The Walter W. Gerboth Music Library of Brooklyn College is one of the few places in the world to study the complete works of Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964), composer of The Cradle Will Rock. Located at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives in Madison, WI, the Marc Blitzstein Papers include manuscripts and published scores of Blitzsteins operas, theater works, and concert music, scrapbooks, correspondence and more. View it all on 71 reels of microfilm at the Music Library. Here is a link to the contents of the Blitzstein collection (digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-us0035an) and here is Jerry Orbach singing Blitzsteins The Cradle Will Rock in 1964: youtube/watch?v=uaGnVyZa8iI
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 04:47:34 +0000
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