| Uniform title | Love life |
| Series |
The Kurt Weill edition ; ser. 1, vol. 21
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Works. 1996 ; ser. 1, v. 21.
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| Contents |
Volume 1. Foreword to the Kurt Weill edition -- Vorwort zur Kurt Weill edition -- List of sources and sigla -- Introduction -- Facsimiles -- Love life. Performing forces ; Synopsis ; Table of contents for score ; Book and full score, Part One -- Volume 2. Book and full score, Part Two ; Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Kurt Weill edition personnel -- Credits and acknowledgements for this volume -- Copyright information. |
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Critical guide. List of sources and sigla -- Statement of source valuation and usage -- Commentary. General issues ; Critical notes -- Table 1: successive versions of Love life -- Table 2: numbering in instrumental parts -- Source descriptions -- Abbreviations -- Kurt Weill edition personnel -- Credits and acknowledgements for this volume. |
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Volume 1. Part one. Act I: the magician. Opening -- Sketch i. "The Cooper family" (Mayville, spring 1791). Who is Samuel Cooper? ; Here I'll stay -- Act II: eight men. Progress -- Sketch ii. "The farewell" (Mayville, April 1821). I remember it well ; Green-up time ; Green-up polka ; Green-up time (ending) ; I remember it well (reprise) -- Act III: quartette. Economics ; Susan's dream -- Sketch iii. "The new baby" (bedroom of the Cooper house, September 1857). After "Susan's dream" ; End of bedroom scene -- Act IV: the three tots and a woman. Mother's getting nervous ; Mother's getting nervous (foxtrot) -- Sketch iv. "My kind of night" (back porch and living room of the Cooper house, 1894). My kind of night ; Women's club blues ; My kind of night (reprise) -- Act V: hobo. Love song -- Sketch v. "The cruise" (main dining room of an ocean liner, 1920s). I'm your man ; After "I'm your man" ; Dance arrangements for ship's combo ; Part One ending ("I'm your man": reprise). |
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Volume 2. Entr'acte -- Part two. Act I: madrigal singers. Ho, Billy O! -- Sketch i. "Radio night" (living room of the Coopers' New York apartment, 1948) -- Act II: the locker room boys. The locker room -- Sketch ii. "Farewell again" (bedroom of the Coopers' apartment). I remember it well (reprise) ; Is it him or is it me? -- Act III: the all-American puppet ballet. Punch and Judy get a divorce -- Sketch iii. "A hotel room." This is the life -- Act IV: "the illusion minstrel show." The minstrel show. Here I'll stay (reprise) ; Introduction ; Minstrel parade ; Madame Zuzu ; Taking no chances -- Mr. Right ; Finale -- Exit music -- Appendix. Part One, Act V: eight men. Progress (reprise) with soft shoe -- Part One, Act V: ventriloquist and dummy. Economics (reprise) [lyrics only] -- Part One, Sketch v: "the cruise." You understand me so -- Part Two, sketch i: "a ticket to the fight." Is it him or is it me? [lyrics only]. |
| Local note | Joyner-FOR JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Works. 1996, SEARCH BY SERIES TITLE OR CALL NUMBER M3 .W42 1996. |
| General note | Foreword to the Kurt Weill Edition in English and German. |
| General note | Introduction and synopsis in English. |
| General note | Critical report in English. |
| Language | English words. |
| ISBN | 9781627219051 cloth |
| ISBN | 1627219056 |
| Standard identifier# |
9781627219051 |
| Publisher number | KWE 1021 Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc. |
