You want to sing or hum along as soon as you hear the first notes of this music box, because the Mack the Knife song is known all over the world and you can listen to interpretations by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Robbie Williams, Nick Cave, Westlife or Rubén Blades.
The original "The ballad of Mack the Knife" was written by Bertold Brecht for the Threepenny Opera and set to music by Kurt Weill.
The gentle melody sounds more powerful when you remove the little musical mechanism from its lovingly decorated box. Since the mechanism is mounted on a small wooden board, this music box unfolds its sound particularly well when it is pressed onto a large resonating body, such as a table, a chair or a Cajon.
