The Sorcerer (Sullivan, Arthur)

		Movements/Sections 2 acts Composition Year 1877, rev.1884 Genre Categories Savoy operas; Stage Works; Operas; 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 piano (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the piano

Scores

• Vocal Scores (3)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (0)

Vocal Scores

Original version (1877)

 Act I
*#01499 - 4.80MB, 81 (iii, #3-80) pages -  9.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 661x⇩

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Carolus (7 September 2006)

 Act II
*#01500 - 4.09MB, 50 (#81-130) pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 286x⇩

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Carolus (7 September 2006)

Editor:

First edition

Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

London: Metzler & Co., (1877). Plate M.5001.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

Misc. Notes:

This is a scan of the first edition which differs from the one issued after the revival in 1884, and includes the extended Act I finale, the original opening to Act II. It does not include the Overture nor Alexis' Act II ballad, "Thou Hast the Power", referred to in most scores as "It Is Not Love."

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Revised version (1884)

 Complete Score
*#104504 - 10.12MB, 142 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 514x⇩

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Carolus (6 June 2011)

Publisher Info.:

London: Metzler & Co., n.d.

Reprinted:

London: J.B. Cramer & Co., n.d.(after 1900).

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

Misc. Notes:

Color scan.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For Piano solo (Maylath)

See Potpourri on Themes from 'The Sorcerer' (Maylath, Henry)

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General Information

Work Title	The Sorcerer
Alternative Title

Composer	Sullivan, Arthur
Movements/Sections	2 acts
Year/Date of Composition	1877, rev.1884
First Publication	1877, 1884 – London: Metzler & Co. Vocal score – Plate M.5001, 130 pages (Original version) Vocal score – Plate M.5001, 137 pages (Revised version)
Librettist	William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
Language	English
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Vocal soloists, Chorus, Orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article Gilbert & Sullivan Archive *G & S Archive Vocal Score (1877 version) *G & S Archive Libretto *free downloads - please do not upload here Discography (Marc Shepherd)

Misc. Comments

William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's Savoy Operettas
Thespis, or the Gods Grown Old (1871, lost) Trial by Jury (1875) The Sorcerer (1877) H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor (1878) The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty (1879) Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride (1881) Iolanthe, or The Peer and the Peri (1882)	Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant (1883) The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu (1884) Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse (1886) The Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and his Maid (1888) The Gondoliers, or The King of Barataria (1889) Utopia Limited, or The Flowers of Progress (1893) The Grand Duke, or The Statutory Duel (1896)
Other Operas and Operettas
The Sapphire Necklace, or The False Heiress (1864, lost) Cox and Box, or The Long Lost Brothers (1866) The Contrabandista, or The Law of the Ladrones (1867) The Zoo (1875) Ivanhoe (1890)	Haddon Hall (1892) The Chieftain (1894) The Beauty Stone (1898) The Rose of Persia, or The Story-Teller and the Slave (1899) The Emerald Isle, or The Caves of Carrig-Cleena (1900)