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References
- ↑ John Fuegi Bertolt Brecht: Chaos, According to Plan 1987 0521282454 p.68 "These were: The Berlin Requiem (for radio, in collaboration with Kurt Weill)"
- ↑ Peter Jelavich Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture 2006 0520931645 p.119 "Indeed, despite his frequent public calls for freedom of expression, Heilmann once before had been a crucial swing voter regarding a controversial cultural work: the Berlin Requiem, a set of morbid poems by Bertolt Brecht set to music by Kurt Weil..."
- 1 2 3 Uncle Dave Lewis. "Das Berliner Requiem, cantata for tenor, baritone, male chorus & wind orchestra". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
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