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Gilbert and Sullivan : 67 selections from 13 operettas / edited by Richard Walters ; Joseph Henry, assistant editor.

Author/creator Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 composer.
Format Musical Score and Print
Publication InfoMilwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, [2001?]
Description1 vocal score (336 pages) : illustrations ; 31 cm.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorGilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 lyricist, librettist.
Other author/creatorWalters, Richard, editor.
Other author/creatorHenry, Joseph, editor.
Other author/creatorSchmidt, Elaine, contributor.
Uniform titleOperas. Selections. Vocal scores
Cover title Gilbert & Sullivan
Series The world's great classical music
World's great classical music. ^A1029671
Contents When first my old, old love I knew ; Oh gentlemen listen I pray (Trial by Jury) -- Time was when love and I ; Happy young heart ; My name is John Wellington Wells (The sorcerer) -- We sail the ocean blue ; I'm called Little Buttercup ; A maiden fair to see ; I am the captain of the Pinafore ; Sorry her lot who loves too well ; I am the monarch of the sea ; When I was a lad I ; Refrain audacious tar ; Fair moon to thee I sing ; A simple sailor lowly born ; He is an Englishman! (H.M.S. Pinafore) -- When Frederic was a little lad ; I am a pirate king ; Oh is there not one maiden breast ; Poor wand'ring (wandering) one ; I am the very model of a modern major-general ; The policeman's song ; With cat-like tread upon our prey we steal (The pirates of Penzance) -- Twenty love-sick maidens we ; When I first put this uniform on ; Am I alone and unobserved? ; Prithee, pretty maiden ; Silver'd is the women's hair ; Love is a plaintive song (Patience) -- The law is the true embodiment ; When I went to the bar as a very young man ; When all night long a chap remains ; When Britain really ruled the waves ; Oh foolish Fay ; Love unrequited robs me of my rest (Iolanthe) -- If you give me your attention ; Oh Goddess wise (Princess Ida) -- A wand'ring minstrel I ; As some day it may happen ; Three little maids from school are we ; The sun whose rays are all ablaze ; Miya-Sama ; The Mikado's song ; The flowers that bloom in the spring ; Alone and yet alive ; Willow tit-willow ; There is beauty in the bellow of the blast (The Mikado) -- If somebody there chanced to be ; My boy you may take it from me ; To a garden full of posies ; Henceforth all the crimes (Ruddigore) -- When maiden loves she sits and sighs ; Is life a boon? ; I have a song to sing O! ; I've jibe and joke ; Were I thy bride ; Oh! A private buffoon is a light-hearted loon ; Free from his fetters grim (The yeoman of the guard) -- The Duke of Plaza-Toro ; No possible doubt whatever ; When a merry maiden marries ; Rising early in the morning ; Take a pair of sparkling eyes ; There lived a king ; On the day when I was wedded (The gondoliers) -- In ev'ry (every) mental lore (Utopia limited) -- So ends my dream (The grand duke).
Abstract This comprehensive collection of operatic works by English lyricist/librettist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan presents 67 selections from 13 of their collaborations, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. Features arias, duets and ensembles all newly engraved in their original keys for voice and piano, a biography of Gilbert & Sullivan, a plot synopsis for each show, and Gilbert's own illustrations of characters.
General note"Piano/vocal."
General noteIncludes notes by Elaine Schmidt and synopses of operettas.
ISBN9780634027543
ISBN0634027549
Publisher numberHL00740142 H. Leonard

Available Items

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Music Music Stacks M1507.S95 W3 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold