Sound · Music Arranger · Songs · Original Music Composer
Born Mar 2, 1905 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Active 1927–1964 · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, Arts and Letters Award in Music, star on Playwrights' Sidewalk
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…