The Pirates of Penzance (Sullivan, Arthur)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
Composition Year 1879
Genre Categories Savoy operas; Theatrical Works; Operas; [20 more...]Operettas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language; For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For cornet, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cornet (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For 3 viols (arr); Scores featuring the viol (arr); For 3 players (arr)

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Copyist George Baird (1835–1905)
Unknown second copyist
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1879.
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Copyist François Cellier (1849–1914)
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Copyist John Bauser (b. 1949)
Woody Norvell (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. New York: E.F. Kalmus, No.A2454, n.d.(1986–94).
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 Act I
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Overture

Copyist John Bauser (b. 1949)
Woody Norvell (b. 1948)
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Publisher. Info. London: Chappell / D'Oyly Carte Opera Co., n.d.(ca.1920).
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2454.
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Publisher. Info. London: Chappell / D'Oyly Carte Opera Co., n.d.(ca.1920).
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Overture

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Publisher. Info. London: Chappell / D'Oyly Carte Opera Co., n.d.(ca.1920).
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 Oboe
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 Clarinet 1 (A/B♭)
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 Violins I
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Editor First edition (later printing)
Publisher. Info. London: Chappell & Co., n.d. Plate 17,000.
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Language English
Publisher. Info. New York: Hitchcock Publishing Co., 1880.
Copyright claimant is J.M. Stoddart & Co. of Philadelphia.
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Misc. Notes Foliation: (iii, 139, ad). Last music page missing from scans
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Language English
Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart & Co., 1880.
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Publisher. Info. New York: A.W. Tams Music Library, 1901. Plate 118.
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Publisher. Info. London: Chappell & Co., n.d.(ca.1920). Plate 23731.
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Editor Bryceson Treharne
Publisher. Info. New York: Schirmer, n.d.(ca.1940). Plate 38710.
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Chorus only, without piano reduction

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Waltz Song: "Poor Wandering One" (Act I, No.8)

Language English
Publisher. Info. Boston: White, Smith & Co., 1881. Plate 4061-4.
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Modern Major General (Act I, No.13)

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For Theater Orchestra (Cox)
Arranger John Summers Cox
Publisher. Info. Theatrical and Dance Journal, No.85
Philadelphia: J.W. Pepper, 1881.
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For Cornet and Piano (Stobbe)
Arranger William R. Stobbe
Publisher. Info. Classic Cornet Solos with Piano Accompaniment, No.90
Philadelphia: J.W. Pepper, 1881.
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Arranger Henri Cramer (1818–1877)
Publisher. Info. USA: T. A. Bacher, 1881. Plate 3137-16 x.
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Overture

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Publisher. Info. Baltimore: George Willig & Co., 1881. Plate 3923.
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A Policeman's Lot

