Threepenny Opera Suite
Kurt Weill (arr. Kramer)
General Info
Year: 1928 / 1991
Duration: c. 9:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Kendor Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $18.50
Instrumentation
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Tuba
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Featuring four of eight movements from Kurt Weill's jazz-influenced masterpiece of 1928, this concert-quality work for proficient players preserves the inherent darkness of the original. The movements are Overture , The Moritat Of Mack The Knife, The Instead-Of Song, and Cannon-Song.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Symphony Band (Michael Haithcock, conductor) - 12 March 2021
- Hope College (Holland, Mich.) Wind Ensemble (Gabe Southard, conductor) - 31 October 2020
- Nazareth College (Rochester, N.Y.) Wind Symphony (Jared Chase, conductor) – 20 October 2019
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Symphony Band (Michael Haithcock, conductor) – 30 September 2016
- Palo Alto (Calif.) Philharmonic Chamber Concert – 8 March 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Berlin im Licht (1928)
- Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra (1925/2010)
- Das Berliner Requiem (1928/1967/2009)
- Konzert für Violine und Blasorchester (1924/2011)
- Little Threepenny Music (1929/1975)
- Mack the Knife (arr. Dye) (1928/1996)
- Pantomime aus "Der Protagonist" (1925/1977)
- Three Songs by Kurt Weill (arr. Langslet)
- Threepenny Opera Suite (arr. Kramer) (1928)
- Vom Tod im Wald (1927)
Resources
- Weill, K.; Kramer, K. (1991). Threepenny Opera Suite : Four Movements [score]. European American Music Corp: [s.l.]