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Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music)

Suite from Die Dreigroschenoper for wind orchestra created by Weill.

Work Details

Duration

22 minutes

First Performance

7 February 1929, Berlin, Preussisches Staatskapelle, Otto Klemperer, cond.

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  • 1) Overture
  • 2) Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
  • 3) Anstatt-dass Song
  • 4) Die Ballade vom angenehmen Leben
  • 5) Pollys Lied
  • 6) Tango-Ballade
  • 7) Kanonen-Song
  • 8) Dreigroschen-Finale

  • Instrumentation

    • 2 Flutes (picc)
    • 2 Clarinets
    • Alto saxophone
    • Tenor saxophone (sop. sax)
    • 2 Bassoons
    • 2 Trumpets
    • Trombone
    • Tuba
    • Timpani, percussion
    • Banjo, guitar (or harp)
    • Accordion
    • Piano

Full score
Universal Edition, UE 9712 NJ

Kleine Dreigroschenmusik. Ensemble Modern. HK Gruber, cond.

Ensemble Modern Medien (Ensemble Modern Medien EMCD-040), 2019

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  • Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) 1928

    Play with music after John Gay's The Beggar's Opera; in three acts. By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann.

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