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Volume VI: Dance: underlined means that a full or partial recording is available on this website.
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Book Ia:  Tone Poems (See 1b. # 9 below)
1.    Masque of The Red Death:4.5 -6  min.; hrps. duo;4.5 -6  min.; hrps. duo;
2.    Island of The Sirens: 
Ia. Book Ib. Ballet Symphonies (medium orchestra):
1a.   Scaramouche & Pulcinella: 30 min. & 35 sec.; 7 mov.; ballet ("Fantouches" Verlaine) (Tarot #1);
1b.   Scaramouche & Pulcinella: 30 min. & 35 sec.; 7 mov.; for fl., cl., vln,. vc,. & pno.;​
2.    Clover Ceres: 19 min.; 6 mov.;  ballet; (Tarot #2)
3.    The Great Liberator: 35 min. & 15 sec.; 7 mov.; ballet (Islandic tale); (Tarot #3);
​4a-d.  Scrooge: 67 minutes; 6 scenes;  ballet/symphony; (Dickens) (Tarot #4);
4e.  5 Songs for Scrooge: for Bass or alto; (to separate the scenes or the ballet/symphony); 
8.    The Wood Sprite: 11 & a half min.; one mov.; ballet; (Tarot #0);
9.    Odyssey: 19 min. & 20 sec.; 4 mov. (6 scenes); ballet; (Homer): bass or alto solo
        IIa:  Sirens & Sea Monsters; 4 & a half min.; 
        IVa: Polyphemus: 6 min & 20 sec.;

Book II. Dance with instruments:
I.      Time: 3 - 6  min.; piano; or str. orch.;
2.     Billy Goats Gruff: 3 - 6  min..; piano; or str. quint., str. orch., 3 double reeds & orch. story by Asbjørrnsen & Jørgen Moe;
​3.     The Lovers: 17.5 min..; 4 concerti for fl., ob.,cl., or vla. with pno. or perc. & str.; story: Orpheus & Eurydice (happy ending). 

Book III. Vocal Ballets: Low Voice & Medium Orchestra:
1.      Orpheus in The Underworld: Boethius (in Latin); 14.5 minutes; 7 songs; piano, orch, or perc., timp. & str..
​2.     Remembrance of Love's Death: Emily Dickenson (u.c.); 16 minute & 20 seconds: 12 songs; piano or orch.

Book IV: Sung Burlesques: For the sake of brevity, only #1 below is included under IV. Dance. Please see VII/I/2-8.
1.    Off-nights at The Sometimes Café: (a sex mystery): 70 min.; 18#;  S A T b, N/pno. & 2 cross dressed dancers; 7a. TSOC; 7b. ASP;
2.   Cindyfella: 13#; 1 hours, all male cast; 5 singers, chorus & pno. (Hubbard/Walther after Brothers Grimm);              
3.   Little Red Riding Hoods; 6#s; all female or mixed cast; 3 singers; 3 actors; 1 mime; pno. (Brothers Grimm);         
4.   Peter Crocodile: 22#; 60 min.; all male cast: S M Ct T Bb; N, pno. (Barrie);                                             
5.   Hansel & Gretel: 13#, mixed cast: S, S, M, A(N), T, b, B, pno. or med. size orch. (Brothers Grimm);                    
6.   The Inquisition: 11 min.; 5 #; 1-4 singers, synthesizer. (parody "The Wizard of Oz" in response to censorship of IX/II/1);
7.    Big Eddy: 12#; 1 hour; all male cast; Ct T b Bb & pno. (Marlowe);                                                                
8.   George Scrobe: 5#; all male cast: 3-4 singers, pno., synth., rock band, & N (stand up dvl.) (Dickens/Book of Job).

Book V: Burlesque Ballets:  
1.    Gayocchio: 40 min.; 19#; all male cast; dancers: 2-6 singers, fl. guit. (Collodi).;
2.   The Journey: 24#; 1/4 recorded; a trans ballet;  4-5 singers, 4-5 dancers; 1-2 N; perc. hrp., str. & or pno. (Joyce)
3.   Ample Make This Bed: (A.I.D.S.): 95 or 110 min.: all male cast: Bb, chorus, reader, dancers, pno., or orch. (Dickinson).

Book VI: Burlesque Mimes: For the sake of brevity, this book is not included under IV. Dance. Please see IX/!!.
1.    Phone Sex: 16 min.; 4#; all male cast; Bb, N, 3 mimes, synth.; (after Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand);
2.   Confessions of a Fat Slut: 20 min.; 10 #; all male cast; Bb 3-6 mimes, Bb, synth.;
3.   Peter Pansy; 8#; mixed cast: 1 signer (M), 3 male/ 2 female actors, 1 mime, pno.; (Walther);
4.   Andrew's Dream: 9#; mixed cast: or S  A  T  b  B  2N dancers & pno. (Hubbard); : 
5.   Medusa Sedusa: 5 min. & 14 sec,;1 #; all male cast: 2 male mimes, pno..
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    • IV. Dance
    • V. Voice
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    • VII. Opera
    • VIII. Sung Burlesque
    • IX. Burlesque Ballet & Mime
  • Summaries
    • I. Chamber summary
    • II. Keyboard summary
    • III. Orchestral Summary
    • IV. Dance Summary
    • V. Voice summary
    • VI. Chorus summary
    • VII. Opera summary
    • VIII. Sung Burlesques summary
    • IX. Burlesque Ballets & Mimes Summary
  • Photos
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