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Woyzeck (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔʏtsɛk]) is a stage play written by Georg Büchner. Büchner wrote the play between July and October 1836, yet left it incomplete at his death in February 1837. Büchner wrote the play between July and October 1836, yet left it incomplete at his death in February 1837.
to tumultuous, crackling music. The Captain abruptly tries to calm Wozzeck, conceding that he is "a decent man, only you think too much!" The tired Captain exits. Scene 2 (Rhapsody and Hunting Song) Johann Christian Woyzeck, on whom the play is based. Wozzeck and Andres cut sticks at sunset. Andres sings a hunting song.
The album contains most of the songs written by Waits and Brennan for Wilson's production of Woyzeck (2000). Wilson's opera was based on the play of the same name by Georg Büchner, which had also inspired Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck. Wilson's Woyzeck premiered at the Betty Nansen Theatre in Copenhagen in November 2000. Asked about releasing two ...
Waits recorded many of the songs from Woyzeck for his 2002 album Blood Money, which was released alongside Alice, his recording of songs from the musical Alice. Woyzeck premiered in November 2000 in a Danish production at the Betty Nansen Teatret in Copenhagen, with dialogue in Danish and songs sung in English; Jens Jørn Spottag played the ...
"Mairzy Doats" is a novelty song written and composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston. It contains lyrics that make no sense as written, but are near homophones of meaningful phrases. The song's title, for example, is a homophone of "Mares eat oats".
The public domain melody of the song was borrowed for "I Love You", a song used as the theme for the children's television program Barney and Friends.New lyrics were written for the melody in 1982 by Indiana homemaker Lee Bernstein for a children's book titled "Piggyback Songs" (1983), and these lyrics were adapted by the television series in the early 1990s, without knowing they had been ...
Wozzeck (op. 16) is a 1926 German-language opera in 18 scenes and one epilogue by Manfred Gurlitt after the fragmentary Woyzeck by Georg Büchner.It was premiered 22 April 1926 in Bremen, four months after the better known opera Wozzeck by Alban Berg had been premiered at the Berlin State Opera on 14 December 1925.
Stroszek was conceived during the production of Woyzeck, for which Herzog had originally planned to use Bruno Schleinstein in the title role. After believing Klaus Kinski to be more suitable for the part, Herzog specifically wrote the leading role in Stroszek to compensate Schleinstein for his disappointment over Woyzeck. The film was written ...