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Blitzstein, Marc
Blitzstein, Marc (b Philadelphia, 1905; d Fort-de-France, Martinique, 1964). Amer. composer and pianist. Scion of a wealthy family, his work reflected his radical political outlook. During depression in USA, decided to compose for the popular th. and prod. perhaps his finest work, The Cradle will Rock (1936). Never repeated its success, though his adaptation of Brecht's Threepenny Opera (1952) was acclaimed and his Regina (1949), an adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play The Little Foxes, has been successfully revived. Served 1942–5 with US Air Force in Eng. and comp. Airborne Symphony (1945). After he abandoned Parisian neo-classicism, his work was based on diatonicism laced with jazz and popular influences, in the manner made more familiar by Bernstein. Works incl.:OPERAS: Triple-Sec (1928); The Cradle will Rock (1936); No For An Answer (1940); I've Got the Tune (1937); Regina (1946–9); The Threepenny Opera (1952); Reuben, Reuben (1955); Juno, based on O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock (1958); Sacco and Vanzetti (1964, unfinished).BALLETS: Cain (1930); The Guests (1949).ORCH.: Airborne Symphony (1945); and other works, incl. pf. conc. and mus. for th. and films.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Blitzstein, Marc." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Blitzstein, Marc." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-BlitzsteinMarc.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Blitzstein, Marc." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-BlitzsteinMarc.html |
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Blitzstein, Marc
Blitzstein, Marc (1905–64) composer and lyricist. The Philadelphia‐born artist created a furor on Broadway with his propaganda musical The Cradle Will Rock (1937), which was performed despite strenuous efforts to stop it. Blitzstein himself played the piano at the hurriedly moved performance. In 1949 his opera Regina, based on The Little Foxes, was performed on Broadway, but his major claim to fame, however, may be his brilliant translation of the Bertolt Brecht– Kurt Weill work The Threepenny Opera (1954). Juno (1959), Blitzstein's musical rendition of Juno and the Paycock, was a quick failure despite praise for its score. Biography: Mark the Music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein, Eric A. Gordon, 1990.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Blitzstein, Marc." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Blitzstein, Marc." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BlitzsteinMarc.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Blitzstein, Marc." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BlitzsteinMarc.html |
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Blitzstein, Marc
Blitzstein, Marc (1905–64), Philadelphia born composer, whose works, experimental in form, include The Cradle Will Rock (1937), an “opera” depicting decadent capitalism, social injustice, and labor unity; No for an Answer (1941) and Reuben, Reuben (1951); an adaptation and translation of The Three penny Opera (1952); and also ballet music, music for motion pictures, and symphonies.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Blitzstein, Marc." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Blitzstein, Marc." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-BlitzsteinMarc.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Blitzstein, Marc." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-BlitzsteinMarc.html |
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