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 ; piano reduction created by John Baxindine.

Author/creator Weill, Kurt composer, lyricist.
Other author Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986, librettist, lyricist.
Other author Galand, Joel, editor.
Other author Baxindine, John, 1978- arranger of music.
Format Musical Score
EditionVocal score.
Publication[New York] : Kurt Weill Music, [2024]
Distribution[Milwaukee, Wisconsin] : Exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard, [2024]
Copyright Date©2024
Description1 vocal score (381 pages) ; 31 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleLove life. Vocal score
Portion of title Vaudeville in two parts
Contents 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 / 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 -- You understand me so -- Part one ending ("I'm your man" - reprise) -- 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 chance -- Mr. right -- Finale -- Exit music -- Appendix -- Part one, act V -- Progress (reprise) with soft shoe.
General noteThis vocal score conveys the music and lyrics from the critical edition of Love Life edited by Joel Galand and published as part of the Kurt Weill Edition.
General noteIntroduction and synopsis in English.
LanguageEnglish lyrics.
Genre/formRevues.
Genre/formMusicals.
Genre/formVocal scores.
ISBN9798350152821
UPC 196288326465
Publisher numberKWM 02 Kurt Weill Music
Publisher numberHL 49047597 Hal Leonard

Availability

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