Love Song: The Lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya

Noted historian of the Broadway musical chronicles the braided lives of two of the twentieth century's most influential artists


For the first time, Ethan Mordden chronicles the romance of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya in Love Song, a dual biography that unfolds against the background of the tumultuous twentieth century, scored to music from Weil's greatest triumphs: Knickerbocker Holiday, Lost in the Stars, Lady in the Dark, Happy End, One Touch of Venus and The Rise and Fall of the City of Mah...