Little Nemo by Winsor McCay for September 20, 2015

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    Kip W  about 9 years ago

    The IMSLP has a vocal score for this operetta, and the color cover is, of course, by McCay, in ink and paint. Let’s see if I can embed it here (second try: the first one was rather large):

    The moiré patterns are in the original scan. I could have fixed that for them if I’d done it, but now it’s embedded.

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    Kip W  about 9 years ago

    There’s a larger version at my flickr page.

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    ladamson1918  about 9 years ago

    Victor Herbert—this was no small-time operation.

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    craigwestlake  about 9 years ago

    Hmm-mm-mm, I wonder if it’s possible to find the original music to that production…

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    Kip W  about 9 years ago

    The vocal score is here. It doesn’t have the orchestration, but everybody re-orchestrates old shows now anyway. All the songs are there. (Also, it’s in the public domain, so no royaties.)

    Just looked around. The libretto is here. The link is at the bottom. Better scan of the cover, too.

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    Kip W  about 9 years ago

    Good grief! Here are MIDI sound files of the numbers. What a world!

    And this might be the same libretto, or a revised one.

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    Richard Strader Premium Member about 9 years ago

    @Kip W

    Pretty amazing the the whole score exists in midi form and doesn’t even sound that bad. What a world, indeed!

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