Marc Blitzstein: His Life, His Work, His World
- Author: Pollack, Howard
The fluidity of prose, moving between established fact and new interviews and critical ideas, is remarkable, making for a book that is rivaled only by Pollack's biography of Aaron Copland...A... — More…
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Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Boy from Philadelphia
- Chapter 2: Journeyman Years
- Chapter 3: Early Works (1924-1929)
- Chapter 4: Life with Eva, I (1929-1931)
- Chapter 5: From is 5 (1929) to the Piano Concerto (1931)
- Chapter 6: Life with Eva, II (1932-1936)
- Chapter 7: Critical Writings (1931-1940)
- Chapter 8: From the Serenade (1932) to The Chesapeake Bay Retriever (1936)
- Chapter 9: The Cradle Will Rock, I (1936-1937)
- Chapter 10: The Cradle Will Rock, II
- Chapter 11: From The Spanish Earth (1937) to Danton's Death (1939)
- Chapter 12: No for an Answer (1937-1940)
- Chapter 13: From Valley Town (1940) to Labor for Victory (1942)
- Chapter 14: To London and Back (1942-1945)
- Chapter 15: From Freedom Morning (1943) to the Airborne Symphony (1946)
- Chapter 16: From Goloopchik (1945) to The Guests (1949)
- Chapter 17: Regina, I (1946-1949)
- Chapter 18: Regina, II
- Chapter 19: The Threepenny Opera (1950-1954) and Other Adaptations
- Chapter 20: Reuben Reuben (1949-1955) and This is the Garden (1956-1957)
- Chapter 21: More Music for Shakespeare (1950-1958)
- Chapter 22: Juno (1957-59)
- Chapter 23: Final Years, I (1959-1961)
- Chapter 24: Final Years, II (1961-1964)
- Chapter 25: The Unfinished Operas
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index