- Composer: Oit, Arne
- Years: 03.12.1928 - 28.11.1975
- Title: Weird Adventures of Muhu People
- Genre: Musical and/or drama and/or dance works for stage
- Instrumentation: soloists, choir, orchestra: 2121, 3320, tenor saxophone, 1, celesta, harp, strings; jazz band: guitar, piano, percussion
- Number of movements: 34
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Titles of movements:
Act 1:
1. Introduction
2. Muhu Folks' Song
3. Mare's Song of Noses
4. Neptun Comes, Mermaid's Dance
5. Riks Sings to Eha
6. Leaving the Ship
7. Log's Song „Sea, My Sea" ("Meri, sa mu meri“)
8. Song in the Carriage
9. Train Leaving from Rapla and Arriving in Tallinn-Väikee
10. Ants's and Eha's pantomime in Tallinn-Väike
11. Andrus's Song "Tough Guy" („Ma kange mees“)
12. Interlude to the Confirmation Party
13. Aadu's Couplet
14. Polka
15. Finale and Greeting Song
Act 2:
16. Music On Viru Street
17. Old Man's Song "Oh, Hell and Fume of Pitch"
18. Restaurant "I Greet You" („Sind tervitan“)
19. Cha-cha-cha at „Tu-tu“ Club
20. Amori's Dance
21. Ia and Old Man's duet "I am Dying, But it Takes Time" („Ma suren küll, kuid pikkamööda“)
22. Leaving the Club and Rising to Heaven
23. Angel's Choir
24. Ia's Song
25. Finale-Dance Scene
Act 3:
26. Introduction
27. Eha and Ants's duet "You Are My Lighthouse" („Sa oled mu majakas“)
28. Going to the Sea Club
29. Eha's Song "I Opened My Eyes" ("Avasin silmad")
30. Mare's Song About a Great Love
31. Kolkhoznik's Song and Dance with Mare
32. Old Man's Couplet at Tallinn Song Festival Grounds "Directive No. 7" („Direktiiv nr. 7“)
33. Riks's Fiasko
34. Finale - Librettist: Juhan Smuul, Raimond Kaugver
- Incipit (lyrics): Pikad kui hõbekeed Muhu ümber väinad
- Year: 1962.
Manuscripts
- Type of manuscript: Author manuscript
- Sort: Piano score
- Composer: Oit, Arne
- Work: Weird Adventures of Muhu People
- Number of pages: 282
- Date: 5.04.1962
- Status: Finished
- Draft: Yes
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Location:
Estonian Theatre and Music Museum
- Number: ETMM_6234 M 215:2/1
- Type of manuscript: Copy of manuscript
- Sort: Score
- Composer: Oit, Arne
- Work: Weird Adventures of Muhu People
- Number of pages: 56
- Date:
- Status: Finished
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Location:
Estonian Theatre and Music Museum
- Number: ETMM_11409 M 215:2/1-3
- Additional notes: 2. Muhu Peoples´ Song; 11. Andrus´s Song; 27. Eha and Ants´s duet; 34. Finale
- Type of manuscript: Author manuscript
- Sort: Piano score
- Composer: Oit, Arne
- Work: Weird Adventures of Muhu People
- Number of pages: 20
- Date:
- Status: Finished
- Draft: Yes
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Location:
Estonian Theatre and Music Museum
- Number: ETMM_6718 M 215:2/2
- Additional notes: 2. Muhu Folks´ Song; 30. Mare´s Song About a Great Love; 34. Finale
- Type of manuscript: Copy of manuscript
- Sort: Piano score
- Composer: Oit, Arne
- Work: Weird Adventures of Muhu People
- Number of pages: 12
- Date:
- Status: Finished
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Location:
Estonian Theatre and Music Museum
- Number: ETMM_ta110 M 215:2/TA55
- Additional notes: part No. 17. Old Mans Song "Oh, Hell and Fume of Pitch"
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