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 Pirates of Penzance, operetta 1879 01:32:35 Opera Show/Musical
The Mikado (The Town of Titipu), operetta 1884 44:55 Opera Show/Musical
H. M. S. Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor), operetta 1878 01:24:23 Opera Show/Musical
The Yeomen of the Guard (The Merryman and his Maid), operetta 1888 01:25:19 Opera
Patience (Bunthorne's Bride), operetta 1881 01:32:49 Opera
Trial by Jury, operetta 1875 32:24 Opera
Iolanthe (The Peer and the Peri), operetta 1882 01:39:07 Opera
The Gondoliers (The King of Barataria), operetta 1889 01:45:42 Opera
Symphony in E major ("Irish") 1866 36:14 Symphony
Ruddigore (The Witch's Curse), operetta 1887 01:27:36 Opera
St. Gertrude ("Onward, Christian soldiers"), hymn for chorus 03:38 Choral
The Lost Chord, song for voice & piano 1877 04:30 Vocal Music
Princess Ida (Castle Adamant), operetta 1884 01:27:04 Opera
The Sorcerer, operetta 1877 01:26:19 Opera
Overture di ballo, for orchestra in E major 1870 10:35 Orchestral
Noel (or It came upon the midnight clear), hymn for chorus 03:22 Choral
Grand Duke (The Statutory Duel), operetta 1896 01:42:55 Opera
Utopia Limited (The Flowers of Progress), operetta 1893 01:56:17 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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Arthur Sullivan - Artist Details

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1890s

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Post-Romantic

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