Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)

Overview

According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, Arthur Sullivan was an English composer (also organist and conductor) who studied in Leipzig. Wrote much serious music - including symphony, overture "Di Ballo", religious cantata "The Golden Legend", opera "Ivanhoe" - but made his chief reputation in a long series of successful operettas, combining solid musical construction with apt reinforcement of verbal points. He was knighted in 1883.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


The Lost Chord (1911)	Allen Hinckley	U.S. Everlasting Record: 1299
Farewell My Own (1899)	Original Lyric Trio	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 9352
Farewell My Own (1907)	Harry Dearth Ada Florence Walter Hyde Ernest Pike Bernard Turner	Sterling Record: 951
Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here! (1918)	Shannon Quartet	Edison Blue Amberol: 3375
He Is an Englishman (1907)	Harry Dearth Bernard Turner	Sterling Record: 950
Heaven Is My Home (1906)	Harry Anthony James F. Harrison	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9319
The Lost Chord (1897-1898r)	W.P. Chambers	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 3701
A Maiden Fair to See (1907)	Walter Hyde	Sterling Record: 943
Never Mind the Why and Wherefore (1907)	Ernest Pike Walter Hyde Ada Florence	Sterling Record: 948
The Nightingale's Song (1918)	Vernon Dalhart	Edison Blue Amberol: 3385
Onward Christian Soldiers (190-)	American Quartet	Lambert: 646
⇑Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes (1902-1904)	Ellison Webb	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 200638
Sir Joseph Porter's Song (1907)	Archie Anderson	Sterling Record: 945
Di Ballo Overture (1908)	National Military Band	Edison Amberol: 12214
The Lost Chord (1910)	Reed Miller	Edison Amberol: 202
Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes (1910)	Ernest Pike	Edison Blue Amberol: 23005

MP3s

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


The Captain's Song (1907)	Harry Dearth	Sterling Records: 944
The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring (1898)	Original Lyric Trio	Edison's National Phonograph Company: 4801
The Absent-Minded Beggar (1900)	Harry Spencer	Columbia Phonograph Company: 11095 (5-inch "grand" cylinder)
The Lost Chord(1922)	P. Dawson	HMV 1474
The Lost Chord (1907)	P. Dawson Ernest Pike	Zonophone 526

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (1915)	A. Sullivan	Clara Butt	Columbia: 6555
Lost Chord, The (1915)	A. Sullivan	Clara Butt	Columbia: 6544
Our Prayer (1919)	A. Sullivan	Clara Butt	Columbia: 69458

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	Arthur Sullivan : A Victorian Musician	Arthur Jacobs
	Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan	A. Sullivan, W.Gilbert
	Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan	A.Sullivan & W. Gilbert

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Folk Music CDs:
	Various Performers	Singing Actresses
	Clara Butt	Critical Survey Vol 1

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Tunes From His Operas Book I	D

Mono.

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Lost Chord, The	Arthur Sullivan (music) Adelaide Anne Procter (words) Antoinette Sterling (perf.) John McCormack (perf.) Louise Kirkby Lunn (perf.) Alma Gluck (perf.) Peter Dawson (perf.) Belle Cole (perf.) Clara Butt (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Absent-Minded Beggar (1899), The	A. Sullivan (music) Rudyard Kipling (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
	Lost Chord (1877), The	A. Sullivan (music) Adelaide Anne Procter (words) Antoinette Sterling (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP YorkSpace	Pub.

Sheet Music

Recorder Sheet Music

Tunes from his Operas Vol. 2 (D)

20 pages.
This edition: ED 10137.
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (49013938)

3 Tanze aus Savoyen (D/A/T/B)

Performance Score. 6 pages.
This edition: ED 11806.
Arr./Editor: Robin J. Wilson.
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (49030112)

3 Savoy Dances (D/A/T/B)

Arr./Editor: Wilson Level: Medium
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (ST11806)

Overture to The Gondoliers (D/A/T/B)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Hawthorns Music (HARA081)

Savoy Suite (D/A/T/B)

Score and Parts.
Four pieces from operettas.
Publisher: Peacock Press (PRM0054)

SMP

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 24 works by Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Lost Chord, The	1877	Adelaide Anne Procter (words) Clara Butt (perf.) W. Paris Chambers (perf.) Belle Cole (perf.) Peter Dawson (perf.) Alma Gluck (perf.) Allen Hinckley (perf.) Louise Kirkby Lunn (perf.) John McCormack (perf.) Reed Miller (perf.) Ernest Pike (perf.) Antoinette Sterling (perf.)
Engaged to So-And-So	1878	W S Gilbert (co-author) Rutland Barrington (perf.) from The Sorcerer
Fair Moon, to Thee I Sing!	1878	W S Gilbert (co-author) Rutland Barrington (perf.) from HMS Pinafore	Pub.
I Am the Captain of the Pinafore	1878	W S Gilbert (co-author) Rutland Barrington (perf.) from HMS Pinafore	Pub.
Vicar's Song, The	1878	W S Gilbert (co-author) Rutland Barrington (perf.) from The Sorcerer	Pub.
Policeman's Song, The	1880	W S Gilbert (co-author) Rutland Barrington (perf.) from The pirates of Penzance
Poor Wandering One	1881	W.S. Gilbert (words) Isabel Jay (perf.)
Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, The	1898	Original Lyric Trio (perf.) from "The Mikado"
Absent-Minded Beggar, The	1899	Rudyard Kipling (words) Harry Spencer (perf.)	Pub.
Onward Christian Soldiers	1900	American Quartet (perf.)
Heaven Is My Home	1906	James F. Harrison (words) Harry Anthony (perf.) James F. Harrison (perf.)
⇑ Captain's Song, The	1907	Harry Dearth (perf.) from "HMS Pinafore"
Farewell My Own	1907	W.S. Gilbert (words) Harry Dearth (perf.) Ada Florence (perf.) Walter Hyde (perf.) Ernest Pike (perf.) Original Lyric Trio (perf.) Bernard Turner (perf.)
He Is an Englishman	1907	W. S. Gilbert (words) Harry Dearth (perf.) Bernard Turner (perf.)
Maiden Fair to See, A	1907	W. S. Gilbert (words) Walter Hyde (perf.)
Never Mind the Why and Wherefore	1907	W. S. Gilbert (words) Ada Florence (perf.) Walter Hyde (perf.) Ernest Pike (perf.)
Sir Joseph Porter's Song	1907	Archie Anderson (perf.)
Di Ballo Overture	1908	National Military Band (perf.)
Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes	1910	Ernest Pike (perf.) Ellison Webb (perf.)
God Shall Wipe Away All Tears	1915	Clara Butt (perf.)
Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here!	1918	Shannon Quartet (perf.)
Nightingale's Song, The	1918	W. S. Gilbert (words) Vernon Dalhart (perf.)
Our Prayer	1919	Bulliam O. Gilbert (words) Clara Butt (perf.)
⇑ I'm Called Little Buttercup	1936	W. S. Gilbert (words)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	A. Sullivan	The Lost Chord (4:07)	Clara Butt
	A. Sullivan	Poor Wandering One (3:04)	Isabel Jay