The Pirates of Penzance (Sullivan, Arthur)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
Composition Year 1879
Genre Categories Savoy 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; 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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 Complete Recording
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Performer Pages Really Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Performance Trust (company)
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)
Alan Spencer (stage director)
Hilary Norris (associate director)
Michael Andrewes (conductor/musical director)
Barry Dorking (Major-General Stanley)
Emma Fraser (Mabel)
Stephen Brown (Frederic)
Roger Wilson (Pirate King)
Jane Robertson (Ruth)
Greg MacLeod (Sergeant of Police)
Dave Solomon (Samuel)
Sarah Cuthbertson (Edith)
Vicky Payne (Kate)
Lynley Masters (Isabel)
Publisher Info. Really Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Performance Trust, 2012.
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Recorded live, 2003. This is audio from a videotaped performance.
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 Overture (EU)
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⇒ 38 more: Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry • When Frederic was a little lad • Oh, better far to live and die • Oh false one, you have deceived me! • What shall I do? — Climbing over rocky mountain • Stop, ladies, pray! • Oh, is there not one maiden breast • Oh sisters, deaf to pity's name? • Poor wandering one • What ought we to do — How beautifully blue the sky • Stay, we must not lose our senses! • Here's a first-rate opportunity to get married with impunity • Hold, monsters! • I am the very model of a modern Major-General • Oh, men of dark and dismal fate • I'm telling a terrible story — Hail, Poetry — Oh, happy day • Oh, master, hear one word, I do implore you! • Pray observe the magnanimity we display to lace and dimity • Oh, dry the glistening tear • Now, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted • When the foeman bares his steel • Now for the pirates' lair! • Young Frederic! — Who calls? • When you had left our pirate fold • Away, away! My heart's on fire! • All is prepared, your gallant crew await you • Stay, Frederic, stay! • Ah, leave me not to pine • In 1940 I of age shall be — For here is love, and here is truth, and here is food for joyous laughter • No, I'll be brave! • Though in body and in mind • When a felon's not engaged in his employment • A rollicking band of pirates we • With cat-like tread • Hush, hush! Not a word! • Sighing softly to the river • Now what is this, and what is that • Frederic here! Oh joy, oh rapture! — Poor wandering ones

 Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry (EU)
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 When Frederic was a little lad (EU)
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 Oh, better far to live and die (EU)
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 Oh false one, you have deceived me! (EU)
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 What shall I do? — Climbing over rocky mountain (EU)
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 Stop, ladies, pray! (EU)
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 Oh, is there not one maiden breast (EU)
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 Oh sisters, deaf to pity's name? (EU)
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 Poor wandering one (EU)
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 What ought we to do — How beautifully blue the sky (EU)
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 Stay, we must not lose our senses! (EU)
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 Here's a first-rate opportunity to get married with impunity (EU)
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 Hold, monsters! (EU)
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 I am the very model of a modern Major-General (EU)
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 Oh, men of dark and dismal fate (EU)
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 I'm telling a terrible story — Hail, Poetry — Oh, happy day (EU)
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 Oh, master, hear one word, I do implore you! (EU)
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 Pray observe the magnanimity we display to lace and dimity (EU)
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 Oh, dry the glistening tear (EU)
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 Now, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted (EU)
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 When the foeman bares his steel (EU)
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 Now for the pirates' lair! (EU)
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 Young Frederic! — Who calls? (EU)
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 When you had left our pirate fold (EU)
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 Away, away! My heart's on fire! (EU)
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 All is prepared, your gallant crew await you (EU)
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 Stay, Frederic, stay! (EU)
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 Ah, leave me not to pine (EU)
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 No, I'll be brave! (EU)
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 Though in body and in mind (EU)
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 When a felon's not engaged in his employment (EU)
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 A rollicking band of pirates we (EU)
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 With cat-like tread (EU)
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 Hush, hush! Not a word! (EU)
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 Sighing softly to the river (EU)
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 Now what is this, and what is that (EU)
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 Frederic here! Oh joy, oh rapture! — Poor wandering ones (EU)
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Performer Pages Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (chorus)
Pro Arte Orchestra (orchestra)
Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
George Baker (Major-General Stanley)
James Milligan (Pirate King)
John Cameron (Samuel)
Richard Lewis (Frederic)
Owen Brannigan (Sergeant)
Elsie Morison (Mabel)
Heather Harper (Edith)
Marjorie Thomas (Kate)
Monica Sinclair (Ruth)
Publisher Info. EMI, January 1961.
Reissue (CD) EMI, 1989.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Recorded February 6, 1958 (Overture) and December 30, 1958 to January 2, 1959
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 Overture (EU)
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⇒ 38 more: Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry • When Frederic was a little lad • Oh, better far to live and die • Oh false one, you have deceived me! • Climbing over rocky mountain • Stop, ladies, pray! • Oh, is there not one maiden breast? • Oh sisters, deaf to pity's name? • Poor wandering one • What ought we to do • How beautifully blue the sky • Stay, we must not lose our senses! • Hold, monsters! • I am the very model of a modern Major-General • Oh, men of dark and dismal fate • Hail, Poetry • You may go, for you're at liberty • Pray observe the magnanimity • Oh, dry the glistening tear • Then, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted • When the foeman bares his steel • Now for the pirates' lair! • When you had left our pirate fold • Away, away! My heart's on fire! • All is prepared • Stay, Frederic, stay! • Ah, leave me not to pine • For here is love, and here is truth, and here is food for joyous laughter • No, I'll be brave — Though in body and in mind — Sergeant, approach • When a felon's not engaged in his employment • A rollicking band of pirates we • With cat-like tread • Hush, hush! Not a word! • Sighing softly to the river • Now what is this, and what is that? • We triumph now • Away with them, and place them at the bar! • Poor wandering ones

 Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry (EU)
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 When Frederic was a little lad (EU)
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 Oh, better far to live and die (EU)
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 Oh false one, you have deceived me! (EU)
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 Climbing over rocky mountain (EU)
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 Stop, ladies, pray! (EU)
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 Oh, is there not one maiden breast? (EU)
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 Oh sisters, deaf to pity's name? (EU)
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 Poor wandering one (EU)
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 What ought we to do (EU)
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 How beautifully blue the sky (EU)
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 Stay, we must not lose our senses! (EU)
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 Hold, monsters! (EU)
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 I am the very model of a modern Major-General (EU)
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 Oh, men of dark and dismal fate (EU)
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 Hail, Poetry (EU)
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 You may go, for you're at liberty (EU)
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 Pray observe the magnanimity (EU)
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 Oh, dry the glistening tear (EU)
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 Then, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted (EU)
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 When the foeman bares his steel (EU)
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 Now for the pirates' lair! (EU)
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 When you had left our pirate fold (EU)
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 Away, away! My heart's on fire! (EU)
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 All is prepared (EU)
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 Stay, Frederic, stay! (EU)
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 Ah, leave me not to pine (EU)
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 For here is love, and here is truth, and here is food for joyous laughter (EU)
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 No, I'll be brave — Though in body and in mind — Sergeant, approach (EU)
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 When a felon's not engaged in his employment (EU)
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 A rollicking band of pirates we (EU)
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 With cat-like tread (EU)
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 Hush, hush! Not a word! (EU)
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 Sighing softly to the river (EU)
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 Now what is this, and what is that? (EU)
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 We triumph now (EU)
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 Away with them, and place them at the bar! (EU)
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 Poor wandering ones (EU)
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Performer Pages D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (cast)
New Symphony Orchestra of London (orchestra)
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
Peter Pratt (Major-General Stanley)
Donald Adams (Pirate King)
Howard Short (Samuel)
Thomas Round (Frederic)
Kenneth Sandford (Sergeant of Police)
Jean Hindmarsh (Mabel)
Beryl Dixon (Edith)
Marian Martin (Kate)
Ann Drummond-Grant (Ruth)
Publisher Info. Decca, 1958.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Recorded at Kingsway Hall, November–December 1957
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 Overture and Act 1 (EU)
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 Act II (EU)
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Performer Pages D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (soloists and chorus)
New Promenade Orchestra (orchestra)
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
Martyn Green (Major-General Stanley)
Darrell Fancourt (Pirate King)
Donald Harris (Samuel)
Leonard Osborn (Frederic)
Richard Watson (Sergeant of Police)
Muriel Harding (Mabel)
Joan Gillingham (Edith)
Joyce Wright (Kate)
Ella Halman (Ruth)
Publisher Info. London: London Records, 1949.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Source: archive.org. Publication information: discogs.com (release), discog.com (master).
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 Act I (EU)
#754651 - 50.29MB - 43:33 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/30/V - 182×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 Act II (EU)
#754652 - 40.50MB - 37:25 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/30/V - 58×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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Performer Pages D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (cast)
Light Opera Orchestra (orchestra)
Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
George Baker (Major-General Stanley)
Peter Dawson (Pirate King)
Stuart Robertson (Samuel)
Derek Oldham (Frederic)
Leo Sheffield (Sergeant of Police)
Elsie Griffin (Mabel)
Nellie Briercliffe (Edith)
Nellie Walker (Kate)
Dorothy Gill (Ruth)
Publisher Info. HMV, 1929.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Supervised by Rupert D'Oyly Carte. Recorded in London, February 19 to May 15, 1929. Sources conflict on the identity of the orchestra, with some saying that this is the [London] Symphony and Light Opera Orchestra(s). The original records indicate the orchestra is the "Light Opera Orchestra."
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 Overture
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⇒ 20 more: Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry • Oh, better far to live and die • Climbing over rocky mountain • Stop, ladies, pray! • Oh, sisters, deaf to pity's name — Poor wand'ring one • What ought we to do • Stay, we must not lose our senses • I am the very model of a modern Major-General • Oh, men of dark and dismal fate • You may go, for you're at liberty • Oh, dry the glistening tear • When the foeman bares his steeel • Now for the pirates' lair — When you had left our pirate fold • Away, away! My heart's on fire! • Ah, leave me not to pine • No, I am brave! • A rollicking band of pirates we • Hush, hush! Not a word — Softly sighing to the river • Now, what is this, and what is that? • To gain a brief advantage you've contrived

 Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry
#890554 - 2.14MB - 3:44 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 Oh, better far to live and die
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 Climbing over rocky mountain
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 Stop, ladies, pray!
#890557 - 2.41MB - 4:13 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 Oh, sisters, deaf to pity's name — Poor wand'ring one
#890558 - 1.92MB - 3:20 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 What ought we to do
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 Stay, we must not lose our senses
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 I am the very model of a modern Major-General
#890561 - 1.58MB - 2:45 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 Oh, men of dark and dismal fate
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 You may go, for you're at liberty
#890563 - 1.85MB - 3:13 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 Oh, dry the glistening tear
#890564 - 1.96MB - 3:25 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 When the foeman bares his steeel
#890565 - 2.41MB - 4:12 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 Now for the pirates' lair — When you had left our pirate fold
#890566 - 2.31MB - 4:02 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 Away, away! My heart's on fire!
#890567 - 2.22MB - 3:53 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 Ah, leave me not to pine
#890568 - 2.31MB - 4:02 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 No, I am brave!
#890569 - 2.04MB - 3:34 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 A rollicking band of pirates we
#890570 - 2.01MB - 3:30 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 Hush, hush! Not a word — Softly sighing to the river
#890571 - 2.28MB - 3:59 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 Now, what is this, and what is that?
#890572 - 1.35MB - 2:21 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 To gain a brief advantage you've contrived
#890573 - 2.38MB - 4:09 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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Performer Pages George W. Byng (Conductor)
George Baker (Major-General Stanley)
Robert Radford (The Pirate King)
Edward Halland (Samuel)
Derek Oldham (Frederic)
Peter Dawson (The Sergeant of Police)
Violet Essex (Mabel)
Bessie Jones (Edith)
Nellie Walker (Kate)
Edna Thornton (Ruth)
Walter Glynne (chorus)
Ernest Pike (chorus)
Harold Wilde (chorus)
Sarah Jones (chorus)
Publisher Info. HMV, 1921.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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Selections

 Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry
#754698 - 2.04MB - 1:31 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/34 - 58×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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⇒ 8 more: Oh, better far to live and die • Climbing over rocky mountain • Oh, is there not one maiden breast • Poor wandering one • I am the very model of a modern Major-General • When the foeman bares his steel • When a felon's not engaged in his employment • With cat-like tread

 Oh, better far to live and die
#754699 - 3.28MB - 2:19 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/34 - 13×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 Climbing over rocky mountain
#754700 - 4.43MB - 3:21 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/34 - 7×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 Oh, is there not one maiden breast
#754701 - 8.82MB - 6:49 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/34 - 12×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 Poor wandering one
#754702 - 3.84MB - 2:49 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/34 - 25×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 I am the very model of a modern Major-General
#754703 - 4.04MB - 3:00 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/34 - 36×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 When the foeman bares his steel
#754704 - 6.28MB - 4:50 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/34 - 12×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 When a felon's not engaged in his employment
#754705 - 2.63MB - 2:03 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/34 - 14×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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 With cat-like tread
#754706 - 3.47MB - 2:38 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/34 - 14×⇩ - MP3 - Dbmiller

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Dbmiller (2021/12/30)

Performer Pages Beecham Choral Society (chorus)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra)
James Walker (Conductor)
John Cartier (Major-General Stanley)
Kenneth Sandford (Pirate King)
Neil Howlett (Samuel)
Edgar Fleet (Frederic)
Donald Adams (Sergeant of Police)
Cynthia Glover (Mabel)
Publisher Info. Reader's Digest, 1963.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Part of a Reader's Digest Gilbert and Sullivan highlight compilation endorsed by Bridget D'Oyly Carte. Recorded at Walthamstow Town Hall, February 19–20 and 25–27, 1963.
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Overture

 Complete Performance
#64764 - 12.53MB - 27:22 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7248×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

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Publisher Info. Boca Raton: Masters Music Publications, 2005. Catalog M 9869
Performers West Saxon Symphony Orchestra / Alexander van Diepen
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 Complete Score
#814475 - 444.94MB, 540 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 134×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1879.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Submission Project.
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 Part 1 of 3
#742595 - 134.08MB, 185 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 79×⇩ - Feduol

