Notes
1Leonard J. Lehrman, Marc Blitzstein: A Bio-Bibliography (Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2005).
2Eric A. Gordon, Mark the Music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989).
The sets of excerpts by members of the original casts of The Cradle Will Rock and No for an Answer, with Blitzstein at the piano, were reissued on LP on several labels and on CD with Bernstein's first recording of Airborne Symphony on Pearl CD GERS 0009 (out of print). The 1964 revival of The Cradle, directed by Howard da Silva from the original cast, was recorded on MGM 54289 OC (two LPs, out of print), while the 1983 revival by The Acting Company, directed by John Houseman, the work's original producer, is available on CD from Jay Records, CD JAY 1300. The CD reissue of Bernstein's 1946 recording of Airborne Symphony on RCA 09026-2568-2 is also out of print, but the 1966 version with Orson Welles and the New York Philharmonic is on Sony 61849.