Briefly describe the origins of jazz in Weimar Germany. Do modern scholars ?consider German jazz of the 1920s to have been based on legitimate American jazz? Be ?able to briefly explain their reasoning.
What things did jazz represent in the operas of Weimar Germany? What did it represent ?and/or why was it used by Ernst Krenek in Jonny spielt auf? What did it represent and/or ?why was it used by Kurt Weill in Mahagonny Songspiel and The Threepenny Opera?
What is a Zeitoper? What elements make Kreneks Jonny spielt auf fit within this genre? ?How does the music in Kreneks Jonny spielt auf contribute to the works ?contemporaneity?
How does The Threepenny Opera engage with ideas of social responsibility? What is the ?works goal? How do Weill and Brecht try to accomplish this goal? How does the music help to further these goals?