Skip To Content

The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music

Back to all works

Suite aus der Dreigroschenoper (Suite from The Threepenny Opera)

Arranged for orchestra by Max Schönherr.

Work Details

Duration

16 minutes

First Performance

Unknown

For information about licensing this work for use, see our online guide

1) Overture
2) Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
3) Liebeslied
4) Die Ballade vom angenehmen Leben
5) Polly's Lied
6) Kanonen-Song

Instrumentation
- 2 Flutes (picc)
- 2 Oboes
- 2 Clarinets
- 2 Bassoons
- 4 French horns
- 2 Trumpets
- 3 Trombones (or 2 Trombones and 1 Tuba)
- Harp
- Piano (celesta)
- Guitar
- Percussion
- Strings

Suite aus Die Dreigroschenoper. Basel Sinfonietta. Mark Fitz-Gerald, cond.

Tonkühn (CD 001)

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.

Read More

The Works of Kurt Weill

explore the works database

The Life & Career of Kurt Weill

Explore the Timeline

100

0:00 / 0:00