The authentic Gilbert & Sullivan songbook 92 unabridged selections from all 14 operas, reproduced from early vocal scores / collected by Malcolm Binney and Peter Lavender ; selected and with plot summaries by James Spero.

Author/creator Sullivan, Arthur
Format Musical Score
Publication InfoNew York : Dover Publications, 1977.
Descriptionxi pages, piano-vocal score (399 pages) ; 31 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorGilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.
Other author/creatorBinney, Malcolm.
Other author/creatorLavender, Peter.
Other author/creatorSpero, James.
Uniform titleOperas. Selections; arranged
Contents ?t Thespis, or, The gods grown old ?g (Gaiety Theatre, London, 26 Dec. 1871): ?t Little maid of Arcadee -- ?t Trial by Jury ?g (Royalty Theatre, London, 25 Mar. 1875): ?t When first my old, old love I knew ; ?t When I, good friends, was call'd to the bar ; ?t With a sense of deep emotion ; ?t O gentlemen, listen I pray -- ?t The sorcerer ?g (Opera Comique, London, 17 Nov. 1877): ?t Time was, when love and I ; ?t Welcome joy! adieu to sadness ; ?t My name is John Wellington Wells ; ?t Dear friends, take pity on my lot -- ?t H.M.S. Pinafore, or, The lass that loved a sailor ?g (Opera Comique, London, 25 May 1878): ?t We sail the ocean blue ; ?t I'm called little Buttercup ; ?t A maiden fair to see ; ?t I am the captain of the Pinafore ; ?t I am the monarch of the sea ; ?t When I was a lad ; ?t Never mind the why and wherefore ; ?t He is an Englishman -- ?t The pirates of Penzance, or, The slave of duty ?g (performance to secure British copyright: Royal BijouTheatre, Paignton, Devonshire, 30 Dec. 1879 ; Fifth Ave. Theatre, New York, 31 Dec. 1879): ?t Oh, better far to live and die ; ?t Poor wand'ring one ; ?t I am the very model of a modern Major-General ; ?t When the foeman bares his steel ; ?t When you had left our pirate fold ; ?t When a felon's not engaged in his employment ; ?t With cat-like tread -- ?t Patience, or, Bunthorne's bride ?g (Opera Comique, London, 23 Apr. 1881 ; transferred to Savoy Theatre, London for opening 10 Oct. 1881): ?t I cannot tell what this love may be ; ?t If you want a receipt ; ?t Am I alone, and unobserved? ; ?t Prithee, pretty maiden ; ?t Sad is that woman's lot ; ?t A magnet hung in a hardware shop ; ?t So go to him ; ?t When I go out of door -- ?t Iolanthe, or, The peer and the Peri ?g (Savoy Theatre, London, 25 Nov. 1882): ?t Tripping hither, tripping thither ; ?t Loudly let the trumpet bray (March of the peers) ; ?t The law is the true embodiment ; ?t Spurn not the nobly born ; ?t When I went to the bar ; ?t When all night long a chap remains ; ?t When Britain really rul'd the waves ; ?t Oh, foolish fay ; ?t Love, unrequited (Nightmare song) ; ?t If you go in -- ?t Princess Ida, or, Castle adamant ?g (Savoy Theatre, London, 5 Jan. 1884): ?t If you give me your attention ; ?t Expressive glances ; ?t I am a maiden ; ?t A lady fair ; ?t Would you know the kind of maid ; ?t Whene'er I spoke ; ?t This helmet, I suppose -- ?t The Mikado, or, The town of Titipu ?g (Savoy Theatre, London, 14 Mar. 1885): ?t A wand'ring minstrel I ; ?t Behold the Lord High Executioner! ; ?t As some day it may happen ; ?t Three little maids ; ?t So please you, sir ; ?t For he's going to marry Yum-Yum ; ?t The sun, whose rays ; ?t Brightly dawns our wedding day ; ?t Here's a how-de-do ; ?t Miya sama ; ?t A more humane Mikado ; ?t The flowers that bloom in the spring ; ?t Alone, and yet alive ; ?t On a tree by a river (Titwillow) ; ?t There is beauty in the bellow of the blast -- ?t Ruddigore, or, The witch's curse = ?g (Original title:) ?t Ruddygore ?g (Savoy Theatre, London, 22 Jan. 1887): ?t If somebody there chanced to be ; ?t I shipped, d'ye see and Hornpipe ; ?t My boy, you may take it from me ; ?t Cheerily carols the lark over the cot ; ?t When the night