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This Week's Composers: Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler: 1: Student Days

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During his studies with Busoni and Philipp Jarnach, Weill produced large-scale works for orchestra, chorus, solo voice and the theatre; whereas Eisler's love-hate relationship with his teacher Schoenberg resulted in a series of chamber compositions.

Weill Quodlibet, Op 9 (excerpt) - Westphalian SO/Siegfried Landau

Frauentanz, Op 10 - Edith Gordon Ainsberg (soprano) Bronx Arts Ensemble

Eisler Palmstrom, Op 5 - Roswitha Trexler (soprano) Instrumental Ensemble/Hans-Jurgen Wenzel

Divertimento, Op 4 - Instrumental Ensemble

Weill Recordare, Op 11 - Tanglewood Festival Chorus; John Oliver

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