Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan

W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan produced several of the most popular operas and operettas of all time. Sullivan's music was always memorable and tuneful while Gilbert's libretti had both wit and pathos. This book contains several Gilbert and Sullivan selections for the Soprano including 'So Ends My Dream' and 'The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze' and comes with online audio of the Piano accompaniments in the book.

The Mikado or The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Available here is the Vocal Score for the Opera.

As you read this somewhere in the English-speaking world a production of a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta is being rehearsed or presented. It may be taking place in an elementary secondary or high school; a university; an amateurmusical theater group; a summer-stock ensemble; a professional light-opera company. The musical accompaniment may consist of a piano or two - perhaps plus a few other instruments - or a full orchestra. Audiences be theyfirst-time listeners or dyed-in-the wool G&S fanatics will be captivated by the scintillating melodies and effervescent lyrics of those highly unlikely collaborators: Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan and Sir William Schwenck GIlbert.Incredibly despite the seemingly endless popularity of these works which have been published staged recorded broadcast televised and cinematized over the years since their first performances by the D’Oyly Carte Opera inLondon in the 1870s and 1880s there has never been an edition which permitted the guitar-playing masses to enjoy these Victorian gems. Until now. Here for the first time are 52 G&S favorites (or if you will favourites) drawnfrom five of their most popular operettas: H.M.S. Pinafore The Pirates of Penzance Patience Iolanthe The Mikado. arranged with guitar chords in guitar-friendly keys! The very model of a modern music manuscript! Allselections include melody lyrics and guitar chords.

Ruddigore is a dark and haunting tale of dastardly deeds and gruesome ghosts whose evil plans get scuppered by a troupe of bridesmaids a roguish sailor and a 'little book of etiquette'.

The collaboration of W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan was an instant success creating works which have been unceasing in their popularity since their first performances. Gilbert's inspired humour combines with Sullivan's charming melodies to create the most memorable music: two master craftsmen pleasing audiences and performers in equal measure.This collection brings together 28 choruses from the operas into one handy volume and also includes The Long Day Closes. Edited by Brian Kay and Robin Wilson.

This volume contains six of the best choruses written for the stage. Taken from the Savoy operas they have been suitably arranged for choral groups of any size. Some of the pieces originally composed for 'solo voice' ensembles may lend themselves to being sung by a solo voice however would be equally affective when sung 'tutti'. The arrangements provide fun and imaginative repertoire for choirs looking for lively and rewarding concert material.

The text of The Long Day Closes is a contemplation of death and was sung frequently at funerals in the late 1800’s particularly the funerals of members of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. This setting uses the full range of allthe Voice parts.Composer Arthur Sullivan is known the world over for his operatic collaborations with W S Gilbert including H M S Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance among many others. But Sullivan was also a composer of manother works among them operas Orchestral works ballets and hymns and church pieces. He wrote most of his part songs unaccompanied songs for SATB usually before his partnership with Gilbert began.