The Works of Kurt Weill: Transformations and Reconfigurations in 20th-Century Music» brings together an international group of scholars to explore one of the most important and intriguing composers of the twentieth century. The collection approaches Kurt Weill?s career from new angles. Shedding new light on perennial issues such as the apparent split between his German and US careers, while pushing into new scholarly territory, including Weill?s engagement with technology and film, and his lasting legacy on Broadway and beyond. The volume consists of two parts: the first, ?Transformations?, explores the composer?s poetics, dramaturgy and expressive techniques through a number of case studies spanning Weill?s entire output (theater, film, radio); in the second, ?Reconfigurations?, the composer?s transnational career and reception are investigated through his compositional, poetic, and aesthetic choices. TABLE OF CONTENTS Transformations STEPHEN HINTON, Weill?s Cinematic Imagination: Reality and Fantasy FRANCESCO FINOCCHIARO, Kurt Weill and the Principle of ?Concertante Music? WILLIAM EVERETT, Kurt Weill and the American Operetta Tradition: The Firebrand of Florence and Where Do We Go from Here? NAOMI GRABER, «Steel Veins»: Railroads on Parade and the Industrial Folk MARIDA RIZZUTI, Shared Authorship and Compositional Process in 1940s Hollywook: One Touch of Venus by Kurt Weill and Ann Ronell ARIANNE JOHNSON QUINN, Musical Language, Censorship, and Theatrical Identity in Kurt Weill?s London Works (1930-1935) TIM CARTER, Kurt Weill ?Song of the Free? (1942): A «United Nations Anthem»? Reconfigurations NILS GROSCH, How many Weills? Negotiating a Musician?s Identity LEO IZZO, Changes in Kurt Weill?s Music: Cross Cultural Reception between Jazz and Avant-garde MISAKO OHTA, Die Dreigroschenoper in Japan: The ?Threepenny Fever? in Its Early Days TOBIAS FASSHAUER, «Hard to Distinguish from Cole Porter»: On the Deeper Truth of an Invective by Adorno REBECCA SCHMID, Street Scenes KIM KOWALKE, Whats Makes Weill Weill?