The Ballad of the Soldier's Wife.(fashion)

From: Interview | Date: November 1, 2001 | Copyright information

ONE WORLD WAR AGO, POET BERTOLT BRECHT AND COMPOSER KURT WEILL WROTE A SONG FOR WEILL'S WIFE, SINGER LOTTE LENYA, ABOUT HOW THE MARCH OF WAR, HOWEVER MANY VICTORIES AND FINERIES IT MOMENTARILY AWARDS, ULTIMATELY LEADS TO A SINGLE DESTINATION--A MESSAGE WE, IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, MUST BEAR IN MIND NOW MORE THAN EVER. UNPUBLISHED IN ITS CREATORS' LIFETIMES, "THE BALLAD OF THE SOLDIER'S WIFE" HAS SINCE BEEN SUNG AND RECORDED BY LENYA HERSELF AND SUCH ARTISTS AS MARIANNE FAITHFULL AND TERESA STRATAS. NOW IT IS VISUALIZED IN THE FOLLOWING FASHION PARABLE, INSPIRED BY A WAR SONG FROM ...

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