This music based on texts from the book of the same name "Trödelmarkt der Träume - Midnight Songs and Quiet Ballads" by Michael Ende was originally created for a puppet theater. It can be performed with one or more singers and with different instruments. With one exception, the main instrument is the piano. In addition, there is usually a double bass and a melody instrument for which parts in C, Bb and Eb are available. Some songs are also accompanied by sheet music for guitar; additional drums would be desirable. Most of the songs are thoroughly composed, in some places swinging improvisation is expected from the instrumentalists, which is indicated by the chord notation common in jazz. Some songs are sung throughout, some even just spoken, some have both sung and spoken parts.
The songs can be performed in concert. But it becomes more attractive when the content of the songs is played by people and / or puppets. For this purpose, a framework should be invented, e.g. B. a large suitcase from which props can be taken that lead to the next song, or a stage on which a flea market or the lumber room of an antique shop can be seen. There should be no limits to your imagination. The order of the individual songs is also not fixed. Only the framework of an overture and a finale is given. Both are based on the text “Der Taschenspieler” and they therefore use the same musical material. They frame the following 12 songs: "The paper tragedy", "The ballad of the tightrope walker Felix Fly Ax", "The helmet", "The ballad of the wondrous cook", "An immoral morality", "The eternal hero song", "The invisible one "," The Lady with the Puppet "," Little Spook "," The Dream of Flying "," The Ballad of the Blind Guiding the Blind "and" The Ugly Girl ". All in all, the “flea market of dreams” contains around 60 minutes of pure music, and if staged accordingly, a full-length performance can be put on from it.