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Classical

United States

Marc Blitzstein

Composer | Lyrics | Performer

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Most Streamed Songs by Marc Blitzstein

Listen to Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera): The Ballad of Mack the Knife [arr. M. Blitzstein] by David Brooks, Lotte Lenya, Marc Blitzstein & Jo Sullivan, see lyrics, music video & more!

Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera): The Ballad of Mack the Knife [arr. M. Blitzstein]David Brooks, Lotte Lenya, Marc Blitzstein & Jo Sullivan

Listen to Moritat by Sam Blok Quartet, Marc Blitzstein & Bertolt Brecht, see lyrics, music video & more!

MoritatSam Blok Quartet, Marc Blitzstein & Bertolt Brecht

Listen to Marc Blitzstein Discusses "The Cradle Will Rock" by Marc Blitzstein, see lyrics, music video & more!

Marc Blitzstein Discusses "The Cradle Will Rock"Marc Blitzstein

Listen to Listen! The Boilermakers Are with Us! / The Cradle Will Rock (Reprise) [Live] by Larry Foreman, Matt Boehler, Dylan Elza, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Eric McConnell, John Tibbetts, Justin Hopkins, Keith Jameson, Scott Purcell, Jorgeandrés Camargo, Michael Anderson, Adam Bradley, Brian Wallin, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein, see lyrics, music video & more!

Listen! The Boilermakers Are with Us! / The Cradle Will Rock (Reprise) [Live]Larry Foreman, Matt Boehler, Dylan Elza, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Eric McConnell, John Tibbetts, Justin Hopkins, Keith Jameson, Scott Purcell, Jorgeandrés Camargo, Michael Anderson, Adam Bradley, Brian Wallin, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein

Listen to Nightcourt (Live) by Larry Foreman, Matt Boehler, Dylan Elza, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Eric McConnell, John Tibbetts, Justin Hopkins, Keith Jameson, Scott Purcell, Jorgeandrés Camargo, Michael Anderson, Adam Bradley, Brian Wallin, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein, see lyrics, music video & more!

Nightcourt (Live)Larry Foreman, Matt Boehler, Dylan Elza, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Eric McConnell, John Tibbetts, Justin Hopkins, Keith Jameson, Scott Purcell, Jorgeandrés Camargo, Michael Anderson, Adam Bradley, Brian Wallin, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein

Listen to Joe Worker (Live) by Nina Spinner, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein, see lyrics, music video & more!

Joe Worker (Live)Nina Spinner, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein

Listen to Hello, Doctor (Live) by Nina Spinner, Jorgeandrés Camargo, Efraín Solís, Meghan Kasanders, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein, see lyrics, music video & more!

Hello, Doctor (Live)Nina Spinner, Jorgeandrés Camargo, Efraín Solís, Meghan Kasanders, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein

Listen to It’s Not Going to Hurt? (Live) by Matt Boehler, Jorgeandrés Camargo, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein, see lyrics, music video & more!

It’s Not Going to Hurt? (Live)Matt Boehler, Jorgeandrés Camargo, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein

Listen to Facultyroom (Live) by Eric McConnell, Matt Boehler, Michael Anderson, Adam Bradley, Miles Herr, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein, see lyrics, music video & more!

Facultyroom (Live)Eric McConnell, Matt Boehler, Michael Anderson, Adam Bradley, Miles Herr, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein

Listen to The Cradle Will Rock / Do You Think We Don't Know What That Fight Tonight’s About? (Live) by Christopher Burchett, John Tibbetts, Scott Purcell, Justin Hopkins, Brian Wallin, Adam Bradley, Michael Anderson, Jorgeandrés Camargo, Keith Jameson, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Eric McConnell, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Cradle Will Rock / Do You Think We Don't Know What That Fight Tonight’s About? (Live)Christopher Burchett, John Tibbetts, Scott Purcell, Justin Hopkins, Brian Wallin, Adam Bradley, Michael Anderson, Jorgeandrés Camargo, Keith Jameson, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Eric McConnell, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, John Mauceri & Marc Blitzstein

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Album

2026

Marc Blitzstein: Parabola and CirculaNorrköping Symphony Orchestra, Aleksander Nohr, Mari Eriksmoen, Matthew Newlin, Hanna Husáhr, Linard Vrielink, Henning von Schulman, Hongni Wu & Karl-Heinz Steffens

