This exemplary new edition of the vocal score was prepared by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones who returned to original manuscripts and early sources to produce results closest to Gilbert and Sullivans original intentions. All of the voice parts appear here in addition to a piano reduction of the full score along with the complete dialogue. This enchanting operetta has delighted audienc…

or The Slave of Duty-In Gilbert And Sullivan's 'The Pirates of Penzance' our hero is Frederick a young man apprenticed to a pirate king because of a misunderstanding - his nanny misheard his parent's request to apprentice him to a pilot. On the verge of turning his back on the ill-adjusted swashbuckling lifestyle and crew Frederick finds himself torn between his love for Mable his desire to el…

(from Pirates of Penaznce) Discovery Level 2-Your singers will have a rollicking good time living the pirate life with this setting of the famous song from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance and the over-the-top satire.Get your audience into the act by inviting them to shout ?Aarrrr!? on cue.Duration: ca. 2:20.

New edition by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones. 'The Pirates of Penzance' remains one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most beloved and most frequently performed works. Brilliantly tuneful and sparklingly funny it was their fourth collaborative effort and their own operetta to receive its official premiere in the US.

Chorus parts (SATB) for Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance.

One of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular operettas has been wonderfully adapted and arranged here for a classroom cantata by M.J. Arnold. This musical is full of the same lively and colourful characters including the pirates of course! but has been carefully edited and condensed for young performers. There are two action packed acts with 16 favourite solos and choruses with dialogue and suggest…

Book/CD Pak-Eight classics from H.M.S. Pinafore The Mikado The Pirates Of Penzance Princess Ida Ruddigore and The Yeoman Of The Guard. Companion CD includes full orchestra accompaniment plus performances by professional singers. Includes notes about the operettas.

This opera had its premiere on December 31 1879 at the Fifth Avenue Theater in New York with Arthur Sullivan conducting. It opened on April 3 1880 at the Opera Comique in London and ran for 363 performances.

As you read this somewhere in the English-speaking world a production of a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta is being rehearsed or presented. It may be taking place in an elementary secondary or high school; a university; an amateurmusical theater group; a summer-stock ensemble; a professional light-opera company. The musical accompaniment may consist of a piano or two - perhaps plus a few other instr…