Marc Blitzstein - dissertations

Bell, Robert Allen.  "Ratio Within Ratio:  A Speculative Burkeian 
Methodology and Application for the Rhetorical Criticism of Marc 
Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock" (diss., Kent State University, 
1980).

Diehl, William R.  "A Recital and Study of Eighteen Songs Based on 
Literature from Ten Plays of William Shakespeare as Set to Music by 
Selected Composers of Five Periods of Music History" (diss., Columbia 
University, 1967).

Dietz, Robert James.  "The Operatic Style of Marc Blitzstein in the 
American 'Agit-Prop' Era" (diss., The University of Iowa, 1970).  
Michigan:  University Microfilms International, 1986.
The dissertation that led to a revival of Blitzstein's works and an 
interest in his life in the 80s and 90s.  It is one of the leading 
publications on information about Blitzstein's life and his 'agit-pop' 
works:  The Cradle 	Will Rock, No for an Answer and I've Got the Tune.

Foradori, Anne Bill.  "Marc Blitzstein's Regina:  A Pivotal Work in 
American 	Musical Theatre" (diss., Ohio State University, 1994).

Fox, Larry Phillip.  "A Comparative Analysis of Selected Dramatic 
Works and Their Twentieth Century Operatic Adaptations" (diss., 
University of South Carolina, 1992).

McCall, Sarah B.  "The Musical Fallout of Political Activism Government 
Investigations	of Musicians in the United States" (diss., University of 
North Texas, 1993).

Mehrens, Christopher Emile.  "The Genesis of Marc Blitzstein's Opera 
Regina" (diss., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1987).

Rowley, John.  "The Preparation and Performance for the Role "Ben" in 
the Opera Regina" (diss. Ball State Teacher's College, 1964).  

Scroggins, Kimberley Kristina.  "The Preparation and Performance of 
Roles in Regina, Blood Wedding, and Canterbury Tales" (diss., San Jose 
State University, 1977).

Short, Bradley Howard.  "American Radio Opera, 1928-1971" (diss., 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986).

Talley, Paul Myers.  "Social criticism in the original theatre 
librettos of Marc 	Blitzstein"(diss. University of Wisconsin, 1965).


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