The Chieftain (Sullivan, Arthur)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 acts
Composition Year	1894
Genre Categories	Operas; Theatrical Works; 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
Related Works	This is a re-working of Sullivan and Burnand's 1867 opera The Contrabandista

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Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1894].
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Sullivan's autograph manuscript includes various segments written out by copyists.
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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	London: Boosey & Co., 1895. Plate H. 1242.
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Publisher. Info.	Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, 2004.
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Work Title	The Chieftan
Alternative. Title
Composer	Sullivan, Arthur
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IAS 8
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1894
First Performance.	1894-12-12 in London. Savoy Theatre
First Publication.	1895
Librettist	Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917)
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices, Chorus and Orchestra
Related Works	This is a re-working of Sullivan and Burnand's 1867 opera The Contrabandista
Discography	Gilbert & Sullivan Discography
External Links	Wikipedia article; Gilbert & Sullivan Archive

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 (1884) The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu (1885) 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)