DAVID EDGAR WALTHER IMPRESSIONIST: PASSIONATE DARK; DEEP NIGHT DREAMS
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Volume VIII. Sung Burlesques: queer stories with song, mime and dance with lots of drag. 
underlined means that a full or partial recording is available on this website.

​Book I: Sung Burlesques:
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).



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  • Listen
    • Orchestral Music
    • Opera & Oratorio
    • Song Cycles
  • Watch
    • Opera
    • Dance
    • Animation
  • About
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • Biography >
      • short bio
    • Education
    • Teachers
    • Press
    • Activism
    • Family
    • Crazy Dinosaurs >
      • Watch Crazy Dinosaurs
      • Watch Eurydice
      • Watch Dynosaur
    • Emily Dickinson
    • James Joyce
    • Critical Editions
  • Music
    • I. Chamber
    • II. Keyboard
    • III. Orchestra
    • IV. Dance
    • V. Voice
    • VI. Chorus
    • 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
  • Contact