Die Moritat von Mackie Messer

song by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1214889
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Die Moritat von Mackie Messer

Summary

Die Moritat von Mackie Messer is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Die Moritat von Mackie Messer's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Die Moritat von Mackie Messer's composer is recorded as Kurt Weill[4].
  • Die Moritat von Mackie Messer's genre is cantastoria[5].
  • Captain Macheath is named after Die Moritat von Mackie Messer[6].
  • Die Moritat von Mackie Messer's language of work or name is recorded as German[7].
  • Die Moritat von Mackie Messer was released on August 31, 1928[8].
  • Die Moritat von Mackie Messer's lyricist is recorded as Bertolt Brecht[9].
  • Die Moritat von Mackie Messer's tonality is recorded as C major[10].
  • Die Moritat von Mackie Messer's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Die Moritat von Mackie Messer'}[11].
  • Die Moritat von Mackie Messer's public domain date is recorded as January 1, 2024[12].
  • Die Moritat von Mackie Messer's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].
  • Die Moritat von Mackie Messer's music created for is recorded as The Threepenny Opera[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9477de4f-5d90-4875-ac62-7afa5e3b2fe2[16]

Body

Publication

Die Moritat von Mackie Messer was published on August 31, 1928[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as German[7]. Its genre is cantastoria[5].

Why It Matters

Die Moritat von Mackie Messer ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . web.law.duke.edu. Retrieved . web.law.duke.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Language of work or name German
    Performer Q1779
    Form of creative work song
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