"I couldn't stop reading. Even though I knew Weill and Lenya for fifteen years, their private side, as unveiled in these letters, is a revelation. . . . This is an exhilarating correspondence, which is also a panorama of the golden years of theater and music in the twentieth century."--Burgess Meredith "A lovingly assembled, translated, and annotated collection of intimate letters, full of sometimes dishy gossip, from two of the most fascinating personalities of the twentieth century. A record of momentous events refracted ...
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"I couldn't stop reading. Even though I knew Weill and Lenya for fifteen years, their private side, as unveiled in these letters, is a revelation. . . . This is an exhilarating correspondence, which is also a panorama of the golden years of theater and music in the twentieth century."--Burgess Meredith "A lovingly assembled, translated, and annotated collection of intimate letters, full of sometimes dishy gossip, from two of the most fascinating personalities of the twentieth century. A record of momentous events refracted through a love as complex as it was intense."--John Rockwell "One day near the end [Lenya] looked at me with those searing eyes and confessed, 'I've always envied you because you were able to sing Lulu.' I countered, 'But Lenya, you are Lulu.' And now that her revealing autobiographical fragment and these gripping letters are published, her portrait emerges in colors as vivid as Lulu's. Lenya and Weill remain unique and essential for the art of our time."--Teresa Stratas "Fascinating. . . . The collection is lavishly and definitively informative about the highest show-biz milieu of the period. These letters are intimate without sentimentality, intelligent without literary pose, gossipy without slander, informedly opinionated without deviousness, and business-like without toughness. I'm deeply admiring of the skillfully caring annotational glue provided by the editors."--Ned Rorem, composer "An impressive and enormously engrossing read about two of this century's greatest artists. If you love the theater, you will love knowing more about Kurt Weill and his enchanting Lenya. I certainly did."--Fred Ebb, lyricist of "Cabaret," "Kiss of the Spider Woman" "Because Weill and Lenya were ardent and explicit letter writers and seemingly met everyone working in music and theater, there are fascinating insights into the lives of the masters of the first half of this century. Vividly and entertainingly organized by Kowalke and Symonette, "Speak Low" is invigorating! It was impossible to put down."--Harold Prince (theater director/producer) "Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya were an indispensable theatrical couple and this exchange of letters is an indispensable record of their relationship. It is also a record of great musical achievement both in Europe and the United States."--Robert Brustein (theater critic and stage director, head of American Repertory Theater in Boston, formerly head of Yale Repertory Theater) "Behind the legends of a legendary relationship, this invaluable compendium of the extant correspondence reveals layer upon layer of fascinating reality. Readers of every kind will be grateful to the editors for their inspired research and brilliant detective work."--David Drew (Weill scholar, editor, critic, music publishing executive)
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 7x1x10; The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images are clean and unmarked. Some light soiling and scuffing to edges of text block. The photo illustrated dust jacket shows light general handling, some rubbing at the corners, in a mylar cover. 554pp.
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VG+ Larger Soft Cover. Black and blue spine and rear cover, black and blue front cover with photograph of Weill and Lenya are all clean and alternately dull and glossy as produced. Light rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of the four outside corners. Just a trace of rubbing all around the outside edges of the front and rear covers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 554 pages Heavier than average book will ship at actual cost for orders requesting International or Priority Mail services. Illustrated with a section of photographs. Some wear, but still tight and clean with a decent overall appearance.
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Near fine in very good(+) jacket. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 554 pages. 8vo, dark blue boards, dust wrapper. Berkeley: University of California Press, (1996). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0520078535. 554 pages. Illustrated. Edited by Kim H. Kowalke and Lys Symonette. Tight binding, clean pages. A hint of very light shelf wear, to dustjacket, otherwise an excellent copy now protected in Mylar. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library.; Small 4to.
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Near fine in near fine jacket. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 554 pages, large 8vo, navy blue cloth, dust wrapper. Berkeley: University of California Press, (1996). Near fine. Signed in full and dated "9 May 1996" by the editors on the title page.
