Musical

[saull]

A Popular musical work by a 19th/20th century French composer based on a ballad published 100 years previously by a 18th/19th century German poet. What was it called

[saxy_jag]

I believe it was Kurt Weill's 'The Threepenny Opera' - generally recognised as being the beginning of the modern musical:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Threepenny_Op era

[mightywease]

I don't think it was "The Threepenny Opera" - this was based on English poet and author John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" and written by Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht - both German but 19th/20th Century not 18th/19th Century

And I don't think there is any French connection with "The Threepenny Opera" or "The Beggar's Opera"

Sorry

[mightywease]

I think it's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by the French Composer Paul Dukas (1865-1935) based on a ballad -Der Zauberlehrling - by the German poet Goethe

[mightywease]

Here's a link - hoped I've copied it properly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer%27s_ Apprentice

[saxy_jag]

I stand corrected.

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