Kurt Weill wass a composer. Born March 2, 1900 in Dessau (German Empire, now Germany) in the family of Albert Weil, the cantor of the local synagogue and the author of liturgical music.

In 1918-1924 he studied in Berlin. From 1927 he collaborated with the poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht, on the libretto of which he wrote several zong-operas, including The Threepenny Opera (1928). In 1933, after the Nazis came to power in Germany, together with his family fled to France. In 1935 he immigrated to the United States, where he made his debut in 1937 with the biblical drama The Way of the Vow directed by Max Reinhardt. In 1946, commissioned by the American League for the Liberation of Palestine, he composed music for Ben Geht’s “The Birth of the Flag” (directed by Luther Adler).

Kurt Weill died on April 3, 1950 in New York (USA).