The Cradle Will Rock

"Composers must come out into the open; they must fight the battle with other workers" Marc Blitzstein. Blitzstein’s The Cradle will Rock was one of the most powerful pieces of art during the Great Depression ("The Cradle Will Rock", 1). It alone transformed not only Broadway, but also the mentality of the American people during this time of labor, war, and strife. Theatre reached more people during this time than ever before. Under Franklin Delano Roosevelt 's Work Progress Administration 25 million people were exposed to theatre (Miller, n.d.). The Little Steel Strike’s lineage coincides with that of The Cradle will Rock. The story was a revolutionary for the time, the opening performance is a landmark in Broadway history, and it affected…

The film The Cradle Will Rock takes place in the late 1930s, a time where the severe downturn in the economy left millions out of work and without any steady means of income. The Depression left people hopeless and desperate for any sort of work that would allow them to be able to afford food for their family, regardless of how dangerous or grueling the work was. Thanks to the rapid industrialization that began with the advent of the industrial revolution in the late eighteenth and early…

innovation are capable of being used for nefarious purposes A prime example of this is the ability to split atoms apart, the process by which the atom bomb was created. A major theme in the book Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut is that the things that science can create to help us now may end up being our downfall if we lose our morality. In this book, the invention that Vonnegut uses as an example of an invention used for the wrong purposes is ice nine, which eventually turns the world into a…

around in circles - “Ring around the rosey, pocket full of posies. Ashes, ashes, we all fall down.” Well according to some sources this actually refers to the Black Plague. Rosey refers to a symptom which was a rosey rash and posies were used so the smell of this disease could be warded off. Those who had the plague fell down just before they died. For ages babies have heard their mothers singing to them “Rock-a-bye Baby”. The words have the baby rocking on a treetop and the wind is what…

Night, Bedroom in Arles, or Van Gogh Seld-Portrait are some of the most universalized and popularized paintings from Vincent Van Gogh himself as well as the Post-Impressionist period. However, many of his other pieces exemplify his unique approach towards art as well as Post-Impressionist and Neo-Impressionism. Chicago’s Art Institute has many of Van Gogh’s works and one of the lesser known works of his currently on display is Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle. The portraits he composed were…

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Cat’s in the Cradle Song Analysis Harry Chapin is musician, and songwriter, he wrote a heart breaking song called “Cat’s in the Cradle” in 1947. This sad/soft rock song, tells a story about a father who did not scheduled enough time to spend with his son. Furthermore this song tells a strong meaningful message about managing your time spend with your family, over one's career. The main theme of this song is a father’s regret of not spending time with his son. In the first verse of the…

Now I don’t know, how Jerry Lee Lewis, found out I’d come along in March, in my year of 1957. But it must of been that great moment, when I let out my first shout and mom had her cry - that Jerry yelled out, ”Great Balls of Fire!” Mom and dad raised me just fine, of that I have no doubt, but I had no music, to make my cradle rock. Somewhere quietly, on radios I didn’t hear, The Crickets were singing - “That’ll Be The Day” But there was no one, who’d sing a rock ballad, to a tiny baby - Who…

Maravillas C., Melder E. J. Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, figure 16-18 Madonna on the Rocks (1483), was created during the High Renaissance period, in which he portrays the Virgin Mary as a real human mother, no longer idolizing her as the queen of heaven. While Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun’s portrait, figure 17-25 Marie Antoinette and Her Children (1781) was created during the Rococo period and shows Marie Antoinette, the wife of Louis XVI, as a loving mother, with only her clothing representing her…

How music eras and genres participate in social change and correspond to ideologies through subcultures in the 20th century Research paper Table of Contents Goal of this paper 3 Introduction 3 Social change in modernity 3 Technological development’s impact on music culture 4 Eras of popular music in the 20th century 5 Rock and Roll 5 Pop 7 Beat 8 Rock 9  Goal of this paper In this work I will: - Show, how music eras take place in the context of social change - Present the main genres…