When Cabaret Was Young

Part 1 — Chronicle of Cabaret —
Past & Present
Part 2 —The Weimar Cabaretists

The music of the cabaret is an aesthetic extension of early 20th century social and political turmoil. This course opens with a survey of cabaret; from Paris in the 1890's, Berlin in the 1920's, New York in the 1950's, as well as an overview of the worldwide resurgence in the artform today. Part 2 focuses on the era when cabaret reached its zenith: the years of the Weimar Republic 1920-33. Recordings will be heard by such composers and interpreters as Weill, Schoenberg, Hollaender, Spoliansky, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, the Comedian Harmonists and more. The course can include a live performance segment of my own.