First (1963, unfinished, completed by Leonard Lehrman, 1973) and The Magic Barrel (1964, unfinished) Sacco and Vanzetti (1964, unfinished opera, completed by Leonard Lehrman, 2001) References Sources John Warrack and Ewan West (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera. Eric A. Gordon (1989), Mark the Music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein. New York: St. Martin's Press. Reprinted: New York: iUniverse, 2000. External links Official Blitzstein website, managed by Kurt Weill Foundation for Music and the Blitzstein Estate Unofficial Blitzstein website, managed by John Jansson Marc Blitzstein Papers at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research Marc Blitzstein at ljlehrman.artists-in-residence.com Marc Blitzstein plaque in Philadelphia 1905 births 1964 deaths 20th-century American composers 20th-century classical composers 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century LGBT people American musical theatre composers Male musical theatre composers American people murdered abroad Curtis Institute of Music alumni Hollywood blacklist Jewish American classical composers LGBT Jews LGBT classical composers Members of the Communist Party USA American murder victims American opera composers Male opera composers Musicians from Philadelphia LGBT classical musicians LGBT people from Pennsylvania People murdered in Martinique American male classical composers American classical composers American gay musicians Deaths by beating Pupils of Arnold Schoenberg Violence against gay men Violence against men in North America