A Bibliography |
The following is a comprehensive list of books, essays, theses, dissertations and articles concerning the life and music of Marc Blitzstein, the world in which he lived, and the people with whom he mixed. Please contact me if there are any relevant titles missing. |
Author | Title | Publisher | | |
L. Bernstein | Findings | London; 1982 | | |
H. Brant | Marc Blitzstein | MM; xxiii/3 (1946) 170 | |
H. Burton | Leonard Bernstein | London; 1994 | | |
S. Callow | Orson Welles - The Road to Xanadu | London; 1995 | | |
A. Copland | The New Music | New York; 1968 | | |
A. Copland & V. Perlis | Copland: Volume One 1900 - 1942 | London; 1984 | | |
A. Copland & V. Perlis | Copland: Volume Two Since 1943 | St. Martin's Press | | |
C. Davis | The Sun in Mid-Career | New York; 1975 | | |
R.J. Dietz | Marc Blitzstein and the "Agit-prop" Theatre of the 1930s | Yearbook of the Inter-American Institute for Musical Research; vi (1970) 51 | |
A. B. Foradori | Examining a 'New' American Classic: Vocal Writing in Marc Blitzstein's Regina | The Journal of Singing, vol. 54, no. 1 (September/October, 1997) | |
A. B. Foradori | Regina: A Pivotal Work in American Musical Theatre | Ohio State University, diss., 1994 | |
E.A. Gordon | Ethics and Evidence in Gay Biography: American Composer Marc Blitzstein | Empathy; Vol 4 No.1/2 (1989) | |
E.A. Gordon | Mark the Music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein | New York; 1989 | | |
E.A. Gordon | Of the People: Marc Blitzstein Remembered | Opera News; xliv/19 (1980) 26 | |
E.A. Gordon | The Roots of Regina | Performing Arts; iii/8 (1980) 6 | |
S. Green | Broadway Musicals - Show by Show | Milwaukee; 1985 | | |
J. Gruen | Close-up | New York; (1968) 166 | |
J. Houseman | Run-through: a memoir | New York; 1972 | | |
J.O. Hunter | Marc Blitzstein's "The Cradle Will Rock" as a Document of America 1937 | American Quarterly; xvi (1964) 227 | |
M. Lederman | Memories of Marc Blitzstein, Music's Angry YoungYoung Man | SHOW; iv (1964) 18 | |
L.J. Lehrman | Numerous articles on Blitzstein and related issues | Various publications. Details listed at L.J. Lehrman's website. | |
R. Leiter | Mr Vivid | Pennsylvania Gazette, University of Pennsylvania, March '84 | |
W.H. Mellers | Music in a New Found Land | New York; 1965 | | |
Carol J. Oja | Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock and Mass-Song Style of the 1930s | Musical Quarterly 73/4 (1989), 445-75 | |
J. Peyser | Leonard Bernstein | London; 1987 | | |
J. Peyser | The Troubled Time of Marc Blitzstein | Columbia University Forum; ix/1 (1966) 32 | |
T. Robbins | Cradle Will Rock: The Movie and the Moment | Newmarket Press; 1999 | | |
M. Secrest | Leonard Bernstein, a life | London; 1995 | | |
P.M. Talley | Social Criticism in the Original Theatre Librettos of Marc Blitzstein | diss: U. of Wisconsin; 1965 | |
O. Welles | The Cradle Will Rock: An Original Screenplay | Santa Teresa Pr; (October 1994) | | |