Klops Lied (1925)

Song for soprano or tenor and two piccolos and bassoon
on a traditional Berlin text -- "Ich sitze da un' esse Klops"

Performance Information

English title: Meatball Song
Instrumentation: 2 picc, bsn.
Duration: 45 seconds
Critical Edition: Kurt Weill Edition, Series II, Volume 1 (full score)
Performance Materials: All territories: EAMC
First known performance: December 14, 1927, Berlin, at the wedding reception of H.H. and Thea Stuckenschmidt

Guide to orchestration, territory abbreviations, and publishers' symbols.

Recordings

Largo CD 5114	Ensemble Modern, HK Gruber, cond.
Nonesuch CD D-79019	Teresa Stratas, soprano; Richard Woitach, piano [arrangement]

Also see The Unknown Kurt Weill.