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The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan

Arthur Sullivan · W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert

FormatEbook
Published1997
Words1,61,715
LanguageEnglish
ReadingIncluded
About this book
This volume collects the comic operas created by librettist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan, whose collaborations date from the Victorian era. It suits students of drama and music, performers, and readers interested in nineteenth-century English theatre.
Arthur Sullivan

Arthur Sullivan

Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan was an English composer. He is best known for 14 comic opera collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. His works include 24 operas, 11 major orchestral works, ten choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces. His hymns and songs include "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "The Lost Chord".

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Portrait: via Wikipedia (see source).

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