Fanfare; 4; Georgia Brown Sings Kurt Weil

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Series
Fanfare
Episode Number
4
Episode
Georgia Brown Sings Kurt Weil
Producing Organization
London Weekend Television (Firm)
Contributing Organization
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/512-t727941z0t
NOLA Code
FANF
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Description
Episode Description
1 hour piece, produced by London Weekend Television and initially distributed by NET in 1970. It was originally shot on videotape in black and white.
Episode Description
Georgia Brown, who has been called the Maria Callas of the jazz scene and the girl with the white-hot delivery of the ice-cool lyrics, sings the music of German-American composer Kurt Weill in this hour-long performance program. Mr. Weill is best known for his musicals such as Lady in the Dark and Knickerbocker Holiday, for songs such as the standards September Song and Lost in the Stars, and for his association with playwright Bertolt Brecht in The Threepenny Opera, and Happy End. Miss Brown is the British singer best remembered by American audiences for her Broadway appearance in the musical Oliver. Veteran actor Harold Lang provides occasional links between performances telling the story of Weills life as written by Adrian Mitchell. The song performed are Mack the Knife from the Threepenny Opera; Lullaby from Street Scene; September Song from Knickerbocker Holiday; Bonares from Mahagonny; Surabaya Johnny from Happy End; Theres Nowhere to Go But Up from Knickerbocker Holiday; Speak Low from One Touch Venus; Lost in the Stars from Lost in the Stars; Mon Ami My Friend, Johnny Johnson; Jacob Schmidt from Mahagonny; My Ship from Lady in the Dark; May and January from Knickerbocker Holiday; Alabama Song; Mahagonny; Chicamunga Hill from Johnny Johnson; If Anyone Gets Kicked Its You from Mahagonny; Furchto Dich Nicht from Happy End, and Jenny from Lady in the Dark. Fanfare #4 -- Georgia Brown Sings Kurt Weill is a NET presentation, produced by London Weekend Television. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Series Description
Fanfare is an anthology series of performing arts programming.
Broadcast Date
1970-11-01
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Performance
Documentary
Topics
Music
Biography
Media type
Moving Image
Credits
Composer: Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950
Director: Casson, Phillip
Executive Director: Granger, Derek
Executive Producer: Davis, Curtis W., 1928-1986
Music Director: Rabinowitz, Harry
Narrator: Lang, Harold
Performer: Brown, Georgia
Producing Organization: London Weekend Television (Firm)
Writer: Mitchell, Adrian
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2063713-2 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 1 inch videotape: SMPTE Type C
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
Duration: 0:59:12
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2063713-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
Duration: 0:59:12
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2063713-3 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: U-matic
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
Duration: 0:59:12
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2063713-5 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: Color
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2063713-7 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: Color
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2063713-4 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Master
Color: Color
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2063713-6 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Master
Color: Color
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Citations
Chicago: “Fanfare; 4; Georgia Brown Sings Kurt Weil,” 1970-11-01, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 25, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-t727941z0t.
MLA: “Fanfare; 4; Georgia Brown Sings Kurt Weil.” 1970-11-01. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 25, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-t727941z0t>.
APA: Fanfare; 4; Georgia Brown Sings Kurt Weil. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-t727941z0t