Editing Kaspar Hauser (section)

=== Music ===
Hauser's story has inspired numerous musical references. There have been at least two operas named after him, a 2007 work by American composer [[Elizabeth Swados]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Elizabeth Swados, Creator of Socially Conscious Musicals, Is Dead at 64 |first=William |last=Grimes |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2016-01-05 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/arts/elizabeth-swados-creator-of-socially-conscious-musicals-is-dead-at-64.html |access-date=2021-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106102720/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/arts/elizabeth-swados-creator-of-socially-conscious-musicals-is-dead-at-64.html |archive-date=2016-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|Z6OMcf26LCY|KASPAR HAUSER: a foundling's opera}}</ref> and a 2010 work by British composer [[Rory Boyle (composer)|Rory Boyle]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.operascotland.org/opera/69/Kaspar+Hauser+-+Child+of+Europe |title=Listings & Performance History: Kaspar Hauser - Child of Europe |website=OperaScotland.org}}</ref>  

In 1987, [[Suzanne Vega]] wrote "[[Solitude Standing|Wooden Horse (Caspar Hauser's Song)]]", based on how she imagined Hauser's experiences when he emerged from the dungeon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vega Lied|url=https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/gdavis/325students/englisch/vega.htm|access-date=2021-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015200915/https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/gdavis/325students/englisch/vega.htm |archive-date=15 October 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1994, Birgit Scherzer, then director and choreographer of the Saarbrücken Staatstheater Ballet in Germany, used the Hauser story as the basis for the ballet ''Kaspar Hauser'', which she presented at the Saarbrücken Staatstheater.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.balletmet.org/backstage/ballet-notes/163 |title=Birgit Scherzer, choreographer |website=[[BalletMet]] |date=September 1998 |access-date=25 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908101507/https://www.balletmet.org/backstage/ballet-notes/163 |archive-date=8 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>