About Arthur Sullivan
See also: Gilbert & Sullivan and the numerous variations of their single names. Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) was one of the foremost English composers of operetta in his day. He was born in London to a bandmaster, and had a knack for music innately. He studied music at Leipzig Conservatory, in Germany, where he met Franz Liszt and Edvard Grieg. Sullivan was a collaborator with Sir William Schwenck Gilbert the playwright on many endeavors. He rose to instant fame with his "Savoy Operas": The Pirates of Penzance (1878)
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The Pirates of Penzance: I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General
Onward, Christian soldiers
14. I am the very model of a modern Major-General
The long day closes
The Lost Chord
The Mikado / Act 1: 10. Three little maids from school are we
The Pirates of Penzance: Poor wand'ring one!
No. 4 Danse Grotesque
H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1: We shall sail the ocean blue
Thespis: No. 3 Valse
H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1: My gallant crew...I am the Captain of the Pinafore
Three Little Maids From School Are We from The Mikado - Voice
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: Overture
1. Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry
HMS Pinafore (or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor), Act I: When I was a lad I served a term (Sir Joseph, Relatives, Sailors)
With cat-like tread
It Came upon a Midnight Clear
H.M.S. Pinafore: Overture
3. Oh, better far to live and die
Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty, Act 1: No. 13, Song with Chorus, "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" (Major-General, Girls, Pirates)
The Pirates of Penzance: When the foeman bares his steel
The Mikado / Act 1: 8. As someday it may happen that a victim...
The Pirates of Penzance: When a felon's not engaged in his employment
16. Hail Poetry, thou heav'n born maid!
2. When Fred'ric was a little lad
7. Oh, is there not one maiden breast
The Mikado: Overture
5. Climbing over rocky mountain
4. Oh, false one, you have deceived me
Sullivan: The Mikado or The Town of Titipu, Act 2: No. 20, Duets, "The flowers that bloom in the spring" (Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko)
15. Oh, men of dark and dismal fate
Sullivan: HMS Pinafore, Act 1: "We Sail the Ocean Blue" (Sailors)
6. Stop! ladies, pray! A man!
12. Stay, we must not lose our senses
11. How beautifully blue the sky
13. Hold, Monsters!
8. Oh, sisters, deaf to pity's name, For shame!
The Mikado: Three little maids from school are we
10. What ought we to do, Gentle sisters say?
Macbeth: Act IV, Introduction
The Mikado / Act 1: 3. A wand'ring minstrel I
18. Pray observe the magnanimity
HMS Pinafore (or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor), Act I: I am the captain of the Pinafore (Captain Corcoran, Sailors)
Onward Christian Soldiers
17. You may go, for you're at liberty
The Mikado / Act 2: 22. The sun whose rays are all ablaze
H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1: Hail! Men o'war's men..I'm called little buttercup
The Mikado / Act 1: 1. If you want to know who we are
H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1: When I was a lad
H.M.S. Pinafore / Act 1: Now give three cheers...I am the monarch of the sea
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