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The stylistic remnants of cabaret music from Weimar-era Germany are all around us. During the 20th century, its most prominent American exponents were the Germans Marlene Dietrich and Lotte Lenya, whose careers extended through the 1970s. Because of them (and others), the words and music of such artists as Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Friedrich Hollaender, and Marcellus Schiffer continue to be heard and exert widespread influence.Major songwriters touched by cabaret include Lennon & McCartney, Bacharach & David, Kander & Ebb, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, and Patti Smith, among many others. African-American artists, beginning with Louis Armstrong, have been sympathetic interpreters of cabaret music. Modern-day Las Vegas appears to be the fulfillment of a prophecy made in the late 1920s by Weill & Brecht in their Mahagonny stage works. And today, the German Kabarett tradition remains strong with such stars as Ute Lemper and Max Raabe packing international venues.
William Farina is a retired real estate consultant for the federal government, now living in Evanston, Illinois. He has written books on Arthurian legend, early Christianity, the American Civil War, Shakespeare and baseball.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Berlin via Paris1. Le Belle Époque and Überbrettl2. The Great American Cultural Invasion3. Kurt Weill and Die Dreigroschenoper4. Lotte Lenya, Future Tony Award Winner5. The Long, Strange Journey of Marlene Dietrich6. Hollaender, Spoliansky and Their Doomed Associates7. Christopher Isherwood, Reporting from Berlin8. Total Collapse of the Moral Universe9. A Field Day for the Neue Sachlichkeit10. Josef von Sternberg Captures It All on FilmPart II: Amerika and Beyond11. From the Kurfürstendamm to Broadway12. Kabarett Helps to Win the War13. The Resurrection of Mahagonny14. Louis Armstrong Connects the Dots15. Bacharach and David Redefine the Brill Building16. Cabaret on Stage and Film17. The British Importation of Kleinkunst18. Singer-Songwriters Become Bankable19. Adoption by the Alternative Scene20. A Turbulent New Century BeginsConclusionEnglish Glossary of German and French TerminologyChapter NotesSelect BibliographyIndex
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