the Operatic Saxophone

Weill, Kurt

Opera: Royal Palace Op. 17

Composed: 1925-26

Librettist: Iwan Goll

Saxophone: Alto Saxophone

Publisher: Universal Edition

Premiere: 1927

Language: German

Nationality: American, German born

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a Scenic Cantata: Mahagonny Songspiel

Composed: 1927

Librettist: Bertolt Brecht

Saxophone: Alto Saxophone

Publisher: European American Music Corporation

Premiere: 1927

Language: German

Nationality: American, German born

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Operetta: Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)

Composed: 1928

Librettist: Bertolt Brecht

Text: John Gay

Saxophone: Alto/Baritone Saxophone, Tenor/Soprano Saxophone

Publisher: Universal Edition

Premiere: 1928

Language: German

Nationality: American, German born

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Comedy with Music: Happy End

Composed: 1929

Librettist: Bertolt Brecht, Elisabeth Hauptmann

Saxophone: Alto Saxophone, Tenor/Baritone Saxophone

Publisher: Universal Edition

Premiere: 1929

Language: German

Nationality: American, German born

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Opera: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)

Composed: 1929

Librettist: Weill and Bertolt Brecht

Saxophone: Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone

Publisher: Universal Edition

Premiere: 1930

Language: German/English

Nationality: American, German born

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Opera: Der Jasager (The Yes Sayer)

Composed: 1930

Librettist: Bertolt Brecht

Saxophone: Alto Saxophone

Publisher: Universal Edition

Premiere: 1930

Language: German

Nationality: American, German born

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Operetta: Der Kuhhandel (A Kingdom for a Cow)

Composed: 1934

Librettist: Robert Vambery

Saxophone: Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone

Publisher: Schott Music

Premiere: 1935

Language: German

Nationality: American, German born

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Ballet: Marie-Galante

Composed: 1934

Text: Jacques Deval

Saxophone: 2 Alto Saxophones, Tenor/Soprano Saxophone

Publisher: Heugel

Premiere: 1934

Nationality: American, German born

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Ballet: The Judgement of Paris, arr. Anthony Tudor

Composed: 1938

Saxophone: Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone

Publisher: Schott Music

Premiere: 1938

Nationality: American, German born

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Opera: Down in the Valley

Composed: 1948

Librettist: Arnold Sundgaard

Saxophone: Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone

Publisher: G Schirmer Inc

Premiere: 1948

Language: English

Nationality: American, German born