wind howls ; ?t I once was a very abandoned person ; ?t My eyes are fully open -- ?t The yeoman of the guard, or, The merryman and his maid ?g (Savoy Theatre, London, 3 Oct. 1888): ?t When maiden loves ; ?t Is life a boon? ; ?t I have a song to sing O! ; ?t I've jibe and joke ; ?t Were I thy bride ; ?t Oh! a private buffoon ; ?t Strange adventure ; ?t A man who would woo a fair maid ; ?t When a wooer goes a-wooing -- ?t The gondoliers, or, The king of Barataria ?g (Savoy Theatre, London, 7 Dec. 1889): ?t We're called gondolieri ; ?t In enterprise of martial kind ; ?t I stole the prince ; ?t When a merry maiden marries ; ?t Then one of us will be a queen ; ?t Take a pair of sparkling eyes ; ?t Dance a cachucha ; ?t There lived a king ; ?t I am a courtier grave and serious -- ?t Utopia, limited, or, The flowers of progress ?g (Savoy Theatre, London, 7 Oct. 1893): ?t In ev'ry mental lore ; ?t Society has quite forsaken all her wicked courses -- ?t The grand duke, or, The statutory duel ?g (Savoy Theatre, London, 7 Mar. 1896): ?t So ends my dream.
Other titleLittle maid of Arcadee (The gods grown old / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen first my old, old love I knew (Trial by jury / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen I, good friends, was call'd to the Bar (Trial by jury / Sullivan)
Other titleWith a sense of deep emotion (Trial by jury / Sullivan)
Other titleO gentlemen, listen I pray (Trial by jury / Sullivan)
Other titleTime was, when Love and I (The sorcerer / Sullivan)
Other titleWelcome joy! adieu to sadness! (The sorcerer / Sullivan)
Other titleMy name is John Wellington Wells (The sorcerer / Sullivan)
Other titleDear friends, take pity on my lot (The sorcerer / Sullivan)
Other titleWe sail the ocean blue (H.M.S. Pinafore / Sullivan)
Other titleI'm called Little Buttercup (H.M.S Pinafore / Sullivan)
Other titleMaiden fair to see (H.M.S. Pinafore / Sullivan)
Other titleI am the captain of the Pinafore (H.M.S. Pinafore / Sullivan)
Other titleI am the monarch of the sea (H.M.S. Pinafore / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen I was a lad (H.M.S. Pinafore / Sullivan)
Other titleNever mind the why and wherefore (H.M.S. Pinafore / Sullivan)
Other titleHe is an Englishman! (H.M.S. Pinafore / Sullivan)
Other titleOh, better far to live and die (The pirates of Penzance / Sullivan)
Other titlePoor wand'ring one (The pirates of Penzance / Sullivan)
Other titleI am the very model of a modern major-general (The pirates of Penzance / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen the foeman bares his steel (The pirates of Penzance / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen you had left our pirate fold (The pirates of Penzance / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen a felon's not engaged in his employment (The pirates of Penzance / Sullivan)
Other titleWith cat-like thread (The pirates of Penzance / Sullivan)
Other titleI cannot tell what this love may be (Patience / Sullivan)
Other titleIf you want a receipt (Patience / Sullivan)
Other titleAm I alone, and unobserved? (Patience / Sullivan)
Other titlePrithee, pretty maiden (Patience / Sullivan)
Other titleSad is that woman's lot (Patience / Sullivan)
Other titleMagnet hung in a hardware shop (Patience / Sullivan)
Other titleSo go to him (Patience / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen I go out of door (Patience / Sullivan)
Other titleTripping hither, tripping thither (Iolanthe / Sullivan)
Other titleLoudly let the trumpet bray (Iolanthe / Sullivan)
Other titleLaw is the true embodiment (Iolanthe / Sullivan)
Other titleSpurn not the nobly born (Iolanthe / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen I went to the Bar (Iolanthe / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen all night long a chap remains (Iolanthe / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen Britain really rul'd the waves (Iolanthe / Sullivan)
