Art for Art’s Sake

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"Art for Art’s Sake" is a notable musical number from Marc Blitzstein’s 1937 pro-labor musical "The Cradle Will Rock," reflecting its satirical and socially critical themes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical number
song
associatedWith John Houseman
Orson Welles
associatedWork Federal Theatre Project
composer Marc Blitzstein
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceInWork The Cradle Will Rock original 1937 production
genre musical theatre song
political song
satirical song
hasTheme capitalism
class struggle
critique of bourgeois art
labor politics
social criticism
language English
lyricist Marc Blitzstein
movement left-wing political theatre
pro-labor theatre
notableFor critique of the slogan “art for art’s sake”
satirical portrayal of art patrons
partOfWork The Cradle Will Rock
publicationYear 1937
setInWorkContext fictional industrial American town (Steeltown)

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The Cradle Will Rock hasNotableSong Art for Art’s Sake