The Contrabandista (Sullivan, Arthur)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 acts
Composition Year	1867
Genre Categories	Comic operas; Theatrical 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
Related Works	Reworked by Sullivan and Burnand in 1894 as The Chieftain Pieces based on 'The Contrabandista'

Sheet Music

Complete score (color)
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Complete score (monochrome)
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Editor	First edition (later issue)
Language	English
Publisher. Info.	London: Boosey & Co., n.d.[1871].
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	London: Boosey & Co, n.d.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. Pages 31-32, 37-38 and 83-86 were damaged in Sibley's copy, and their images were completed using partial images from the first edition copy on IMSLP
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Work Title	The Contrabandista
Alternative. Title	The Law of the Ladrones
Composer	Sullivan, Arthur
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IAS 85
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1867
First Performance.	1867-12-18 in London, St. George's Hall. Arthur Sullivan, conductor
First Publication.	1871 – London: Boosey & Co. Vocal score – 87 pages
Librettist	Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917)
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	vocal soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra
Related Works	Reworked by Sullivan and Burnand in 1894 as The Chieftain Pieces based on '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)