Description: Eric Gordon SIGNED Mark The Music Marc Blitzstein 1989 1st Ed. HB w/GOA Up for bids is this 1989 first edition hardcover version of Mark The Music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein, which was written AND signed by Eric Gordon and is in GOOD condition (NO reminder marks; NOT an ex-library book; NO punch holes).Guarantee of Authenticity (GOA) – We guarantee the authenticity of our SIGNED books and sports memorabilia, all of which have passed a rigorous 20-step authentication process used by forensic autograph analysts. We are so confident in our process that IF one of our SIGNED items fails authentication via Beckett, PSA or CGC, EJay Collectibles will provide you with a full refund plus an additional $10 to help offset the expensive authentication process.The recently released Tim Robbins film Cradle Will Rock reawakened worldwide audiences to composer Marc Blitzstein's runaway Broadway hit of 1937, and to the exciting times he lived in. Blitzstein went on to write Regina (based on Lillian Hellman's "The Little Foxes"), the definitive translation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera, and an enormous amount of other music based squarely in American and Broadway traditions. Mark the Music is an engaging biography of this larger-than-life composer that reads like a novel. Practically every page features an illuminating and revealing pen portrait of the most important creative personalities in American cultureOrson Welles, John Houseman, Ernest Hemingway, Paul Robeson, Sean O'Casey, Agnes de Mille, Lotte Lenya, Melvyn Douglas, Shirley Both, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Earl Robinson, Rudolf Bing, and many more. A vibrant journey through mid-20th century America comes to life through the eyes and experience of Marc Blitzstein. The issues that marked Blitzstein's daycensorship, repression, warare all with us today. This is a story of passion, defiance, glory and tragedy, and ultimately of faith in democratic American values expressed through the arts.
Price: 33.59 USD
Location: South Lyon, Michigan
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Shipping Cost: 3.99 USD
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Type: Novel
Signed By: Eric Gordon
Signed: Yes
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: First Edition
Book Title: Mark the Music : the Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein
Item Length: 2in
Item Height: 7in
Item Width: 10in
Author: Eric A. Gordon
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Composers & Musicians
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication Year: 1989
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 640 Pages
