Birth Name:

Marc Blitzstein

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Mar 02, 1905

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Age:

119

Zodiac Sign:

Pisces

Astrology Data:

Sun

11°

Pis

28'

About Marc Blitzstein

Marcus Samuel Blitzstein (March 2, 1905 – January 22, 1964), was an American composer, lyricist, and librettist. 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. He is known for The Cradle Will Rock and for his Off-Broadway translation/adaptation of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. His works also include the opera Regina, an adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play The Little Foxes; the Broadway musical Juno, based on Seán O'Casey's play Juno and the Paycock; and No for an Answer. He completed translation/adaptations of Brecht's and Weill's musical play Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and of Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children with music by Paul Dessau. Blitzstein also composed music for films, such as Surf and Seaweed (1931) and The Spanish Earth (1937), and he contributed two songs to the original 1960 production of Hellman's play Toys in the Attic.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Official Blitzstein website, managed by Kurt Weill Foundation for Music and the Blitzstein Estate

• Unofficial Blitzstein website, managed by John Jansson

• Marc Blitzstein Papers at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

• Marc Blitzstein at the Internet Broadway Database

• Marc Blitzstein at Internet Off-Broadway Database

• Marc Blitzstein at ljlehrman.artists-in-residence.com

• Marc Blitzstein at Find a Grave

• Marc Blitzstein plaque in Philadelphia

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Marc Blitzstein: Sun 11 Pisces, Moon 2 Aquarius, Mercury 4 Pisces, Venus 27 Aries, Mars 20 Scorpio, Jupiter 28 Aries, Saturn 25 Aquarius, Uranus 3 Capricorn, Neptune 5 Cancer, Pluto 19 Gemini, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Semi Square Jupiter, Mercury Sextile Uranus, Mercury Trine Neptune, Venus Conjunct Jupiter, Venus Sextile Saturn, Mars Semi Square Uranus, Mars Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Mars Quincunx Pluto, Jupiter Sextile Saturn, Jupiter Trine Uranus, Uranus Opposition Neptune

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Photo attribution: Stage Publishing Company, Inc., photograph by Alfredo Valente, Stage magazine, Volume 15, Number 5, February 1938 (page 54)