Music for Johnny Johnson

Album by Kurt Weill & The Otaré Pit Band & Joel Cohen

Music for Johnny Johnson is the score Kurt Weill composed for the play Johnny Johnson, written and first staged in 1936. The music combines elements of jazz, American popular song and theatrical orchestration with stark, propulsive rhythms and concise motifs, reflecting Weill's engagement with political theatre and his movement between European modernism and American musical styles.
First released: 1997

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Johnny Johnson: Introduction
    2:08
  2. 2.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Over in Europe
    1:40
  3. 3.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Democracy Advancing
    1:50
  4. 4.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Up Chickamauga Hill
    3:33
  5. 5.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Johnny’s Melody
    2:02
  6. 6.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Aggie’s Song
    2:31
  7. 7.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Oh Heart of Love
    3:41
  8. 8.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Farewell, Goodbye
    2:03
  9. 9.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. The West‐Pointer Song
    2:37
  10. 10.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. The Sergeant’s Chant
    1:45
  11. 11.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Captain Valentine’s Song
    3:49
  12. 12.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Army (interlude)
    0:55
  13. 13.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Farewell, Goodbye (interlude)
    5:03
  14. 14.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Song of the Goddess
    2:49
  15. 15.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Song of the Wounded Frenchman
    2:55
  16. 16.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. The Tea Song
    2:58
  17. 17.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Cowboy Song “Oh, the Rio Grande”
    2:30
  18. 18.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Johnny’s Dream
    0:52
  19. 19.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Song of the Guns
    2:23
  20. 20.
    Johnny Johnson: Act I. Music of the Stricken Redeemer
    1:42
  21. 21.
    Johnny Johnson: Act II. Mon Ami, My Friend
    2:07
  22. 22.
    Johnny Johnson: Act II. The Allied High Command
    2:25
  23. 23.
    Johnny Johnson: Act II. The Laughing Generals
    2:27
  24. 24.
    Johnny Johnson: Act II. The Battle
    2:06
  25. 25.
    Johnny Johnson: Act II. In Times of Tumult and War
    2:21
  26. 26.
    Johnny Johnson: Act II. In No Man’s Land
    0:48
  27. 27.
    Johnny Johnson: Act II. Johnny’s Homecoming
    2:47
  28. 28.
    Johnny Johnson: Act II. The Psychiatry Song
    2:51
  29. 29.
    Johnny Johnson: Act II. Asylum Chorus
    1:17
  30. 30.
    Johnny Johnson: Act II. Hymn to Peace
    0:39
  31. 31.
    Johnny Johnson: Act II. Asylum Chorus (instrumental)
    1:17
  32. 32.
    Johnny Johnson: Act II. Johnny’s Song
    3:03

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