Huckleberry Finn EP
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Huckleberry Finn is a 2010 EP
by Duke Special
, featuring songs composed by Kurt Weill
with lyrics by Maxwell Anderson
from an unfinished musical based on Mark Twain
's novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
. It was released both on its own and as part of a box set entitled The Stage, A Book And The Silver Screen, which also includes the albums Mother Courage and Her Children
and The Silent World of Hector Mann
.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by Duke Special
Duke Special
Duke Special, real name Peter Wilson, is a songwriter and performer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A piano-based songwriter with a romantic style and a warm, distinctly accented voice, he has a distinctive look, with his long dreadlocks, eyeliner and outfits he describes as "hobo chic"...
, featuring songs composed by Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...
with lyrics by Maxwell Anderson
Maxwell Anderson
James Maxwell Anderson was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist.-Early years:Anderson was born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, the second of eight children to William Lincoln "Link" Anderson, a Baptist minister, and Charlotte Perrimela Stephenson, both of Scots and Irish descent...
from an unfinished musical based on Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
's novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in England in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written in the vernacular, characterized by...
. It was released both on its own and as part of a box set entitled The Stage, A Book And The Silver Screen, which also includes the albums Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children (album)
Mother Courage and her Children is a 2010 album by Duke Special, featuring the songs he wrote and performed for the National Theatre's 2009 production of Berthold Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children...
and The Silent World of Hector Mann
The Silent World of Hector Mann
The Silent World of Hector Mann is a 2010 album by Duke Special, featuring songs inspired by the character of Hector Mann from Paul Auster's 2002 novel The Book of Illusions, each song inspired by one of the silent movies the character appeared in, written by Special or a songwriter of his...
.