Mack the Knife
"Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928.
See also
- "Mac the Knife" was a nickname of Harold Macmillan, former British Prime Minister. Probably coincidentally, Bobby Darin's version of the song was climbing the UK charts at the time of Macmillan's 1959 landslide election victory.
- "Mac the Knife" was a nickname of Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense of the United States.
- "Mack the Knife" was also a nickname of John J. Mack during his time as CEO of the Credit Suisse First Boston.
- Mac the Knife, computer columnist
- "Mack the Knife" was the nom de guerre of Mackie Messer, a character from the science fiction anthology series Wild Cards. He was a mentally retarded, super-powered hunchback with the ability to vibrate his hands at great speed to slice through objects and people.
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | The Threepenny Opera |
| ► | Crimes of Macheath |
| ► | American popular song |
| ► | See also |
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