A KINGDOM FOR A COW

Composer: Kurt Weill
Lyricist: Desmond Carter

Opened: June 28, 1935, Savoy Theatre, London
Performances: Unknown

Note: This is revised version of DER KUHHANDEL.

First Finale (same music as "First Finale" from DER KUHHANDEL; music later used for "Alessandro The Wise" in THE FIREBRAND OF FLORENCE and "The Best Years Of His Life" in LADY IN THE DARK):

1. Der Kuhhandel, CD/Capriccio 60013-1 (Udo Holdorf, Walter Raffeiner, Franz Gerihsen, Christian Schotenroehr, Oskar Hillebrandt, Eberhard Buechner, Lucy Peacock, Two Diener, Three Gaeste, and the Kolner Rundfunkchoir (chorus master: Gregory Rose) with the Kolner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Jan Latham-Konig) (as "Seht, Wie Die Sterne Strahlen")


Hush, Not A Word (same music as "Leise, Nur Leise" from DER KUHHANDEL):

1. Der Kuhhandel, CD/Capriccio 60013-1 (Walter Raffeiner, Udo Holdorf, and Christian Schotenroehr with the Kolner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Jan Latham-Konig) (as "Terzettino")


If You Should Meet Me (same music as "Triffst Du Mich Abends In Der Schenke" from DER KUHHANDEL; music later used as "We Need A Man" in JOHNNY JOHNSON):

1. Der Kuhhandel, CD/Capriccio 60013-1 (Frederic Mayer, Eberhard Buechner, and the Kolner Rundfunkchoir (chorus master: Gregory Rose) with the Kolner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Jan Latham-Konig) (as "Lied Des Gerichtsvollziehers")


Life Is Too Sad (same music as "Schoen War Die Erste Flasche" from DER KUHHNANDEL; music later reused for the unproduced film project HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA):

1. Der Kuhhandel, CD/Capriccio 60013-1 (Oskar Hillebrandt with the Kolner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Jan Latham-Konig) (as "Fandango")


The Public Welfare Tax (same music as "Die Wohlfahrtsteuer" from DER KUHHANDEL):

1. Der Kuhhandel, CD/Capriccio 60013-1 (Walter Raffeiner with the Kolner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Jan Latham-Konig) (as "Zweite Ansprache Des Praesidenten")


Second Finale (same music as "Second Finale" from DER KUHHANDEL; music later reused for "Very, Very, Very" in ONE TOUCH OF VENUS and "Columbus" in the film WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?):

1. Der Kuhhandel, CD/Capriccio 60013-1 (Lucy Peacock, Eberhard Buechner, Oskar Hillebrandt, , Udo Holdorf, Renate Zimmermann, Heinz Heidbuechel, Three Soldat, and the Kolner Rundfunkchoir (chorus master: Gregory Rose) with the Kolner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Jan Latham-Konig) (as "Finale Zweiter Akt")


Since First I Left My Home (same music as "Seit Ich In Diese Stadt Gekommen Bin" from DER KUHHANDEL):

1. Der Kuhhandel, CD/Capriccio 60013-1 (Eberhard Buechner with the Kolner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Jan Latham-Konig) (as "Juan's Lied")


Sleep On, Santa Maria (same music as "Schlafe, Santa Maria" from DER KUHHANDEL):

1. Der Kuhhandel, CD/Capriccio 60013-1 (Udo Holdorf, Walter Raffeiner, Oskar Hillebrandt, and the Kolner Rundfunkchoir (chorus master: Gregory Rose) with the Kolner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Jan Latham-Konig) (as "Seht, Wie Die Sterne Strahlen")


Tango (orchestral arrangement of "Tango" from MARIE GALANTE; also used as music for "Orange Farm" in RAILROADS ON PARADE):

1. Kurt Weill A Paris, CD/Assai 207192 (Loes Luca with the Ensemble Dreigroschen directed by Giorgio Bernasconi) (as "Tango")
2. Marie Galante Suite/Songs From Davy Crockett, CD/Koch Schwann 3-6592-2 (Joy Bogen with Thomas Hrynkiw, piano, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's conducted by Victor C. Symonette) (as "Tango")
Note: A vocal version entitled "Youkali" with lyrics by Yvette Fernay was used in the CASINO DE PARIS REVUE (1934) and LOVEMUSIK and another vocal version entitled "The River Is So Blue" with lyrics by Ann Ronnell was written for the unproduced film THE RIVER IS BLUE. See the corresponding entries for CASINO DE PARIS REVUE (1934), LOVEMUSIK, MARIE GALANTE, RAILROADS ON PARADE, and THE RIVER IS BLUE elsewhere on this website.


Two Hearts (same music as "Le Roi D'Aquitaine" from MARIE GALANTE):

1. Berlin To Babylon: The Songs Of Kurt Weill & Friedrich Hollaender, CD/Entrée Records ECD 8100 (Cameron Silver with music conducted by Steven Applegate)


Wedding Scene (same music as "Der Maedchenraub" from DER KUHHANDEL):

1. Der Kuhhandel, CD/Capriccio 60013-1 (Eberhard Buechner, Dariusz Niemirowicz, Regina Roettger, Lucy Peacock, and Three Burschen with the Kolner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Jan Latham-Konig) (as "Der Maedchenraub")


Unrecorded Material:

As Long As I Love (music later reused as "We'll Man The Trains" in RAILROADS ON PARADE)
Ballad Of The Robber Esteban Fandango (orchestral arrangement of "Life Is Too Sad")
Fishing Scene (same music as "Siehst Du Keine?" from DER KUHHANDEL)
General Conchas's Song (cut; no lyrics) (music later reused as "The Scars" in KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY)
Goodbye My Love (music later reused as the head motive in "September Song" in KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY)
A Jones Is A Jones
A Military Man (music later reused as "The Greatest Show On Earth" in LADY IN THE DARK)
Peace Speech (same music as "Freidensrede" recitative from DER KUHHANDEL)
Prologue (refrain later reused in "Song Of The Goddess" from JOHNNY JOHNSON)
San Salvatore (music later reused for the unproduced film project HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA)
Soldier's March (same music as "Soldatenmarsch Und Zwishenspiel" from DER KUHHANDEL)
A Year Ago I Had A Cow (music later reused for "The Song Of The Guns" in JOHNNY JOHNSON)