COMPEL Omeka Dev

The Hostage

Item

Title

The Hostage

Description

Musical, scored for live Yamaha DSR-2000 synthesizer

University of Denver Theatre Program commission. Composed as a musical to the 1958 Brendan Behan play. A variety of song and dance numbers plus a 30-minute, electronically-sequenced prelude and interlude. Opened at the University of Denver, May 12, 1988, Susan Romaine Tobiska, Director; Composer, synthesizer. Also available is a 2:37 prelude excerpt plus a recording on synthesizer by the composer of selected songs.

Date

1988

Citation

“The Hostage,” COMPEL Omeka Dev, accessed November 12, 2024, https://compel-dev.vtlibraries.net/items/show/393.

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