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From:  Tako Oda <toda@m...>
Date:  Wed Jun 7, 2000  9:31 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Re: Seeking creepy toy-related songs!


Dear Teressa,

Try the chamber opera, "Goblin Market". Can't remember the composer off
the top of my head. Based in a nursery. Pretty creepy. If I find my
score at home, I'll write again.

-Tako

On Wed, 7 Jun 2000 Teressa000@a... wrote:
> A question for the song scholars out there. I am thinking about doing
> a Halloween recital, with one grouping regarding dolls or other toys
> that come to life (mostly so I can sing Olympia's Les Oiseaux dans la
> charmille, haha). I was idly thinking about including Sally's song
> from "Nightmare Before Christmas" (true, it's Danny Elfman pop, but
> she is a rag doll). Can anyone give me titles, any language, sung
> either about a toy/doll or from the viewpoint of one?


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