Lotte Lenya sings Alabama Song (vaimusic.com)
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Lotte Lenya sings "Alabama Song" from Mahagonny (excerpt) (Brecht/Weill) (1958)
From: VAI DVD 4319 Theater Songs of Brecht & Weill
Starring Lotte Lenya and Gisela May
Lotte Lenya and Gisela May were the two most prominent interpreters of Brecht and Weill in the last century. Here, from 1958, is Lenya performing five of Kurt Weills songs from The Threepenny Opera, Happy End, Mahagonny and the Berlin Requiem. Gisela May performs Brecht songs with music by Weill, Heymann, and Dessau (1972). As a bonus, Martha Schlamme performs two songs of Weill, joined by Will Holt in one number.
Approx. 80 min. B&W/Color.
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Wow great thanks for post it!!
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She was married to Kurt Weill.
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The original = the best.
3 months ago 3
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@bigfolkie5418 i´ts the shoes m8 and since a kid and i´d found out who the little evil rosa was and i´ve found out her background i love her WHAT A FUCKING LADYXX
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@alexuniverse she was dadaismus m8 she had to leave m8
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@sissillian1 Thank you very much! What a shame, really . . . "Alabama" sounds so mystic. I was hoping it had some deeper meaning. :/
I'll be sure to look out for Mr. Spoto's book.
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Love this song! Love this singer!
PS, can someone tell me to what "Alabama" this song refers? I don't imagine it's the American state.
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This is my grandmother. I remember sitting on her knee as a young child as she told me of a fellow named James Douglas Morrison, and how she ever so badly longed to cover this song that he wrote.
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Lotte Lenya ran with Brecht-Weill, who co-wrote explicitly Communist plays. She fled to Paris in 1933. Definitely not a fascist.
8 months ago 3
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charlotte is a great name
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i love folks here trying to compare lenya to morrison.
one has nothing to do with the other..totally different time periods and approaches...both valid.
machine1313 2 years ago 53
She was by no means a fascist -- in fact she fled Germany when the Nazis took over. She couldn't be more traditional -- she was married to Kurt Weill, who wrote this song. She's not everybody's cup of tea, but this is gritty and authentic and I personally think she's amazing. I love the Doors version too, btw. Jim Morrison was prettier and had a prettier voice!
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