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The Gilbert & Sullivan book : with 10 colour plates and over 400 illustrations in the text / by Leslie Baily.
- Title
- The Gilbert & Sullivan book : with 10 colour plates and over 400 illustrations in the text / by Leslie Baily.
- Author
- Baily, Leslie
- Publication
- London : Cassell, 1952.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | Mus 5405.15.10 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection of Gilbert and Sullivan (Harvard Theatre Collection) the
- Description
- xiv, 443 p. : ill., ports., facsims., music.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- Talks about Gilbert and Sullivan as individuals and as collaborators.
- Alternative Title
- Gilbert and Sullivan book
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliographical footnotes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- How they began -- 1855-8: boots are thrown at Gilbert -- 1861-6: A certain wild magic -- Private lives in the 1860's. Bab and kitten ; O fair dove! O fond dove! -- 1869: Mr Gilbert meets Mr Sullivan -- 1871: Thespis: a revolution misfires -- 1875: Trial by jury: Richard D'Oyly Carte backs a winner -- 1877: The sorcerer -- 1878: H.M.S. Pinafore: the ship that sailed to victory -- 1879: world-wide success -- 1880: The Pirates of Penzance -- 1881: A caricature of the follies of the age -- 1882: Iolanthe: a close-up of Gilbert -- 1883: Sir Arthur Sullivan: a discontented composer -- 1884: Princess Ida: the first quarrel -- 1885: The Mikado -- 1886-7: Ruddigore and the golden legend -- 1888: the yeomen of the guard -- 1892-3: a Gilbertian utopia -- 1894-1900: fin de siecle -- Twentieth century: the show goes on -- A diary of modern times -- The future: what is the 'tradition'?
- LCCN
- ^^^52007184^
- OCLC
- 407699
- SCSB-10105473
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library