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xviii, 605 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
The Tim Robbins film Cradle Will Rock reawakened worldwide audiences to composer Marc Blitzstein's runaway Broadway hit of 1937, and to the exciting times he lived in. Blitzstein went on to write Regina (based on Lillian Hellman's "The Little Foxes"), the definitive translation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera, and an enormous amount of other music based squarely in American and Broadway traditions. This book is an engaging biography of this larger-than-life composer that reads like a novel. Practically every page features an illuminating and revealing pen portrait of the most important creative personalities in American culture Orson Welles, John Houseman, Ernest Hemingway, Paul Robeson, Sean O'Casey, Agnes de Mille, Lotte Lenya, Melvyn Douglas, Shirley Both, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Earl Robinson, Rudolf Bing, and many more. A vibrant journey through mid-20th century America comes to life through the eyes and experience of Marc Blitzstein. The issues that marked Blitzstein's day censorship, repression, war are all with us today. This is a story of passion, defiance, glory and tragedy, and ultimately of faith in democratic American values expressed through the arts.
The Brat (1905-1917) -- Studies (1917-Fall 1926) -- Donner und Blitzstein (Fall 1926-Fall 1929) -- Eva (Winter 1930-May 1932) -- In Pursuit of Form (June 1932-January 1935) -- In the Vanguard (Winter 1935-May 1936) -- When the Wind Blows (Summer 1936-Summer 1937) -- Tunes for the People (Summer 1937-Winter 1938) -- Ode to Reason (Winter 1938-Spring 1940) -- In the Clear (Spring 1940-April 1941) -- Phony War, Real War (May 1941-August 1942) -- Every Inch a Soldier (August 1942-November 1943) -- Bill (December 1943-May 1945) -- Home (May 1945-Fall 1946) -- Little Foxes (Fall 1946-March 1948) -- The Party's Over (Spring 1948-December 1949) -- New Metiers (January 1950-December 1953) -- A Smash, a Flop (Winter 1954-October 1955) -- Time of the Fright (Fall 1955-May 1957) -- Bird upon the Tree (Spring 1957-Spring 1958) -- We're Alive (Spring 1958-March 1959) -- Part of the Gang (Spring 1959-Winter 1960) -- Loyalty Under Attack (February 1960-Summer 1960) -- Nostalgia dell'Italia (Fall 1960-May 1962) -- The Thirteenth Scene (June 1962-January 1964) -- Then (January 1964-March 1965).
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
"List of works by Marc Blitzstein": pages 575-579.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-573).