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Kurt Weill

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The Resume

    (March 2, 1900-April 3, 1950)
    Resided in New York City
    Wrote ‘The Threepenny Opera (1928),’ ‘Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930)’ and ‘Street Scene (1947)’

Why he might be annoying:

    He married Lotte Lenya twice.
    He put political bias into his operas and musicals.
    He bickered about politics with his collaborator, Bertolt Brecht.
    He looked like a hard boiled egg wearing glasses.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Because he was Jewish, the Nazis organized violent protests at performances of his shows.
    He eventually left Germany because of Nazi persecution.
    He despised the Nazis so much that he stopped speaking German entirely.
    He gained U.S. citizenship.
    His music bridges classical, jazz, pop and Broadway genres.
    Woody Allen used his music in several films.
    He influenced Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Marilyn Manson and many others.
    He wrote the famous song ‘Mack the Knife.’

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 26 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 50 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 52 Votes: 51.92% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 52 Votes: 67.31% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 83 Votes: 56.63% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 128 Votes: 48.44% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 135 Votes: 45.19% Annoying