Mikado Overture
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Product ID: GM1 CL189
By Arthur Sullivan
Publisher:
Goodmusic
Arranger:
2 Flutes (2nd doubles piccolo), Oboe,2 Clarinets in A & Bb (or only Bb), Bassoon2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 2 TrombonesTimpani, Triangle, Bass drum & Cymbal [1 player]Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) 4/4/3/4/2
Series:
Goodmusic Concert Classics
Line Up:
Symphony Orchestra
Duration:
7'00
Set & Score
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About this item
The Mikado or
The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts with music by Arthur
Sullivan with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and was their ninth of
fourteen operatic collaborations. It opened in March 1885, in London,
where it ran at the Savoy Theatrefor 672 performances, which was the
second longest run for any work of musical theatre and one of the
longest runs of any theatre piece up to that time. The opera is set in
Japan which allowed Gilbert to satirise British politics and
institutions more freely by disguising them as Japanese. Gilbert used
foreign or fictional locales in several other operas to soften the
impact of his pointed satire.
All of Sullivan's best tunes from the opera appear in the overture.
This score has been reconstructed from the parts used by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
The original clarinets' part is scored for both Bb and A clarinets.
Additionally, we have provided a part transposed into Bb where
necessary so that A clarinets are not essential. Only one percussionist
is required to play timpani and percussion, though the bass drum and
cymbal need to be capable of being played together.
Instrumentation
2 Flutes (2nd doubles piccolo), Oboe,
2 Clarinets in A & Bb (or only Bb), Bassoon
2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 2 Trombones
Timpani, Triangle, Bass drum & Cymbal [1 player]
Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) 4/4/3/4/2
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Composer
Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer of Irish and Italian ancestry. He is best known for his series of 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including such enduring works as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. Sullivan composed 23 operas, 13 major orchestral works, eight choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous hymns and other church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces.
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