Any commercial music was the opiate of the masses, as Marc Blitzstein showed in his parody pop tunes "Croon Spoon" and "Honolulu," in The Cradle Will Rock (1937).    From Wordnik.com.  [Out of Our Dreams] Reference

In the early years of the Depression the Composers 'Collective, a circle that included Blitzstein and Aaron Copland, tried to develop an alternative music for the masses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out of Our Dreams] Reference

This is very much the antidote to the glossy American musical from Blitzstein, the man who would go on to Broadway success with his adaptation of Weill and Brecht's Threepenny Opera.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cradle Will Rock – review] Reference

Blitzstein, and Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal - the sort of characters who made Tony Soprano look like Mother Theresa.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News - Home] Reference

And following the performance and recording session, Blitzstein took Lewis into a private booth - paid for from his own pocket - to re-record some of the high notes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Playbill.com : News] Reference

Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera became known to American audiences in the Marc Blitzstein adaptation, which introduced the English lyrics of "Mack the Knife.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News from SYS-CON ITALIA] Reference

I Sing, or if Blitzstein had written The Hearst Castle Will Rock or Odets's Waiting for Willkie, D.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nation: Top Stories] Reference

(Blitzstein, Strayhorn, Bernstein) and today (Rufus Wainwright, kd lang, Melissa Etheridge).    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Carla Bley Musique Mechanique, Carla Bley Musique Mechanique, Carla Bley Social Studies, Blind Boy Fuller Truckin My Blues Away, Blind Faith Blind Faith, Blind Lemon Jefferson Blind Lemon Jefferson, Marc Blitzstein The Cradle Will Rock, Blond-Blond Trésors de la Chanson Judéo-Arabe, Blondie Parallel Lines, Jaap Blonk Flux-de-Bouche, Jaap Blonk Vocalor, Blood Sweat & Tears Blood Sweat & Tears, Blowfly Disco, Blowfly On T.V.    From Wordnik.com.  [6799 : Kenneth Goldsmith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference