Title 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.

Publication Info.	Minneapolis, Minn. : Libby Larsen Pub. : Kenwood Editions, [2010]
	©2010

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Talbott: Circulating Collection	M1621.4 .L37 P43	Available	---

Description	1 score (43 pages) ; 28 cm
Playing Time	001800
Description	score
Note	"A five movement work for baritone and prepared piano."--Libby Larsen website.
	Commissioned by Dickinson College for the Florestan Recital Project. Premiered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 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: approximately 18:00.
	Includes program note, composer biography and instructions for prepared piano.
Contents	I state my case -- As a young man -- I build my business -- Thirteen ladies and three who got away -- Evidence.
Summary	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.
Language	English words, also printed as text.
Subject	Mudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896 -- Songs and music.
	Mudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896.
Genre/Form	Songs and music.
	Song cycles.
	Song cycles.
Subject	Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
	Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
	Prepared piano music.
	Prepared piano music.
Genre/Form	Songs.
	Songs.
	Scores.
	Scores.
	Music.
	Music.
Added Author	Mudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896.
	Larsen, Libby, librettist.
Note	Title on subsequent printings: Peculiar case of Dr. H.H. Holmes
ISBN	1937234169
	9781937234164