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The strange case of Dr. H. H. Holmes : for baritone and prepared piano / Libby Larsen ; libretto by Libby Larsen adapted from H. H. Holmes, aka Herman Mudgett.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library M1621.4.L37 S77 2010
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Larsen, Libby.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896--Songs and music.
- Mudgett, Herman W.
- Mudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896.
- Song cycles.
- Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
- Prepared piano music.
- Genre:
- Songs and music.
- Songs.
- Scores.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (43 pages) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minn. : Libby Larsen Publishing : Kenwood Editions, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English words, also printed as text.
- Contents:
- I state my case
- As a young man
- I build my business
- Thirteen ladies and three who got away
- Evidence.
- Notes:
- "A five movement work for baritone and prepared piano."--Libby Larsen website.
- Commissioned by Dickinson College for the Florestan Recital Project. Premiered in Harrisburg, PA, March 2010, by Aaron Engebreth and Alison d'Amato.
- Herman Webster Mudgett was one of the first documented serial killers in America. Larsen wrote the libretto for this work based on his confessions and the accounts of Detective Robert Corbitt.
- Duration: ca. 18:00.
- Includes program note, composer biography and instructions for prepared piano.
- ISBN:
- 1937234169
- 9781937234164
- OCLC:
- 756165818
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