Word: blitzstein
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they mention in the same breath with Shakespeare and Goethe. One word about Lehrman: music comes just as easily as instant linguistic virtuosity to this Dunster House dynamo. Having studied piano seven years under Elie Siegmeister, Lehrman has for the past few years been the impassioned devote of Mare Blitzstein, the American composer and disciple of Brecht...
TAHITI and Thrace and the world of all the People-all dreamlands? Perhaps, with Blitzstein, we will dare to hope that the last is something more...
Taking his composing seriously, Blitzstein once wrote, "I don't feel there is any difference in the quality of a theatre song as compared to a concert song." And theatre songs had the added appeal for him of the American vernacular...
Simplicity often seems to have the scope of an epigram, and the plays at Lowell House seem to universalize Blitzstein's lyrics even more by their free sweep through time and space. Wakeen Ray-Riv is director and choreographer of "The Harpies," set in ancient Thrace. A farce based on Apollonius, it is Blitzstein's first opera to his own text, performed only once before, in 1953 at the Manhattan School of Music. The new staging here and emphasis on dance is a vital response to Blitzstein's dedication to popular art and depends on the spirit of community...
Juliet Cunningham's creative direction refreshes Bernstein's "Trouble in Tahiti," performed at Sanders Theatre in 1939 and in 1952 at Brandeis, Stylistically indebted to Blitzstein, "Trouble in Tahiti" focuses on a bored suburban couple who seek entertainment from a movie about Tahiti...