Love life : a vaudeville in two parts / book by Alan Jay Lerner ; music and lyrics by Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner ; edited by Joel Galand.

Author/creator Weill, Kurt
Other author Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986, librettist, lyricist.
Other author Galand, Joel, editor.
Format Musical Score
Publication InfoNew York : Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc. : European American Music Corporation, ©2023.
Description1 score (2 volumes (1,015 pages)) ; 38 cm + 1 critical report (234 pages ; 29 cm)
Subjects
Musicals--Scores.
Vaudeville--Drama.

Portion of title Vaudeville in two parts
SeriesThe Kurt Weill edition ; ser. 1, vol. 21
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Works. 1996 ; ser. 1, v. 21. ^A621831
Contents Volume 1. Foreword to the Kurt Weill edition -- Vorwort zur Kurt Weill edition -- List of sources and sigla -- Introduction -- Facsimiles -- Love life. Performing forces ; Synopsis ; Table of contents for score ; Book and full score, Part One -- Volume 2. Book and full score, Part Two ; Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Kurt Weill edition personnel -- Credits and acknowledgements for this volume -- Copyright information.
Contents Critical guide. List of sources and sigla -- Statement of source valuation and usage -- Commentary. General issues ; Critical notes -- Table 1: successive versions of Love life -- Table 2: numbering in instrumental parts -- Source descriptions -- Abbreviations -- Kurt Weill edition personnel -- Credits and acknowledgements for this volume.
Contents Volume 1. Part one. Act I: the magician. Opening -- Sketch i. "The Cooper family" (Mayville, spring 1791). Who is Samuel Cooper? ; Here I'll stay -- Act II: eight men. Progress -- Sketch ii. "The farewell" (Mayville, April 1821). I remember it well ; Green-up time ; Green-up polka ; Green-up time (ending) ; I remember it well (reprise) -- Act III: quartette. Economics ; Susan's dream -- Sketch iii. "The new baby" (bedroom of the Cooper house, September 1857). After "Susan's dream" ; End of bedroom scene -- Act IV: the three tots and a woman. Mother's getting nervous ; Mother's getting nervous (foxtrot) -- Sketch iv. "My kind of night" (back porch and living room of the Cooper house, 1894). My kind of night ; Women's club blues ; My kind of night (reprise) -- Act V: hobo. Love song -- Sketch v. "The cruise" (main dining room of an ocean liner, 1920s). I'm your man ; After "I'm your man" ; Dance arrangements for ship's combo ; Part One ending ("I'm your man": reprise).
Contents Volume 2. Entr'acte -- Part two. Act I: madrigal singers. Ho, Billy O! -- Sketch i. "Radio night" (living room of the Coopers' New York apartment, 1948) -- Act II: the locker room boys. The locker room -- Sketch ii. "Farewell again" (bedroom of the Coopers' apartment). I remember it well (reprise) ; Is it him or is it me? -- Act III: the all-American puppet ballet. Punch and Judy get a divorce -- Sketch iii. "A hotel room." This is the life -- Act IV: "the illusion minstrel show." The minstrel show. Here I'll stay (reprise) ; Introduction ; Minstrel parade ; Madame Zuzu ; Taking no chances -- Mr. Right ; Finale -- Exit music -- Appendix. Part One, Act V: eight men. Progress (reprise) with soft shoe -- Part One, Act V: ventriloquist and dummy. Economics (reprise) [lyrics only] -- Part One, Sketch v: "the cruise." You understand me so -- Part Two, sketch i: "a ticket to the fight." Is it him or is it me? [lyrics only].
Local noteJoyner-FOR JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Works. 1996, SEARCH BY SERIES TITLE OR CALL NUMBER M3 .W42 1996.
General noteForeword to the Kurt Weill Edition in English and German.
General noteIntroduction and synopsis in English.
General noteCritical report in English.
LanguageEnglish words, also printed separately as text.
ISBN9781627219051
Publisher numberKWE 1021 Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc.