Haverstraw in Rockland County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya

The Historical Society of Rockland County

1. Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya Marker

Inscription. Composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and his wife, singer-actress Lotte Lenya (1898-1981) are buried here. Born in Germany, Weill achieved fame with The Threepenny Opera in 1928. After fleeing Nazi persecution, Weill and Lenya settled in New York in 1935 and moved to South Mountain Road in New City in 1941. Weill's other best-known stage works include Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogany, The Seven Deadly Sins, Lady in the Dark, One Touch of Venus, Street Scene, and Lost in the Stars. Born in Austria, Lenya had an active stage, film, and recording career; highlights inlude The Threepenny Opera (stage and film), Cabaret (Broadway), and the films The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone and From Russia With Love.

Sponsored by The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music

Erected 2014 by The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music via The Historical Society of Rockland County.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Entertainment • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1928.

Location. 41° 11.826′ N, 73° 58.545′ W. Marker is in Haverstraw, New York, in Rockland County. Marker can be reached from

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Westside Avenue just west of New York State Route 9W. Marker is located at the main entrance of Mount Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Haverstraw NY 10927, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. De Harte Patent (within shouting distance of this marker); Haverstraw World War I Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); African Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library (approx. 0.8 miles away); Haverstraw Landslide Disaster (approx. 0.9 miles away); Brick Industry (approx. 0.9 miles away); Calico Hill (approx. one mile away); Killed in Action Desert Storm (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Haverstraw.

The Historical Society of Rockland County

2. Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya Marker

Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya at home in 1942. image. Click for full size.

Photographed By World Wide Photos (via Wikipedia), August 17, 1942

3. Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya at home in 1942.

Photographed By Clare Sheridan, October 1, 2014

4. Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 12, 2015, by Clare Sheridan of Tappan, New York. This page has been viewed 1,335 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 4, 2015, by The Historical Society of Rockland County of New City, New York. 3. submitted on December 9, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 4. submitted on May 12, 2015, by Clare Sheridan of Tappan, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.