happy End’ (the name was in English) was one of Weill’s early German collaborations with Brecht.
That is, when he and Lotte got out of fascist Germany, he began using the anglicized pronunciation. Can’t say for sure - this is almost ninety years ago. Anyhoo, kind of interesting for some reason or other.
‘Happy End’ (the name was in English) was one of Weill’s early German collaborations with Brecht.