Gilbert and Sullivan

The World's Great Classical Music-The World's Great Classical Music. The masters of English operetta lyricist/librettist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan defined the genre and influenced all musical theatre after them. This comprehensive collection in our acclaimed World's Great Classical Music series 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.

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.

Par GILBERT WILLIAM SCHWENCK / SULLIVAN ARTHUR. GILBERT/SULLIVAN THE GRAND DUKE OR THE STATUTORY DUEL VOCAL SCORE / TV, Film, Comédie musicale / Recueil / Chant et Piano

Vocal Selections-14 vocal selections from the Gilbert & Sullivan classic including: I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General * Oh Better Far to Live * Oh Is There Not One Maiden Breast * Poor Wandering One * Pour O Pour the Pirate Sherry * When Frederic Was a Little Lad.

Whether you're already a Gilbert and Sullivan fan or are eager to discover the enjoyment of their famous collaboration this is the book for you. For playing or singing or simply listening to the online audio you'll love the lively scores and clever lyrics that are now ready in this exciting collection of arrangements for you and your Ukulele. Songs are presented with standard notes as well as tablature with large chord diagrams and symbols. The online audio lets you hear the melodies the harmonies and allows you to play along with each recorded track.

Symphonic Band – Grade 4Masters of the operetta Gilbert and Sullivan left the musical world a legacy of marvelously playful and tuneful songs. This entertaining medley includes We Sail the Ocean Blue and(I'm Called) Little Buttercup from “HMS Pinafore” Overture and Three Little Maids from “Mikado” and Poor Wand'ring One I Am the Very Model and With Cat-Like Tread from“Pirates of Penzance.” (6:00)

(from Pirates of Penaznce) Discovery Level 2-Your singers will have a rollicking good time living the pirate life with this setting of the famous song from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance and the over-the-top satire.Get your audience into the act by inviting them to shout ?Aarrrr!? on cue.Duration: ca. 2:20.

These inventive settings of eight Gilbert & Sullivan favourites by the ever-popular Kings Singers offer a multitude of musical rewards. Brilliant farce understated spoof and delicate nuance are all present in abundance. This ocatavo collection contains SATB and Piano with full lyrics. Performance Time: Approx. 24:40.

A breakthrough in making music theory come to life! <br> <br>An ideal teaching supplement brings theory to life by explaining a musical principle then showing it at work in an actual song. <br> <br>Using everything from folk songs to Gilbert & Sullivan favourites and pop hits, abstract music theory becomes easy to understand with this unique combination of explanation and demonstration. <br> <br>Ideal for private tuition, school lessons or anyone who wants to understand more about music theory into practice on the National Curriculum to create a truly fun method of learning. <br> <br>Includes a host of theoretical examples such as Ground Bass Syncopation and 12 Bar Blues Riffs. / Méthodes & études instrumentales / Partition /

Written at the deathbed of Arthur Sullivan’s brother Fred in 1877 and setting words by Adelaide Anne Proctor The Lost Chord was immediately successful and became the biggest sensation of any song in its decade. Of all the drawing room ballads of the Victorian era The Lost Chord has remained alive in the popular imagination. This arrangement for solo Organ is true to the original without overplaying its drama and restores the eponymous 'lost chord’ to the Organ from whence it originally came. 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. ButSullivan was also a composer of a host of other works among them operas Orchestral works ballets and hymns and church pieces.

Jenkyns’ songs for young singers can best be described as art songs for the children. Their ranges and technical requirements are just right for the younger age groups and their lyrics as in Percy the Porcupine are perfectly gauged for their performers.Peter Jenkyns was a 20th century British composer singer and educator who wrote a series of songs for primary-aged children sensitively arranged and with appropriate lyrics. Jenkyns was the headmaster of two primary schools outside of London for whose choirs he composed songs for the St Albans’ Schools Music Festival. He was also a highly-regarded Gilbert and Sullivan patter-song singer and he founded a localGilbert & Sullivan society which is still thriving.

Jenkyns’s songs for children can best be described as art songs for the youngest singers. Their ranges and technical requirements are just right for the younger age groups and their lyrics as in The Little Elf are perfectly gauged for their performers.Peter Jenkyns was a 20th century British composer singer and educator who wrote a series of songs for primary-aged children sensitively arranged and with appropriate lyrics. Jenkyns was the headmaster of two primary schools outside of London for whose choirs he composed songs for the St Albans’ Schools Music Festival. He was also a highly-regarded Gilbert and Sullivan patter-song singer and he founded a localGilbert & Sullivan society which is still thriving.

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.