| Question 1: He is best known for The Cradle Will Rock and for his off-Broadway translation/adaptation of The Threepenny Opera by ________ and Kurt Weill. | |||
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| Question 2: The Threepenny Opera (1954) - operetta revival - editor of ________'s book and lyrics into English | |||
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| Question 3: Both Tales of Malamud and Sacco and Vanzetti were completed posthumously, with the approval of Blitzstein's estate, by composer ________. | |||
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| Question 4: The Cradle Will Rock (1938) - musical - composer, lyricist, bookwriter, director, pianist, and ________ in the roles of Clerk, First Reporter, and Professor Mamie | |||
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| Question 5: His works also include the opera Regina, an adaptation of ________'s play The Little Foxes; the Broadway musical Juno, based on Sean O'Casey's play Juno and the Paycock; and No For An Answer. | |||
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| Question 6: He was vociferous in denouncing composers - in particular ________ - whom he felt debased their standards to reach a wider public. | |||
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| Question 7: He went on to study ________ with Alexander Siloti, (a pupil of Liszt and Tchaikovsky), and made his professional concerto debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Liszt’s E flat Piano Concerto when he was 21. | |||
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| Question 8: It was the piece Blitzstein said would be his magnum opus, a three-act opera commissioned by the ________ and optioned by the Metropolitan Opera, Sacco and Vanzetti. | |||
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| Question 9: After studying composition at the Curtis Institute of Music, he continued his studies in Europe with ________ in Berlin (with whom he did not get on), and Nadia Boulanger in Paris (with whom he did). | |||
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| Question 10: He completed translation/adaptations of Brecht's and Weill's musical play ________ and of Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children with music by Paul Dessau. | |||
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