The Zoo (Sullivan, Arthur)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 act
Composition Year	1875
Genre Categories	Operettas; Theatrical Works; Operas; 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

Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete Score
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Flute
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⇒ 19 more: Oboe • Clarinet 1/2 (A/B♭) • Clarinet 1/2 (B♭, transposed) • Clarinet Solo (A/B♭) (alternative) • Bassoon • Horn 1/2 (C/D/E/E♭/F) • Horn 1/2 (F, transposed) • Horn Solo (F, transposed) (alternative) • Cornet 1/2 (A/B♭) • Cornet 1/2 (B♭) • Cornet Solo (B♭, transposed) (alternative) • Trombone 1/2 • Trombone Solo (alternative) • Percussion • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Oboe
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Clarinet 1/2 (A/B♭)
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Clarinet 1/2 (B♭, transposed)
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Clarinet Solo (A/B♭) (alternative)
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Bassoon
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Horn 1/2 (C/D/E/E♭/F)
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Horn 1/2 (F, transposed)
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Horn Solo (F, transposed) (alternative)
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Cornet 1/2 (A/B♭)
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Cornet 1/2 (B♭)
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Cornet Solo (B♭, transposed) (alternative)
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Trombone 1/2
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Trombone Solo (alternative)
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Percussion
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Violins I
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Violins II
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Violas
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Cellos
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Basses
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Editor	Marc Shepherd
Publisher. Info.	Riverdale: Oakapple Press, 2026.
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Misc. Notes	Second draft, March 2026.
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Vocal Scores

Complete Score
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Arranger	Francis L. Lynch
Editor	Francis L. Lynch
Publisher. Info.	Evanston, Illinois: Sheet Music Back In Print, 2011.
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Misc. Notes	Additional lyrics by Francis L. Lynch.
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Complete Score (with notes)
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Arranger	Francis L. Lynch
Editor	Francis L. Lynch
Publisher. Info.	Evanston, Illinois: Sheet Music Back In Print, 2011.
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Complete Score
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Editor	Marc Shepherd
Publisher. Info.	Riverdale: Oakapple Press, 2026.
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Libretto

Complete Libretto
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Publisher. Info.	Unknown, 1875
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General Information

Work Title	The Zoo
Alternative. Title	A New and Original Musical Folly in One Act
Composer	Sullivan, Arthur
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IAS 100
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 act
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1875
First Performance.	1875/06/05
First Publication.	1875 (libretto) 1969 (vocal score, ed. G. Morton) 2010 (full score, ed. R. Clyde)
Librettist	Benjamin Charles Stephenson (1839–1906), as Bolton Rowe
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Vocal soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra
Discography	Gilbert & Sullivan Discography
External Links	Wikipedia article; Gilbert & Sullivan Archive

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W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's Joint Operas
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)

The Zoo (Sullivan, Arthur)

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