- Title Pages
- Dedication
- [UNTITLED]
- Introduction
- 1 The Boy from Philadelphia
- 2 Journeyman Years
- 3 Early Works (1924–1929)
- 4 Life with Eva, I (1929–1931)
- 5 From <i>is 5</i> (1929) to the Piano Concerto (1931)
- 6 Life with Eva, II (1932–1936)
- 7 Critical Writings (1931–1940)
- 8 From the <i>Serenade</i> (1932) to <i>The Chesapeake Bay Retriever</i> (1936)
- 9 <i>The Cradle Will Rock</i>, I (1936–1937)
- 10 <i>The Cradle Will Rock</i>, II
- 11 From <i>The Spanish Earth</i> (1937) to <i>Danton’s Death</i> (1939)
- 12 <i>No for an Answer</i> (1937–1940)
- 13 From <i>Valley Town</i> (1940) to <i>Labor for Victory</i> (1942)
- 14 To London and Back (1942–1945)
- 15 From <i>Freedom Morning</i> (1943) to the <i>Airborne Symphony</i> (1946)
- 16 From <i>Goloopchik</i> (1945) to <i>The Guests</i> (1949)
- 17 <i>Regina</i>, I (1946–1949)
- 18 <i>Regina</i>, II
- 19 <i>The Threepenny Opera</i> (1950–1954) and Other Adaptations
- 20 <i>Reuben Reuben</i> (1949–1955) and <i>This Is the Garden</i> (1956–1957)
- 21 More Music for Shakespeare (1950–1958)
- 22 <i>Juno</i> (1957–1959)
- 23 Final Years, I (1959–1961)
- 24 Final Years, II (1961–1964)
- 25 The Unfinished Operas
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Index
Final Years, I (1959–1961)
Final Years, I (1959–1961)
- Chapter:
- (p.440) 23 Final Years, I (1959–1961)
- Source:
- Marc Blitzstein
- Author(s):
Howard Pollack
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter covers Blitzstein’s induction into the National Institute of Arts and Letters; his 1959 trip to Europe; his final critical writings; his plans to write a musical film adaptation of Charlotte’s Web with Mary Rodgers; his final incidental score, to Lillian Hellman’s Toys in the Attic; his decision to write an opera about Sacco and Vanzetti, and the controversy surrounding the Metropolitan Opera’s decision to commission the work with a grant from the Ford Foundation; his second cycle of E. E. Cummings songs, From Marion’s Book; and his sabbatical in Rome in 1960-61 to work on the Sacco and Vanzetti opera.
Keywords: National Institute of Arts and Letters, Charlotte’s Web, Mary Rodgers, Lillian Hellman, Toys in the Attic, Sacco and Vanzetti, Metropolitan Opera, Ford Foundation, E. E. Cummings, From Marion’s Book
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- [UNTITLED]
- Introduction
- 1 The Boy from Philadelphia
- 2 Journeyman Years
- 3 Early Works (1924–1929)
- 4 Life with Eva, I (1929–1931)
- 5 From <i>is 5</i> (1929) to the Piano Concerto (1931)
- 6 Life with Eva, II (1932–1936)
- 7 Critical Writings (1931–1940)
- 8 From the <i>Serenade</i> (1932) to <i>The Chesapeake Bay Retriever</i> (1936)
- 9 <i>The Cradle Will Rock</i>, I (1936–1937)
- 10 <i>The Cradle Will Rock</i>, II
- 11 From <i>The Spanish Earth</i> (1937) to <i>Danton’s Death</i> (1939)
- 12 <i>No for an Answer</i> (1937–1940)
- 13 From <i>Valley Town</i> (1940) to <i>Labor for Victory</i> (1942)
- 14 To London and Back (1942–1945)
- 15 From <i>Freedom Morning</i> (1943) to the <i>Airborne Symphony</i> (1946)
- 16 From <i>Goloopchik</i> (1945) to <i>The Guests</i> (1949)
- 17 <i>Regina</i>, I (1946–1949)
- 18 <i>Regina</i>, II
- 19 <i>The Threepenny Opera</i> (1950–1954) and Other Adaptations
- 20 <i>Reuben Reuben</i> (1949–1955) and <i>This Is the Garden</i> (1956–1957)
- 21 More Music for Shakespeare (1950–1958)
- 22 <i>Juno</i> (1957–1959)
- 23 Final Years, I (1959–1961)
- 24 Final Years, II (1961–1964)
- 25 The Unfinished Operas
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Index
