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.
Song List
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 YEOMAN OF THE GUARD)
Happy Young Heart (THE SORCERER)
He Is an Englishman (HMS PINAFORE)
Henceforth All the Crimes (RUDDIGORE)
I Am a Pirate King from The Pirates of Penzance (Sullivan)
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! from (THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD)
I'm Called Little Buttercup (HMS PINAFORE)
I've Jibe and Joke (THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD)
If Somebody There Chanced to Be (RUDDIGORE)
If You Give Me Your Attention (PRINCESS IDA)
In Ev'ry Mental Lore (UTOPIA LIMITED)
Is Life A Boon? (THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD)
Love Is a Plaintive Song from PATIENCE (A. Sullivan)
Love, Unrequited, Robs Me of My Rest (IOLANTHE)
A Maiden Fair To See (HMS PINAFORE)
Mikado's Song, The (THE MIKADO)
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, Foolish Fay (IOLANTHE)
Oh, Goddess Wise (PRINCESS IDA)
Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast (THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE)
Oh! A Private Buffoon Is a Light-Hearted Loon (THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD)
Oh, Gentleman, Listen, I Pray (TRIAL BY JURY)
On The Day When I Was Wedded (THE GONDOLIERS)
Policeman's Song, The from THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Sullivan)
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)
A Simple Sailor Lowly Born (HMS Pinafore)
So Ends My Dream (THE GRAND DUKE)
Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well from HMS PINAFORE (A. Sullivan)
The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze from The MIKADO (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)
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)
A Wand'ring Minstrel I (THE MIKADO)
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 (HMS 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)
