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Merman & Mermaid

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Merman & Mermaid (1914)
by Erwin E. Harder
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price fifty cents




Merman
&
Mermaid

LIBRETTO


GRAND

OPERATIC

PHANTASMAGORIA

(In Opera and Pantomime)

LYON & HEALY
Chicago

CARL FISCHER
New York

WORDS AND MUSIC BY

ERWIN E. HARDER

LOUIS B. MALECKI
Chicago

W. J. DYER & CO.
St. Paul






Merman & Mermaid

Grand Operatic Phantasmagoria

(In Opera and Pantomime)



LIBRETTO

WORDS AND MUSIC

BY

ERWIN E. HARDER

Prologue

The Depths of Mystery.

Open Sea.
The Hurricane.
Ship Sinks.

(Ocean's Bottom, Curious Denizens)

Act I — Two Scenes

Act II — Two Scenes

Epilogue



Price Fifty Cents

Written in Denver, Colorado

922 South Ogden Avenue

August, 1914

Copyright 1914 by E. E. Harder, Chicago, Ill. All rights reserved.



Press of

MAYER & MILLER COMPANY

525 S. Dearborn Street

CHICAGO

Merman & Mermaid

(Grand Operatic Phantasmagoria)

In Opera and Pantomime.



Cast of Characters

Curious fish of the sea . . . Prologue — (Owondlo and Neptune)

Owondio, Merman — Tenor.
Fleehion, Mermaid — Soprano.
Neptune, King of Sea — Baritone.
Reignall, King of Spirit Vapor World — Bass.
Tenors
Spiritual Advisers (four). (King Reignall's Staff) and
Bass.
Tenor.
Spirits (four). (Owondio and Fleehion's Parents) Bass.
Soprano.
Contralto.
Chorus Of Spirits. (Vapor World)
Ghosts of ship's lost Souls. (Ballet Dance)
Two Stokers — Bass.
Chambermaid — Contralto.
Headwaiter and assistants. (Tenor)
Ghosts Two Detectives — Bass.
Major Booth — Tenor.
Captain — Baritone.
English Bartender — Tenor.
Messenger Boy — Alto.
1st Sea Nymph — Soprano.
2nd Sea Nymph — Soprano.
3rd Sea Nymph— Alto.
4th Sea Nymph — Contralto.
5th Sea Nymph— Alto.
Chapters (not listed in original)