The World's Great Classical Music

Description

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.

Content:

• A Maiden Fair To See (Hms Pinafore)
• A Simple Sailor Lowly Born (Hms Pinafore)
• A Wand'ring Minstrel I (The Mikado)
• Alone, And Yet Alive (The Mikado)
• Am I Alone And Unobserved? (Patience)
• As Some Day It May Happen (The Mikado)
• Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing (Hms Pinafore)
• Free From His Fetters Grim (The Yeomen Of The Guard)
• Happy Young Heart (The Sorcerer)
• He Is An Englishman (Hms Pinafore)
• Henceforth All The Crimes (Ruddigore)
• I Am A Pirate King (The Pirates Of Penzance) [Sullivan, Arthur]
• I Am The Monarch Of The Sea (Hms Pinafore)
• I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-general (The Pirates Of Penzance)
• I Have A Song To Sing, O! (Yeoman Of The Guard)
• If Somebody There Chanced To Be (Ruddigore)
• If You Give Me Your Attention (Princess Ida)
• I'm Called Little Buttercup (Hms Pinafore)
• In Ev'ry Mental Lore (Utopia Limited)
• Is Life A Boon? (The Yeoman Of The Guard)
• I've Jibe And Joke (The Yeoman Of The Guard)
• Love Is A Plaintive Song From Patience (A. Sullivan)
• Love, Unrequited, Robs Me Of My Rest (Iolanthe)
• Mikado's Song (The Mikado) [Sullivan, Arthur]
• Miya-sama (The Mikado)
• My Boy, You May Take It From Me (Ruddigore)
• My Name Is John Wellington Wells (The Sorcerer)
• No Possible Doubt Whatever (The Gondoliers)
• Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light-hearted Loon (The Yeoman Of The Guard)
• Oh, Foolish Fay (Iolanthe)
• Oh, Gentleman, Listen, I Pray (Trial By Jury)
• Oh, Goddess Wise (Princess Ida)
• Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast (The Pirates Of Penzance)
• On The Day When I Was Wedded (The Gondoliers)
• Poor Wand'ring One (The Pirates Of Penzance)
• Prithee, Pretty Maiden (Patience)
• Rising Early In The Morning (The Gondoliers)
• Silver'd Is The Raven Hair (Patience)
• So Ends My Dream (The Grand Duke)
• Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well From Hms Pinafore (A. Sullivan)
• Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes (The Gondoliers)
• The Duke Of Plaza-toro (The Gondoliers)
• The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring (The Mikado)
• The Law Is The True Embodiment (Iolanthe)
• The Policeman's Song (The Pirates Of Penzance) [Sullivan, Arthur]
• The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze From The Mikado (Sullivan)
• There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Beast (The Mikado)
• There Lived A King (The Gondoliers)
• Three Little Maids From School Are We (The Mikado)
• Time Was, When Love And I (The Sorcerer)
• To A Garden Full Of Posies (Ruddigore)
• Twenty Love-sick Maidens (Patience)
• We Sail The Ocean Blue (H.M.S. Pinafore)
• Were I Thy Bride (The Yeoman Of The Guard)
• When A Merry Maiden Marries (The Gondoliers)
• When All Night Long A Chap Remains (Iolanthe)
• When Britain Really Ruled The Waves (Iolanthe)
• When First My Old, Old Love I Knew (Trial By Jury)
• When Frederic Was A Little Lad (The Pirates Of Penzance)
• When I First Put This Uniform On (Patience)
• When I Was A Lad I Served A Term (H.M.S. Pinafore)
• When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man (Iolanthe)
• When Maiden Loves, She Sits And Sighs (The Yeoman Of The Guard)
• Willow, Tit-willow (The Mikado)
• With Cat-like Tread, Upon Our Prey We Steal (The Pirates Of Penzance)