W.S. Gilbert wrote the words, Arthur Sullivan composed the music, and together they revolutionized theatre music in English. This series presents songs and arias from their timeless operettas, collected by voice type. Includes access to online recordings of piano accompaniments.
Contents: THE GONDOLIERS: No Possible Doubt Whatever • IOLANTHE: When All Night Long a Chap Remains, When You’re Lying Awake with a Dismal Headache • HMS PINAFORE: Fair Moon, to Thee I Sing, When I Was a Lad I Served a Term • THE MIKADO: As Some Day It May Happen, Willow, Tit-Willow • THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: I Am a Pirate King, I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General, The Policeman’s Song • PRINCESS IDA: If You Give Me Your Attention, Whene’re I Spoke • RUDDIGORE: My Boy, You May Take It from Me • THE SORCERER: My Name Is John Wellington Wells, Time Was, When Love and I, Engaged to So-and-So • THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD: I’ve Jibe and Joke
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
