in exile in Paris he wrote the oratorio Hagadah shel Pessach after a libretto by Max Brod. In the 1950s in collaboration with Bertolt Brecht he focused on the musical theatre. During that time several of his operas were produced. He also wrote Gebrauchsmusik (utility music) for the propaganda of the German Democratic Republic. At the same time he lobbied for the musical avant-garde (e.g. Witold Lutosławski, Alfred Schnittke, Boris Blacher, Hans Werner Henze and Luigi Nono). His compositions were published by Schott. The Akademie holds many of his works in its archives. Operas All operas by Dessau were premiered at the Staatsoper Berlin. Die Reisen des Glücksgotts (fragment), 1945 (after Bertolt Brecht) Die Verurteilung des Lukullus, after Brecht's Das Verhör des Lukullus, 1949–1951, world premiere on 17 March 1951 Puntila, 1956–1959, libretto by Peter Palitzsch and Manfred Wekwerth after Brecht's play, 15 November 1966 Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe [fragment], 1961, after Brecht's play Lanzelot, 1967–69, libretto by Heiner Müller and Ginka Tsholakova, 19 December 1969 Einstein (opera), 1969–1973, libretto by Karl Mickel, 16 February 1974 Leonce und Lena (opera), 1976–1979, libretto by after Georg Büchner's play, 24 November 1979 Incidental music 99%- eine deutsche Heerschau" (Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches) 1938 Guernica 1938 Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder: Chronik aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg 1946–1949 Der gute Mensch von Sezuan 1947–1948 Die Ausnahme und die Regel 1948 Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti, folk play, 1949 Wie dem deutschen Michel geholfen wird. Clownspiel (clown play) 1949 Der Hofmeister 1950 Herrnburger Bericht for youth choir, soloists and orchestra 1951 Mann ist Mann 1951–1956 Urfaust 1952–1953 Don Juan 1953 Der kaukasische Kreidekreis 1953–1954 Coriolan 1964 Film music Alice the Fire Fighter (Alice und ihre Feuerwehr) (21.8.1928), Alice's Monkey Business (Alice und die Flöhe) (25.9.1928), Alice in the Wooly West (Alice und die Wildwest-Banditen) (18.10.1928) and Alice Helps the Romance (Alice und der Selbstmörder) (31.1.1929) by Walt Disney L'Horloge Magique. 2. La Forêt enchanté (Der verzauberte Wald) (7 September 1928) and L'Horloge Magique. 1. L'Horloge Magique (Die Wunderuhr) (12 November 1928) by Ladislas Starewitch Doktor Doolittle und seine Tiere (15 December 1928) by Lotte Reiniger with arrangements of music by Kurt Weill, Paul Hindemith and a private composition Musical director in musical and operetta films together with Richard Tauber (among others The Land of Smiles, Melody of Love). with melodies by Franz Lehár and Bronislaw Kaper 400 cm^3 documentary Storm over