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Kurt Weill is Notable.
Kurt Weill has Jewish Roots.
Kurt Weill has German Roots.
Kurt was born in 1900[1][2] to Albert Weill and Emma, née Ackermann. He began taking piano lessons aged twelve and began writing music from a young age, later becoming a noted composer.
He married Lotte Lenya, his long time collaborator, on 28 Jan 1926 and though they divorced in 1933, they remarried in 1937.
He emigrated to the United States in 1935[3] and became a naturalized US citizen in 1937.[1][2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7PK1-JV3Z : 8 March 2021), Kurt or Curt Julian Weill, 1937.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7PK1-JJT2 : 8 March 2021), Kurt or Curt Julian Weill, 1937.
- ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24VK-WNK : 2 March 2021), Kurt Weill, 1935; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRL-HXP3 : 4 March 2022), Kurt Weill, 1950.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #1086
- Wikidata: Item Q55004
- Landesarchiv Berlin; Berlin, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Heiratsregister; Laufende Nummer: 159. Ancestry.com. Berlin, Germany, Marriages, 1874-1936 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
See also:
- Kurt is mentioned in the book 'BOOSEY & HAWKES: THE PUBLISHING STORY' written by Helen Wallace.'Boosey & Hawkes, the Publishing Story' by Helen Wallace-1