Other titleOh, foolish fay (Iolanthe / Sullivan)
Other titleLove, unrequited (Iolanthe / Sullivan)
Other titleIf you go in (Iolanthe / Sullivan)
Other titleIf you give me your attention (Princess Ida / Sullivan)
Other titleExpressive glances (Princess Ida / Sullivan)
Other titleI am a maiden (Princess Ida / Sullivan)
Other titleLady fair (Princess Ida / Sullivan)
Other titleWould you know the kind of maid (Princess Ida / Sullivan)
Other titleWhene'er I spoke (Princess Ida / Sullivan)
Other titleThis helmet, I suppose (Princess Ida / Sullivan)
Other titleWand'ring minstrel I (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleBehold, the Lord High Executioner! (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleAs some day it may happen (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleThree little maids (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleSo please you, sir (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleFor he's going to marry Yum-Yum (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleSun, whose rays (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleBrightly dawns our wedding day (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleHere's a how-de-do (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleMiya sama (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleMore humane Mikado (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleFlowers that bloom in the spring (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleAlone, and yet alive! (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleOn a tree by a river (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleThere is beauty in the bellow of the blast (The Mikado / Sullivan)
Other titleIf somebody there chanced to be (Ruddigore / Sullivan)
Other titleI shipped, d'ye see (Ruddigore / Sullivan)
Other titleMy boy, you may take it from me (Ruddigore / Sullivan)
Other titleCheerily carols the lark over the cot (Ruddigore / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen the night wind howls (Ruddigore / Sullivan)
Other titleI once was a very abandoned person (Ruddigore / Sullivan)
Other titleMy eyes are fully open (Ruddigore / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen maiden loves (The yeomen of the guard / Sullivan)
Other titleIs life a boon? (The yeomen of the guard / Sullivan)
Other titleI have a song to sing, O! (The yeomen of the guard / Sullivan)
Other titleI've jibe and joke (The yeomen of the guard / Sullivan)
Other titleWere I thy bride (The yeomen of the guard / Sullivan)
Other titleOh! a private buffoon (The yeomen of the guard / Sullivan)
Other titleStrange adventure! (The yeomen of the guard / Sullivan)
Other titleMan who would woo a fair maid (The yeomen of the guard / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen a wooer goes a-wooing (The yeomen of the guard / Sullivan)
Other titleWe're called gondolieri (The gondoliers / Sullivan)
Other titleIn enterprise of martial kind (The gondoliers / Sullivan)
Other titleI stole the prince (The gondoliers / Sullivan)
Other titleWhen a merry maiden marries (The gondoliers / Sullivan)
Other titleThen one of us will be a queen (The gondoliers / Sullivan)
Other titleTake a pair of sparkling eyes (The gondoliers / Sullivan)
Other titleDance a cachucha (The gondoliers / Sullivan)
Other titleThere lived a king (The gondoliers / Sullivan)
Other titleI am a courtier grave and serious (The gondoliers / Sullivan)
Other titleIn ev'ry mental lore (Utopia, limited / Sullivan)
Other titleSociety has quite forsaken all her wicked courses (Utopia, limited / Sullivan)
Other titleSo ends my dream (The grand duke / Sullivan)
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ISBN0486234827

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