var addy_text95430 = 'kwfinfo' + '@' + 'kwf' + '.' + 'org'; . Three years later, suffering from anorexia and breast cancer, Eva died suddenly. Cast and audience marched through the streets from one theatre to the other, gathering more audience members (for free) along the way. By 1949, Blitzstein had reached his full stride in the musical theatre. Blitzstein turned out two more political works, a radio play dedicated to Welles (I’ve Got the Tune 1937) and a quasi-opera, No for an Answer (1941 – “it’s later than we think and it has something to say that I want said right now”), before joining the Army Air Force for the duration of World War II. The seeds of Blitzstein’s convictions were, if not planted, nurtured by his relationship with critic and novelist Eva Goldbeck (born in Berlin in 1901). Young Marcus Samuel Blitzstein was a prodigy at the piano; by the time he was seven he had performed a Mozart Piano Concerto. By the end of the decade, Blitzstein’s lyrics (particularly for “Mack the Knife”) were on every tongue and had been recorded by many diverse artists. Stuff like pots and pans I sold, and sent a check home for that. A couple of months later I get this telegram saying, “Where is the Sacco and Vanzetti score?” I sent a cable back saying, “I sent everything I found.” I got a couple of more cables, and obviously they were thinking I had somehow purloined this Sacco and Vanzetti score. I went back to the hospital to learn the results of the examination. Marc-Blitzstein.org is owned and administered by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, which has administered the musical and literary estate of Marc Blitzstein since 2012. Yet, in his late twenties and early thirties, Blitzstein felt acutely the divide between the creators of esoteric art, especially composers like Schoenberg and Stravinsky, and “the masses” who so desperately needed meaningful – that is, useful – aesthetic experience. I went back to the hospital to learn the results of the examination. [6], Blitzstein was openly gay. Blitzstein was a major figure in American music. Martinique, France—Consular Officer 1962–1964 The new version was performed and recorded with Bernstein conducting in New York in 1946, but it has seldom been heard since. The doctor came out of the examination saying, “Well, lots of bruises but he is OK.” It seemed a happy ending, and I returned to the consulate to do some other work before the end of the day. I didn’t know the name myself when he first dropped into the consulate to register. He was recalled for a further public session, but after a day sitting anxiously in a waiting room he was not called to testify. Learn how to update your browser. "[8] His first lover was the conductor Alexander Smallens, with whom he traveled to Europe in 1924. The dramatic premiere of the pro-union The Cradle Will Rock took place at the Venice Theater on June 16, 1937. Composer Marc Blitzstein's nephew Stephen Davis has donated his 50% share of Blitzstein's musical and literary estate to the Kurt Weill Foundation. The consul brought him in and introduced him to me. Although he was recalled for a public session, he spent the day in a waiting room and was never asked to testify. His death [made] the front page of the New York Times, and I made the front page because the Times called me to interview me. Well, it turned out he had been beaten so bad he ruptured his liver, and the medics had missed it. Yaoundé, Cameroon—Deputy Chief of Mission 1983–1985 Milam helped Blitzstein secure a translator and a medical examination for the police report. He then served in Islamabad as ambassador to Pakistan from 1998 to 2001, dealing with such questions as nuclear proliferation and the rise of the Taliban. In 1964 on the French island of Martinique, well-known American composer Marc Blitzstein was found on the street badly injured and shouting for help. A composer who stood up for leftist causes through his musical compositions, Marc Blitzstein sought to tell the story of the everyday American through musical theater. Blitzstein, tragically, died from a ruptured liver caused by the severe beating. [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. His death [made] the front page of the New York Times, and I made the front page because the Times called me to interview me. The doctor came out of the examination saying, “Well, lots of bruises but he is OK.” It seemed a happy ending, and I returned to the consulate to do some other work before the end of the day. Your browser (Internet Explorer 7 or lower) is out of date. American composer (born March 2, 1905, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - died January 22, 1964, Fort-de-France, Martinique). From 1990 to 1993 he was ambassador to Bangladesh. Lehrman's long-awaited Marc Blitzstein: A Bio-Bibliography, published in 2005 by Praeger, is the longest published biographical bibliography of any American composer at 645 pages. He was untruthful for some reason about why he had come to live in Martinique. It was reported – by Archibald MacLeish, for one, who was there – to be one of the most moving theatrical experiences in memory. [3] In 1958, Blitzstein was subpoenaed to appear before the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). I found Marc Blitzstein lying on the gurney.”