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 Part 2 of 3
#742596 - 142.59MB, 185 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 25×⇩ - Feduol

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 Part 3 of 3
#742597 - 141.05MB, 185 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 21×⇩ - Feduol

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Copyist George Baird (1835-1905)
Unknown second copyist
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1879.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Identified as being in the hand of George Baird and another unknown copyist, potentially one of his sons (Sullivan's diary says that Baird "and his son" — which could be George Frederick Baird (1861–1936), Charles B. Baird (1863–1932), known to be a music copyist, or Frederick Charles Harry Baird (1864–1943) — were his copyists all his life), or perhaps Frederick Solomon, brother of Edward Solomon, and at the time a copyist for D'Oyly Carte, according to David Russell Hulme. This file is part of the Submission Project.
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 Part 1 of 3
#742592 - 138.06MB, 183 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 50×⇩ - Feduol

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 Part 2 of 3
#742593 - 142.95MB, 184 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - Feduol

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 Part 3 of 3
#742594 - 142.12MB, 182 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - Feduol

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Copyist François Cellier (1849-1914)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1879.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Identified as being in F. Cellier's hand by David Russell Hulme. This file is part of the Submission Project.
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 Complete Score
#812559 - 27.31MB, 191 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/C/C - 155×⇩ - Sallen112

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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).
Copyright
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 Act I
#375247 - 2.23MB, 203 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 13956×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Act II
#375248 - 1.77MB, 156 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5215×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Revision Report
#375253 - 0.10MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1924×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Editor Karl Paulsson
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 Act I - Instrumental score*
#375256 - 2.09MB, 265 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4099×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Act II - Instrumental score*
#375257 - 1.64MB, 208 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1374×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Overture

 Complete Score
#167886 - 1.97MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/C/C - 8561×⇩ - homerdundas

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 Complete Score
#812566 - 1.46MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/C/C - 36×⇩ - Sallen112

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Copyist John Bauser (b. 1949)
Woody Norvell (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. New York: E.F. Kalmus, No.A2430, n.d.(1986–94).
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 Complete Score
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Editor Corelle Quentin
Angus Armstrong
Publisher. Info. Corelle Quentin and Angus Armstrong
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 Complete Score
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 Flute 1/2 (also Piccolo)
#71936 - 4.38MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4825×⇩ - Romanov76110

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⇒ 11 more: Oboe • Clarinet 1/2 (A/B♭) • Bassoon • Horn 1/2 (F) • Cornet 1/2 (A/B♭) • Trombone 1/2 • Timpani/Triangle/Snare Drum/Bass Drum/Cymbals • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

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 Clarinet 1/2 (A/B♭)
#71938 - 4.63MB, 47 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3712×⇩ - Romanov76110

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 Bassoon
#71939 - 2.18MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2563×⇩ - Romanov76110

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 Horn 1/2 (F)
#71940 - 7.88MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2689×⇩ - Romanov76110

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 Cornet 1/2 (A/B♭)
#71941 - 1.86MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3285×⇩ - Romanov76110

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 Trombone 1/2
#71942 - 1.04MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2486×⇩ - Romanov76110

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 Timpani/Triangle/Snare Drum/Bass Drum/Cymbals
#71943 - 2.35MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2878×⇩ - Romanov76110

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 Violins I
#71944 - 6.98MB, 60 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5054×⇩ - Romanov76110

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 Violins II
#71945 - 3.17MB, 50 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2976×⇩ - Romanov76110

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 Violas
#71946 - 5.16MB, 47 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2753×⇩ - Romanov76110

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 Cellos/Basses
#71947 - 5.48MB, 66 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3564×⇩ - Romanov76110

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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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 Timpani/Percussion
#323485 - 1.21MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 300×⇩ - Jcstyx

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Publisher. Info. London: Chappell / D'Oyly Carte Opera Co., n.d.(ca.1920).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This version has the original final page with the 9 bars before R and the 9 after. The one here has an edited and incorrect final page.
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 Act I - Vocal Parts
#375251 - 0.59MB, 111 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1468×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Act II - Vocal Parts
#375254 - 0.48MB, 88 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 609×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Act I - Instrumental Parts
#375252 - 2.69MB, 375 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3285×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Act II - Instrumental Parts
#375255 - 1.99MB, 255 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1050×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Overture

 Flute 1/2 (also Piccolo)
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 Clarinet 1/2 (A/B♭)
#812659 - 0.91MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 89×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Bassoon
#812660 - 0.27MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 87×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Horn 1/2 (F)
#812661 - 0.58MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 87×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Cornet 1/2 (A)
#812662 - 0.54MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 91×⇩ - Sallen112

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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); 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; 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
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. 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
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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