Mack the Knife

Title: Mack the Knife (from "The Three Penny Opera">
Level: Grade I/II
Composer/Arranger: Kurt Weill/arr. Eric Osterling
Publisher: Jenson Publications
Classification: Broadway musical tune
Instrumentation: Full
Source: Popplers music score and sound recording
General Comments: This piece will thrill almost any audience. Published in 1987, this arrangement captures the musical lyricism of the original by placing the melody in the piano and trumpets. There are many repeated rhythmic patterns with the syncopation carried well throughout each part. Low brass and low woodwinds account for most of the accompaniment. A key change also freshens up this Broadway classic.

Submitted by: Tim Morris
Reviewed by: John Boccio

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Title:	Mack the Knife (from "The Three Penny Opera">
Level:	Grade I/II
Composer/Arranger:	Kurt Weill/arr. Eric Osterling
Publisher:	Jenson Publications
Classification:	Broadway musical tune
Instrumentation:	Full
Source:	Popplers music score and sound recording
General Comments:	This piece will thrill almost any audience. Published in 1987, this arrangement captures the musical lyricism of the original by placing the melody in the piano and trumpets. There are many repeated rhythmic patterns with the syncopation carried well throughout each part. Low brass and low woodwinds account for most of the accompaniment. A key change also freshens up this Broadway classic.