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Kurt Weill Centre

Coordinates: 51°50′35″N 12°13′19″E / 51.84306°N 12.22194°E / 51.84306; 12.22194
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Kurt Weill Centre
Kurt-Weill-Zentrum
Meisterhaus Feininger
Map
General information
Architectural styleModernism
AddressEbertallee 63
06846 Dessau
CountryGermany
Coordinates51°50′35″N 12°13′19″E / 51.84306°N 12.22194°E / 51.84306; 12.22194

The Kurt Weill Centre is a cultural site in Dessau, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is a museum and information centre about the life and work of the composer Kurt Weill (1900–1950), who was born in Dessau.

History

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The museum is in the Meisterhaus Feininger, built in 1925–26. It was one of the houses designed by Walter Gropius as accommodation for the masters of the Bauhaus; the artist Lyonel Feininger lived here from 1926 to 1932. (Apart from its location in Dessau, it has no direct connection with the life of the composer.)[1] The building is included in the Blaubuch (Blue Book) of the Federal Government, as an important cultural site.[2]

In the 1990s the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, in New York, and the cultural office of Dessau, founded the Kurt Weill Festival [de], an annual festival in Dessau about the composer. The Kurt Weill Centre was opened as the European centre for the composer's work, and a base for organizing the festival. It was accommodated initially in the nearby Meisterhaus Schlemmer in 1993, and relocated in the present building in December 1994 when renovation was complete.[3]

Exhibition and library

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There is a permanent exhibition about the composer; a special exhibition is shown at the time of the Kurt Weill Festival.[3]

The library, open to interested visitors on request, contains sheet music, mainly by Kurt Weill, literature relating to classic modernism, CDs and DVDs.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "The Kurt-Weill-Centre at the Feininger House" Kurt Weill Zentrum. Version of 16 December 2019 retrieved via Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "Blaubuch (Blue Book)" Kurt Weill Zentrum. Version of 6 April 2019 retrieved via Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ a b "Welcome" Kurt Weill Zentrum. Version of 6 April 2019 retrieved via Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "Library & Media Centre" Kurt Weill Zentrum. Version dated 6 April 2019 retrieved via Wayback Machine.