Kurtweillig

In the 20th century, the gap between art and entertainment widened. But some composers did not play along: Kurt Weill, Erwin Dressel, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and George Gershwin refused to be pigeonholed and proved on both sides of the Atlantic that sophisticated music does not have to be boring. Kurt Weill's varied orchestral works have been rediscovered in recent years, and Erwin Dressel wrote one of the few solo concertos for the jazz instrume...