"Mack the Knife": Song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video

"Mack the Knife"

For a complete listing of songs used in the original 1933 New York production of this show, see IBDB song list.

The version of this song that is included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook is the one with English language lyrics by Marc Blitzstein completed in 1952 for the Brandeis University production of The Threepenny Opera (Sanders, p. 400), which preceeded the 1954 New York production.

Notes

Other songs written for The Threepenny Opera currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook : none
See also the IBDB listing of all New York productions .

Questions

What is Mack the Knife?

For a complete listing of songs used in the original 1933 New York production of this show, see IBDB song list .

How should Mack the Knife be cited?

Cite this page as ""Mack the Knife": Song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video," Cafe Songbook, https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/m/mack_the_knife.html

Which Cafe Songbook pages are related?

Also read "Make Believe" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/m/make_believe.html); "Lush Life" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/l/lush_life.html); "Make Someone Happy" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/m/make_someone_happy.html); "Lulu's Back in Town" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/l/lulus_back_in_town.html).

Cite this page: "Mack the Knife": Song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video, Cafe Songbook, https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/m/mack_the_knife.html