Arthur Sullivan
Biography
by Roberta Klarreich
Sullivan is remembered for operettas he wrote with Gilbert, best known of which are The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, and The Gondoliers.
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Composition Highlights
Title |
Year |
Avg. Duration |
Genre |
The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta |
1884 |
44:55 |
Opera Show/Musical |
The Pirates of Penzance, operetta |
1879 |
01:32:35 |
Opera Show/Musical |
H. M. S. Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor), operetta |
1878 |
01:24:23 |
Opera Show/Musical |
Symphony in E major ("Irish") |
1866 |
36:14 |
Symphony |
Trial by Jury, operetta |
1875 |
32:24 |
Opera |
The Yeomen of the Guard (The Merryman and his Maid), operetta |
1888 |
01:25:19 |
Opera |
The Gondoliers (The King of Barataria), operetta |
1889 |
01:45:42 |
Opera |
Ruddigore (The Witch's Curse), operetta |
1887 |
01:27:36 |
Opera |
Patience (Bunthorne's Bride), operetta |
1881 |
01:32:49 |
Opera |
Iolanthe (The Peer and the Peri), operetta |
1882 |
01:39:07 |
Opera |
The Sorcerer, operetta |
1877 |
01:26:19 |
Opera |
St. Gertrude ("Onward, Christian soldiers"), hymn for chorus |
|
03:38 |
Choral |
Princess Ida (Castle Adamant), operetta |
1884 |
01:27:04 |
Opera |
The Lost Chord, song for voice & piano |
1877 |
04:30 |
Vocal Music |
Utopia Limited (The Flowers of Progress), operetta |
1893 |
01:56:17 |
Opera |
Noel (or It came upon the midnight clear), hymn for chorus |
|
03:22 |
Choral |
Overture di ballo, for orchestra in E major |
1870 |
10:35 |
Orchestral |
Grand Duke (The Statutory Duel), operetta |
1896 |
01:42:55 |
Opera |
Princess of Wales March (Marche danoise), for orchestra (also arr. for piano) |
|
02:50 |
Orchestral |
I would I were a king, song for voice & piano |
|
02:41 |
Vocal Music |
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