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General Information
| Work Title
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The Height of the Ridiculous
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Hart, Charles Henry
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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ICH 1
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1 song
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| Text Incipit
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I wrote some lines on a time in wondrous merry mood
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| First Publication.
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1909 – Cincinnati: The John Church Company
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| Librettist
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Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
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| Language
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English
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| Dedication
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To Mr. Frank Croxton
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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baritone, piano
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Based on the poem The Height of the Rediculous (1830), by Oliver Wendell Holmes Senior. I think Holmes Jr. was a little young to be writing in 1830.