The Mikado / W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan ; vocal score ; with a new piano reduction by Ephraim Hammett Jones.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.

Contributor:

Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911, librettist.

Jones, Ephraim Hammett.

Simpson, Carl, 1955-

Clarke, Hamilton, 1840-1912.

Standardized Title:

Mikado. Vocal score

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operas--Vocal scores with piano.

Genre:

Operas.

Vocal scores.

Physical Description:

1 vocal score (x, 245 pages) ; 27 cm

Edition:

New edition / by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones.

Other Title:

Alternate title in caption: Town of Titipu

Place of Publication:

Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, [2000]

Summary:

An enduringly popular romantic spoof that has charmed countless listeners since its 1885 debut, The Mikado's appealing Japanese setting lends fresh novelty to Sullivan's winsome melodies and Gilbert's satirical verses. This new vocal score edition by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones includes all the voice parts, a piano reduction of the full score, and the complete libretto. This inexpensive edition exactly matches the excellent full score of The Mikado, prepared by the same editorial team and published by Dover in Spring 1999. It will be an indispensable rehearsal aid for soloists, chorus members, and rehearsal pianists.

Notes:

Opera in 2 acts.

Music by Sullivan ; libretto by Gilbert ; overture composed by Hamilton Clarke.

Duration: ca. 90:00.

Editors' preface: p. v-vi.

Synopsis: p. viii-ix.

ISBN:

048641163X :

OCLC:

44170327