"Weill, Kurt Julian"@en . "0918044" . "Kurt Julian Weill (German: [va\u026Al]; March 2, 1900 \u2013 April 3, 1950) was a German composer, active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, he developed productions such as his best-known work The Threepenny Opera, which included the ballad \"Mack the Knife\". Weill held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose."@en . "1950Z"^^ . "1950-04-03Z"^^ . . "1900Z"^^ . "1900-03-02Z"^^ . . "German-American composer" . . .