Keys of Change: Marc Blitzstein & Paul Robeson
Today’s show focuses on Paul Robeson and Marc Blitzstein, both ardent socialists, passionate musicians,...
Tag Archives: Marc Blitzstein
Podcast: 100th Episode!
One hundred days on the road. One hundred episodes of American Highways, as Guy...
Podcast: Short Cuts
Time is completely variable, as Einstein theorized, and as these miniatures prove. In this...
Podcast: Labor Day Special
A Labor Day Special with a hint of political activism. Pianist Guy Livingston introduces...
REVIEW: “The Cradle Will Rock”
reviewed by Guy LIVINGSTON on July 16, 2017 Music and book by Marc Blitzstein...
“I Speak in English Now”
This is the second in my series on American composers who were refugees. Tonight,...
Podcast: Inauguration Anxiety
As you know I like to feature music of struggle and music of politics,...
Act 4: Anarchists at the Opera
Composer Marc Blitzstein wrote engaging, and politically engaged music all his life. In the...
Act 3: Mack the Knife on Broadway
Composer Marc Blitzstein was a man who straddled many genres, from classical to Broadway....
Act 2: Love and Betrayal
Here’s the story of a great composer who has been all but forgotten: Marc...