The Progress of Music (Sullivan, Arthur)

Authorship Note
Sullivan's (and W.S. Gilbert's) authorship of this sketch is dubious

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 sketch
Composition Year	1876

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Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, n.d.(ca. before 1907).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Copy (between 1883 and 1907). This manuscript copy, however, does not derive from the printed source, but presumably from another early manuscript version. Scanned from a photocopy of the original, which was owned by a family member and donated to the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
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Work Title	The Progress of Music
Alternative. Title	A Celestial Legend
Composer	Sullivan, Arthur
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IAS 137
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 sketch
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1876
First Publication.	1876
Librettist	William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911)
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	narrator, piano
External Links	Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts
Extra Information	“Humorous poem with musical illustrations. The attribution is very unlikely to be correct, although the poem's allusions are undoubtedly to Sullivan's own life. Arthur Jacobs has suggested that it was perhaps the work of one of Sullivan's musical friends, such as Frederic Clay or Joseph Barnby. It must have been written in June or early July 1876, and was first published anonymously in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 22 July 1876.” (Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts)