The German Cabaret Legacy in American Popular Music by William Farina

By William Farina

The stylistic remnants of cabaret track from Weimar-era Germany are throughout us. throughout the twentieth century, its so much widespread American exponents have been the Germans Marlene Dietrich and Lotte Lenya, whose careers prolonged during the Seventies. as a result of them (and others), the phrases and track of such artists as Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Friedrich Hollaender, and Marcellus Schiffer stay heard and exert common influence.
significant songwriters touched via cabaret contain Lennon & McCartney, Bacharach & David, Kander & Ebb, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, and Patti Smith, between many others. African-American artists, starting with Louis Armstrong, were sympathetic interpreters of cabaret track. modern day Las Vegas seems to be the success of a prophecy made within the past due Twenties through Weill & Brecht of their Mahagonny degree works. And this present day, the German Kabarett culture is still powerful with such stars as Ute Lemper and Max Raabe packing foreign venues.

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