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Work Title The Pirates of Penzance
Alternative. Title The Slave of Duty
Name Translations Пираты Пензанса; Piraci z Penzance; Die Piraten von Penzance; 彭贊斯的海盜; 班戰斯的海盜 (歌劇); [5 more...]班战斯的海盗 (歌剧); ペンザンスの海賊; הפיראטים מפנזנץ; دزدان دریایی پنزانس; 班战斯的海盗
Name Aliases Os Piratas de Penzance; Os piratas de penzance; The pirates of penzance; O Escravo do Dever; The Pirates Of Penzance; [5 more...]Pirates of Penzance; 班戰斯的海盜; 彭赞斯的海盗; 彭讚斯的海盜; 彭讚斯的海盗
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 184280912; LCCN: n80040729; GND: 300159129; BNF: 14019521f
Composer Sullivan, Arthur
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IAS 60
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts:
  • Overture
"With cat-like tread" -
"Ah, leave me not to pine" -
"Pray observe the magnanimity" -
"When you had left our pirate fold" -
"Climbing over rocky mountain" -
"How beautifully blue the sky"
  • Act I
1. "Pour, oh pour, the pirate sherry" (Samuel and Chorus of Pirates)
2. "When Fred'ric was a little lad" (Ruth)
3. "Oh, better far to live and die" (Pirate King and Chorus of Pirates)
4. "Oh! false one, you have deceiv'd me" (Frederic and Ruth)
5. "Climbing over rocky mountain" (Chorus of Girls)
6. "Stop, ladies, pray" (Edith, Kate, Frederic, and Chorus of Girls)
7. "Oh, is there not one maiden breast?" (Frederic and Chorus of Girls)
8. "Poor wand'ring one" (Mabel and Chorus of Girls)
9. "What ought we to do?" (Edith, Kate, and Chorus of Girls)
10. "How beautifully blue the sky" (Mabel, Frederic, and Chorus of Girls)
11. "Stay, we must not lose our senses" ... "Here's a first-rate opportunity to get married with impunity"
(Frederic and Chorus of Girls and Pirates)
12. "Hold, monsters" (Mabel, Major-General, Samuel, and Chorus)
13. "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" (Major-General and Chorus)
14. Finale Act I (Mabel, Kate, Edith, Ruth, Frederic, Samuel, King, Major-General, and Chorus)
"Oh, men of dark and dismal fate"
"I’m telling a terrible story"
"Hail, Poetry"
"Oh, happy day, with joyous glee"
"Pray observe the magnanimity" (reprise of "Here's a first-rate opportunity")
  • Act II
15. "Oh, dry the glist'ning tear" (Mabel and Chorus of Girls)
16. "Then, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted" (Frederic and Major-General)
17. "When the foeman bares his steel" (Mabel, Edith, Sergeant, and Chorus of Policemen and Girls)
18. "Now for the pirates' lair!" (Frederic, Ruth, and King)
19. "When you had left our pirate fold" [The "paradox" trio] (Ruth, Frederic, and King)
20. "Away, away! My heart's on fire!" (Ruth, Frederic, and King)
21. "All is prepar'd; your gallant crew await you" (Mabel and Frederic)
22. "Stay, Fred'ric, stay" ... "Ah, leave me not to pine" ... "Oh, here is love, and here is truth"
(Mabel and Frederic)
23. "No, I'll be brave" ... "Though in body and in mind"
(Reprise of "When the foeman bares his steel") (Mabel, Sergeant, and Chorus of Police)
23a. "Sergeant, approach!" (Mabel, Sergeant of Police, and Chorus of Police)
24. "When a felon's not engaged in his employment" (Sergeant and Chorus of Police)
25. "A rollicking band of pirates we" (Sergeant and Chorus of Pirates and Police)
26. "With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal" (Samuel and Chorus of Pirates and Police)
27. "Hush, hush, not a word!" (Frederic, King, Major-General, and Chorus of Police and Pirates)
28. Finale, Act II (Ensemble)
"Sighing softly to the river"
"Now what is this, and what is that?"
"You/We triumph now"
"Away with them, and place them at the bar!"
"Poor wandering ones!"
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1879
First Performance. 1879-12-31 — New York: Fifth Avenue Theatre.
First Publication. 1880 (October) - London: Chappell
Librettist William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Cast
Major-General Stanley (comic baritone)
The Pirate King (bass-baritone)
Samuel, his Lieutenant (baritone)
Frederic, the Pirate Apprentice (tenor)
Sergeant of Police (bass)
General Stanley's daughters
Mabel (soprano)
Edith (mezzo-soprano)
Kate (mezzo-soprano)
Isabel (speaking role)
Ruth, a Piratical Maid of all work (contralto)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

Chorus of Pirates, Police and General Stanley's Daughters

Orchestra

2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon
2 horns, 2 cornets, 2 trombones
timpani, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, strings
Discography Gilbert & Sullivan Discography
Manuscript Sources Autograph full score: US-NYpm
External Links Wikipedia article
Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
Scores at Sheet Music Plus

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