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Marc Blitzstein

American composer, lyricist, and librettist

Marcus Samuel Blitzstein (March 2, 1905 – January 22, 1964), was an American composer, lyricist, and librettist. 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 and 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 translations and 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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Works

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  • Croon Spoon
  • Dusty Sun
  • I Wish It So
  • Juno
  • Monday Morning Blues
  • Never Get Lost
  • No for an Answer
  • Piano Concerto
  • Piano Concerto: I. Moderato molto - Allegro
  • Piano Concerto: II. Largo assai
  • Piano Concerto: III. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro non troppo
  • Piano Percussion Music
  • Piano Percussion Music: I. Toccata
  • Piano Percussion Music: II. Air
  • Piano Percussion Music: III. Rondino
  • Piano Sonata
  • Quartet for Strings, "Italian"
  • Quartet for Strings, "Italian": I. Allegro
  • Quartet for Strings, "Italian": II. Allegretto
  • Quartet for Strings, "Italian": III. Presto Possibile
  • Quartet for Strings, "Italian": IV. Lento
  • Regina
  • Reuben, Reuben
  • Sacco and Vanzetti
  • Scherzo, "Bourgeois At Play"
  • Serenade for String Quartet
  • Serenade for String Quartet: I. Largo
  • Serenade for String Quartet: II. Largo
  • Serenade for String Quartet: III. Largo
  • Sonata 1927
  • Sonata 1927: I.
  • Sonata 1927: II.
  • Sonata 1927: III.
  • Sonata 1927: IV.
  • Sonata 1927: IX.
  • Sonata 1927: V.
  • Sonata 1927: VI.
  • Sonata 1927: VII.
  • Sonata 1927: VIII.
  • The Airborne Symphony
  • The Airborne Symphony: I. Ballad Of History And Mythology
  • The Airborne Symphony: I. Kittyhawk
  • The Airborne Symphony: I. The Airbone
  • The Airborne Symphony: I. Theory Of Flight
  • The Airborne Symphony: II. Ballad Of The Cities
  • The Airborne Symphony: II. Morning Poem
  • The Airborne Symphony: II. The Enemy
  • The Airborne Symphony: II. Threat And Approach
  • The Airborne Symphony: III. Ballad Of Hurry-Up
  • The Airborne Symphony: III. Night Music: Ballad Of The Bombardier
  • The Airborne Symphony: III. Recitative: Chorus Of The Rendezvous
  • The Airborne Symphony: III. The Open Sky
  • The Cradle Will Rock
  • The Spanish Earth
  • Triple-Sec
  • We’re Alive