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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: London : George Routledge and Sons; Publication date: 1890; ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Opera; Cataloging of music; Language Arts ... Read more

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Best known works of WS Gilbert includes the HMS Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, Mikado, and Bar Ballads. Includes many line drawings by Gilbert ... Read more

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This edition includes four plays and one libretto, covering more than twenty years of the dramatist's career: The Palace of Truth (1870), Sweethearts (1874), Princess Toto (1876), Engaged (1877) and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (1891). The collection demonstrates that Gilbert was an original dramatist in his own right. The sophisticated irony of his plays challenged the conventions of the Victorian burlesque and sentimental comedy by demanding, and receiving, an intelligent response from the audience. George Rowell's useful and thorough introduction, which presents the theatrical background to Gilbert's development, also shows the dramatist's influence on Pinero, Wilde and Shaw. Gilbert's style combines a technique rarely realistic and stretching to fantasy with a tone apparently cynical and in fact deeply pessimistic. This odd pairing of fantasy and fatalism was recognized by his own and later generations as 'Gilbertian' and the term has been widely applied even outside the theatre. ... Read more

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English Only. ... Read more

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listen up
this is a wonderful score, one ranking atop the mikado in my mind.(...) ... Read more

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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 and Sullivan, a plot synopsis for each show, and Gilbert's own illustrations of characters. ... Read more

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I love G&S music etc.
I have only one
complaint with this book. I would have liked a spiral spine so I could play the music on the piano. ... Read more

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Fortunately many of the early vocal scores authorized by Sir Arthur Sullivan still exist--and are reprinted here. This volume features 92 songs from all 14 Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, reproduced here in the original key, in Sullivan's original piano arrangements. Included are songs from such well known works as HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, as well as lesser known productions. ... Read more

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Limited Usefulness
When I ordered this book, I did not realize that it contained facsimiles of earlier texts (or an earlier text). My real and only objection is that the print and the notes are fairly small and a trifle unclear.It would be difficult to put in on a piano and try to read it.
Loved the illustrations and the feel of the book.

Some of the best songs from the best composers ever !!
All the songs to satisfy even the most discriminating G&S fan

I am wondering why it is listed as differential geometry.
It must be because of that line about the square of the hypotenuse. ... Read more

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Discusses baseball events of the 1930s, including Hack Wilson's 1930 season, the last days of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig's career, and the advent of baseball coverage on the radio. ... Read more

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this is a score
As a member of a local theatre group (the Pittsburgh Savoyards), it's good to know that I can count on Amazon to get the scores that I need for our twice yearly Gilbert & Sullivan productions. ... Read more