Compilation Album

2024

Paul Robeson Performing Songs of Free Men (2024 Remastered Version)Paul Robeson & Lawrence Brown

Live Album

2022

From Rags to Riches: 100 Years of American Song (Live)Stephanie Blythe, Steven Blier & New York Festival Of Song

Album

2019

Blitzstein: Music for Solo Piano, 1918-1963Leonard Lehrman

Album

2018

Blitzstein: The Airborne Symphony - Bernstein: FacsimileLeonard Bernstein, New York City Symphony Orchestra & The RCA Victor Orchestra

Live Album

2018

The Cradle Will Rock (Live)Various Artists

Album

2018

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 / Bernstein: Seven Anniversaries / Copland: Piano Sonata / Blitzstein: Dusty Sun / Bernstein: I Hate MusicLeonard Bernstein

Album

2015

Open Your HeartLaura Claycomb & Marc Teicholz

Album

2010

Viennese School: Teachers and Followers: Arnold Schönberg Vol. 2Steffen Schleiermacher

Album

2009

First Life: The Rare Early WorksMarc Blitzstein, Sarah Cahill & Del Sol Quartet

Compilation Album

2009

First LifeVarious Artists

Compilation Album

2009

André Previn - An 80th Birthday CelebrationAndré Previn

Compilation Album

2009

An 80th Birthday CelebrationAndré Previn

Album

2009

Marc Blitzstein: Zipperfly & Other SongsSteven Blier, Karen Holvik & William Sharp

Album

2009

In Need of MusicBoston Gay Men's Chorus

Album

1999

Cradle Will Rock (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)David Robbins & Marc Blitzstein

Compilation Album

1997

Songs of Free MenLawrence Brown & Paul Robeson, Jr.

Album

1997

Songs of Free MenPaul Robeson

Album

1992

Ferdinand the Bull & Babar the ElephantVarious Artists

Marc Blitzstein: Behind the Scenes

Songs by other artists that Marc Blitzstein helped bring to life.

Popular Credits

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The Cradle Will Rock / Do You Think We Don't Know What That Fight Tonight’s About? (Live)

Marc Blitzstein, John Mauceri, Michael Anderson, Adam Bradley, Keith Jameson, Eric McConnell, Christopher Burchett, Opera Saratoga Orchestra, Brian Wallin, Justin Hopkins, Ginger Costa-Jackson, John Tibbetts, Scott Purcell & Jorgeandrés Camargo

Classical·2018

The Cradle Will Rock

Steven Tyler, Erin Hill, Henry Stram, Tim Jerome, Dan Jenkins, Vicki Clark & Chris McKinney

Soundtrack·1999

Bing's South Texas Quail Hunting Medley: Galway Bay / Mack the Knife / Surrey With the Fringe On Top / The Pleasure of Your Company

Bing Crosby

Traditional Pop·1975

I Wish It So

Rosemary Clooney

Jazz·1963

New York, New York Medley (Live)

Mel Tormé & George Shearing

Jazz·1988

Airborne Symphony, Part I: Theory of Flight

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic & Choral Art Society

Classical·1976

Airborne Symphony, Part I: Ballad of History and Mythology

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic & Choral Art Society

Classical·1976

Curtain Call Medley

Jonathan Groff & Original Broadway Cast of Just In Time

Soundtrack·2025

Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera): Mister Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum [arr. M. Blitzstein]

David Brooks, Marc Blitzstein, Lotte Lenya & Jo Sullivan

Classical·2013

Tribute Medley (Live In NY, 1977)

Lou Rawls

R&B/Soul·1966

About Marc Blitzstein

Hometown

Philadelphia, PA, United States

Born

1905

Genre

Classical

Artist Links

American composer Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964) was a major composer in the left-leaning American theater of the 1930s, particularly through his musical The Cradle Will Rock (1936), and a direct influence on Leonard Bernstein. Beginning in an explicitly modernist vein, Blitzstein simplified his music in accord with the socialist dictum that music should serve the people. Subsequent stage works, such as the opera Regina (1949), met with mixed reviews but his English-language adaptation of Brecht-Weill's The Threepenny Opera (1953) proved Blitzstein's greatest success. Tragically, while in the process of composing an opera supported by a Ford Foundation grant, Blitzstein was murdered in Martinique.