Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: The Gondoliers (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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Bound manuscript full score (Conductor); Extension to the overture by Malcolm Sargent (autograph manuscript); annotated vocal scores and libretti; instrument parts; and an arrangement for two pianos. First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 7 Dec 1889 to 20 Jun 1891 (554 performances).
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Haddon Hall (Sydney Grundy and Arthur Sullivan)
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Annotated libretto (20th century); Conductor score and all instrument parts in manuscript (1890s); Introduction, No. 1 Chorus and Finale Act I in full score and parts (1999). First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 24 Sep 1892 to 15 Apr 1893 (204 performances).
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Utopia, Limited (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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Bound copy manuscript full score in two volumes (1890s); Overture arranged by Leo Constantinides; Finale Act I arranged by Michael Stone; all instrument parts as reverse image dye-line masters. First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 7 Oct 1893 to 9 Jun 1894 (245 performances).
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: The Chieftain (F. C. Burnand and Arthur Sullivan)
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Annotated piano-vocal score (Boosey, 1895); revised full score (by Eden and Yates, 1995); and two sets of original copy manuscript instrumental parts [1890s]. First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 12 Dec 1894 to 16 Mar 1895 (97 performances).
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: The Grand Duke (W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan)
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Photostat manuscript full score (late 19th century); Overture and No. 1 Chorus (computer-generated full score); No. 9 insertion (10 bars manuscript); annotated libretto; all instrument parts in manuscript (1890s) on transparencies; and string parts as manuscript copy masters (20th century). Fir...
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: The Lucky Star (Charles H. Brookfield, Adrian Ross, Aubrey Hopwood and Ivan Caryll)
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Bespoke conductor score (part printed annotated piano-vocal score, part manuscript); copy manuscript parts for all instruments. All material from 1899. First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 7 Jan to 31 May 1899 (143 performances).
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: The Rose of Persia (Basil Hood and Arthur Sullivan)
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Bound full score copy manuscript in two volumes, and annotated copy manuscript instrumental parts (two sets incomplete) [1899]. With annotated conductor piano-vocal score [early 20th century]. First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 29 Nov 1899 to 28 Jun 1900 (211 performances).
Music from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive: Merrie England (Basil Hood and Edward German)
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Annotated vocal score (formerly owned by W. R. Thomas); published 'concert version', 1903 (words only); and typed words for Act II Finale. First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 2 April to 30 July 1902 (120 performances).
D'Oyly Carte: Captain Billy (Harry Greenbank and François Cellier)
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Autograph full score; conductor score; instrumental parts in copy manuscript ('Set A' and 'Set B'). First performed at the Savoy Theatre from 24 Sep 1891 to 16 Jan 1892 (as a curtain-raiser to The Nautch Girl), and from 1 Feb to 18 June 1892 (as a curtain-raiser to The Vicar of Bray): 217 perfo...