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NOW AVAILABLE! Complete Sheet Music from the 1905 Musical Comedy The Woggle-Bug Music by Frederic Chapin Lyrics by by L. Frank Baum Additional Lyrics by Arthur Gillespie Introduction by David Maxine Back to Audio Learn more about The Woggle-Bug In 1905 L. Frank Baum tried to duplicate the success of his smash Broadway hit The Wizard of Oz. The result was The Woggle-Bug, one of Baum's biggest flops! Yet this fiasco of a show contained one of the finest scores ever written for an Oz musical. The short life-span of The Woggle-Bug has caused the original sheet music to be very rare today. Only a handful of song sheets survive--several of them in only one known copy! Hungry Tiger Press takes great pride in having collected all of them for you in this handsome and affordable volume. All of the Woggle-Bug music that is known to survive is here, including Paul Tietjens's "What Did the Woggle-Bug Say?". This truly Ozzy score deserves to be heard! From Mombi's song "Hobgoblins" to Tip's beautiful lullaby "The Sandman is Near," Frederic Chapin's melodies will be sure to enchant you. This volume also contains a reprint of the original Woggle-Bug program book, contemporary reviews, articles, and photographs. Plus a generous appendix featuring several songs from Chapin's 1902 hit, The Storks, and an informative Foreword by David Maxine. |
 (Paperback) 108 pp. $16.95 CONTENTS Mr. H. M. Woggle-Bug, T. E. Sweet Matilda "My Little Maid of Oz The Hobgoblins Soldiers To the Victors Belongs the Spoils The Household Brigade Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Baker Man There's a Lady Bug a-Waitin' For Me The Dolly and the Jumping Jack The Equine Paradox The Sandman is Near What Did the Woggle-Bug Say? Plus an Appendix of Material from Chapin's 1902 Hit THE STORKS Song of the Night The Merry Mystic Man The Cuckoo and the Pussy Cat The Terrible Puppy Dog |
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"Mr. Chapin, in The Woggle-bug, has written a score rich in melodic beauty and rhythmic charm--a score in many respects the best heard here since Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland music came to us. There is fine talent in this young composer, and, if he continues as he has begun, Mr. Herbert and the other "best composers" will need look to their laurels." -- Chicago Daily Tribune - June 19, 1905 |
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