Marcus Samuel Blitzstein (March 2, 1905 – January 22, 1964), was an American composer, lyricist, and librettist.[1] He won national attention in 1937 when his pro-union musical The Cradle Will Rock, directed by Orson Welles, was shut down by the Works Progress Administration. He is known for The Cradle Will Rock and for his off-Broadway translation/adaptation of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. His works also include the opera Regina, an adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play The Little Foxes; the Broadway musical Juno, based on Seán O'Casey's play Juno and the Paycock; and No for an Answer. He completed translation/adaptations of Brecht's and Weill's musical play Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and of Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children with music by Paul Dessau. Blitzstein also composed music for films, such as Surf and Seaweed (1931) and The Spanish Earth (1937), and he contributed two songs to the original 1960 production of Hellman's play Toys in the Attic.
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Marcus Samuel Blitzstein (March 2, 1905 – January 22, 1964), was an American composer, lyricist, and librettist. He won national attention in 1937 when...
The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 play in music by MarcBlitzstein. Originally a part of the Federal Theatre Project, it was directed by Orson Welles and...
was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1955 with translated lyrics by MarcBlitzstein. The most popular version of the song was by Bobby Darin in 1959, whose...
surrounded the development of the 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by MarcBlitzstein; it adapts history to create an account of the original production...
and racketeer MarcBlitzstein (1905–1964), American composer, lyricist, and librettist This page lists people with the surname Blitzstein. If an internal...
become the work's most popular song, later translated into English by MarcBlitzstein as "Mack the Knife", and now a jazz standard that Louis Armstrong,...
into the physical shape the part required. Azaria played composer MarcBlitzstein in Tim Robbins' film Cradle Will Rock in 1999. Paul Clinton wrote that...
Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht. The English lyrics are by MarcBlitzstein. It is one of the best known songs in the opera, after "Mack the Knife"...
folk tune" while studying at the Curtis Institute of Music. In 1928, MarcBlitzstein orchestrated "Variations sur 'Au Claire de la Lune'." In 1955, Swiss...
directing its action from the piano as the composer MarcBlitzstein had done at the infamous premiere. Blitzstein, who attended the performance, subsequently...
stage actor who in 1937 appeared in the original stage production of MarcBlitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock. Cimino's most well known roles are in the 1983...
No For An Answer is a musical play by MarcBlitzstein. It was staged by W. E. Watts at Mecca Temple, west 55th Street, New York, on Sunday, January 5...
Tales of Malamud is the name of two, one-act operas by MarcBlitzstein based on two stories by American writer Bernard Malamud. Namely, “Idiots First”...
including the role of Larry Foreman in the legendary first production of MarcBlitzstein's musical, The Cradle Will Rock (1938). Later, he costarred in the original...
maintained close friendships with many artists and intellectuals, including MarcBlitzstein, Lillian Hellman, Jennie Tourel, Richard Avedon, Martha Gellhorn, Stephen...
Vanzetti for narrator, mixed ensemble, and electronics. American composer MarcBlitzstein started an opera about Sacco and Vanzetti, which was unfinished at...
doing the narration in the French release), with music composed by MarcBlitzstein and arranged by Virgil Thomson. The film opens in the village of Fuentidueña...
(also known as Symphony: The Airborne) is a work by American composer MarcBlitzstein for narrator, vocal soloists, male chorus, and large orchestra that...
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surrounding Welles and John Houseman's production of the 1937 musical by MarcBlitzstein. Welles is played by actor Angus MacFadyen. Austin Pendleton's 2000...
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