Nathan Carter - Wagon Wheel

From this time began. V.'s activity with Brecht, to the plays of which he wrote false numbers (songs, ballads), then on his libre. created the operas Happy End (Happy End, Berlin, 1929), A Man Always Saying Yes (Der Ja Sager, Berlin, 1930). After Spanish the radio cantatas “Flight of Lindbergh” (“Der Flug der Lindberghs”, 1929) and the topical operas and plays with music “The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogany” (“Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny”, Leipzig, 1930), “Surety” ( “Die Bürgschaft”, librarian C. Neer, Berlin, 1932), “Silver Lake” (Der Silbersee, librarian G. Kaiser, Berlin, 1933) V. became a popular theater.composer in Germany. In 1933 he emigrated to France, lived in England. His last work in Europe was the ballet with the singing “The Seven Deadly Sins” (Die sieben Todsünden, scripted by Brecht, Paris, 1933). Since 1935 V. lived in New York. He wrote music for "Broadway theaters", sought to make social-critical. content in the musical. One of the most popular plays written in the USA is Street Accident (Street Sceen, based on the play by E. Rice, New York, 1947). "Folk opera" from the life of beggarly quarters of New York. Working in the USA, V. basically kept his creative work. individuality, however, his music became outwardly more spectacular, and satire less evil. Since the late 40s.according to the script of Brecht, Paris, 1933).