An edition of The Cambridge companion to Gilbert and Sullivan
(2009)
The Cambridge companion to Gilbert and Sullivan
by Meinhard Saremba
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The Cambridge companion to Gilbert and Sullivan
2009, Cambridge University Press
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Table of Contents
Part I. Background:
Savoy opera and its discontents: the theatrical background to a quarrel / David Eden
Identity crisis and the search for English opera: the Savoy Theatre in the 1890s / William Parry
Resituating Gilbert and Sullivan: the musical and aesthetic context / Benedict Taylor
'We sing as one individual'?: popular misconceptions of 'Gilbert and Sullivan' / Meinhard Saremba
Part II. Focus:
The operas in context: stylistic elements - the Savoy and beyond / Richard Silverman
The librettos in context: Gilbert's 'Fables in Song' / Horst Dölvers
'This particularly rapid, unintelligible patter': patter songs and the word-music relationship / Laura Kasson Fiss
Standing still and moving forward: The Mikado, Haddon Hall, and concepts of time in the Savoy operas / Michael Beckerman
Musical contexts I: motives and methods in Sullivan's allusions / James Brooks Kuykendall
Musical contexts II: characterisation and emotion in the Savoy operas / Martin T. Yates
Part III. Reception:
Topsy-Turvy: a personal journey / Mike Leigh
Amateur tenors and choruses in public: the amateur scene / Ian Bradley
Champions and aficionados: amateur and listener experiences of the Savoy operas in performance / Stephanie Pitts
'How great thy charm, thy sway how excellent!': tracing Gilbert and Sullivan's legacy in the American musical / Raymond Knapp
'See how the Fates their gifts allot': the reception of productions and translations in continental Europe / Jana Polianovskaia
Part IV. Into the Twenty-First Century:
Adventures in musical detection: scholarship, editions, productions and the future of the Savoy operas / David Russell Hulme
Appendix 1: Who wrote the overtures?
Appendix 2: Stage and choral works by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert
Appendix 3: Modern editions of works by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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