. [4], During a visit to Martinique in 1964, at the age of 58, Blitzstein was murdered by three sailors he had picked up in a bar,[5] one of whom he was said to have propositioned. Washington, D.C.—Deputy Assistant Secretary 1985–1990 var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; For now, here are a few links of interest: © 2020 The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. After a trial production under Leonard Bernstein at Brandeis University in 1952, it was produced off-Broadway in 1954 and enjoyed one of the longest runs (2,611 performances) in history. In 1958 Blitzstein was summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Although openly gay, Blitzstein had kept his homosexuality private from his family and had briefly been married to Eva Goldbeck before she died at the age of 35. Education The sailors were later convicted of manslaughter. At the time of his death Blitzstein was at work on Idiots First, a one-act opera based on the eponymous story by Bernard Malamud – intended to be part of a set of one-acters called Tales of Malamud – which Ned Rorem has called "his best work". Known for writing the English lyrics for "Mack The Knife". Blitzstein achieved his first notable success with his one-act opera Triple Sec (1928), which ran on Broadway as part of Garrick Gaities in 1930. An Alternate Story: He wanted me to arrange a full examination to see how badly he was injured. Two months later, late in an evening of bar hopping and heavy drinking, he picked up three Portuguese sailors, and after a sexual encounter in an alley with one of them, was brutally beaten by all three and robbed of everything but his shirt and socks. Marc Blitzstein, Henry Cowell, Norman Dello Joio, Lukas Foss, Leo Smit: Marc Blitzstein, Henry Cowell, Norman Dello Joio, Lukas Foss, Leo Smit - American Composers At The Piano (4x12", Album, Mono, Ltd, Tra) Concert Hall, Concert Hall Limited Recordings: B9: US: 1947: Sell This Version He said he had been injured in an auto accident and asked if I would get in touch with his family in Philadelphia. [3], In 1958, Blitzstein was subpoenaed to appear before the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). Blitzstein was born in Philadelphia on March 2, 1905, to affluent parents. Aside from a ballet, The Guests, he produced his most ambitious and significant work, Regina, a musical setting of Lillian Hellman’s play The Little Foxes (play 1939, film 1941). Marc Blitzstein Papers, Wisconsin Historical Society, retrieved 12 January 2014. Composer Marc Blitzstein's nephew Stephen Davis has donated his 50% share of Blitzstein's musical and literary estate to the Kurt Weill Foundation. Set in Steeltown, USA, “Cradle” is an allegory of corporate greed and corruption, with union organizer Larry Foreman pitted against wicked owner Mr. Mister. My sin is, has been... the willingness to corrupt my nature. Both Tales of Malamud and Sacco and Vanzetti were completed posthumously, with the approval of Blitzstein's estate, by composer Leonard Lehrman. 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. I arranged for a full medical examination and for an English-speaking doctor to participate. Official Website of Composer Marc Blitzstein. As contemporaries in the American musical theater, Weill and Blitzstein shared common interests in creating socially conscious, populist theater, fusing classical and popular musical idioms, and developing American opera. Washington, D.C.—Special Negotiator for the Environment 1993–1995 Yet his was a formidable theatrical and musical talent, beloved and highly admired by his associates Welles and Lillian Hellman, Lehman Engel, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein, as well as countless fans of his opera Regina and his lyrics to The Threepenny Opera. Marcus Samuel Blitzstein (March 2, 1905 – January 22, 1964), was an American composer, lyricist, and librettist. “Marc Blitzstein,” said Orson Welles in 1984, “was almost a saint.
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