The Mikado (Sullivan, Arthur)

Title The Mikado
Alternative title The Town of Titipu
Creators Arthur Sullivan, composer
William Schwenck Gilbert, librettist
Opus
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1885
First published 1885
Dedication
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Composition types Savoy operas
Language English
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete piano George Lowell Tracy
View Complete piano
View Selections theater orchestra Theodore Moses Tobani
View Selections theater orchestra George Wiegand
View Selections theater orchestra Frank Winterbottom
View Selections violin and piano Henry Farmer
View I've Got Him on the List (As Someday It May Happen) voice and piano
View Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day horn, trumpet and euphonium Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt
View Behold the Lord High Executioner brass band Duncan Fyfe Gillies
View The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring piano George John Trinkaus

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Bosworth & Co. Complete Score
Complete Score
Act I
Act II
View Complete parts Chappell Flute 1/2 (also Piccolo)
Oboe
Clarinet 1/2 (A/B)
Bassoon
Horn 1/2 (F)
Cornet 1/2 (A/B)
Trombone 1/2
Timpani/Bass Drum/Cymbals/Triangle/Snare Drum
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Complete parts Chappell Flute 1/2 (also Piccolo)
Oboe
Clarinet 1/2 (A/B)
Bassoon
Horn 1/2 (F)
Cornet 1/2 (A/B)
Trombone 1/2
Timpani/Bass Drum/Cymbals/Triangle/Snare Drum
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Complete vocal score Chappell 1885 Complete Score (color)
Complete Score (mono)
View Complete vocal score Pond 1885 Complete Score (color)
Complete Score (mono)
View Complete vocal score Chappell Complete Score (color)
Complete Score (mono)
Color Cover
View Complete vocal score Schirmer Complete Score
View Complete selections,vocal score M. Witmark & Sons Complete Score
View Complete selections,vocal score GurtLush Arrangements Choruses
View Complete selections,vocal score Richard A. Saalfield As Some Day It May Happen (Act I, No.5)
View Complete selections,vocal score Stephen Lawrence 2022 Choruses (enlarged format)
View Complete R. Boll Complete Libretto
View Complete Bosworth & Co. Complete Libretto
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by George Lowell Tracy
Chappell 1886 Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano Josef Weinberger Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for theater orchestra
by Theodore Moses Tobani
; selections
Carl Fischer 1913 Condensed Score and Parts
View Complete Arrangement for theater orchestra
by Theodore Moses Tobani
; selections
Carl Fischer 1913 Piano-Conductor Score
Flute/Piccolo
Oboe
Clarinet 1, 2 (A)
Bassoon
Horn 1, 2 (F)
Cornet 1, 2 (A)
Trombone
Timpani/Bass Drum/Snare Drum/Cymbals
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Complete Arrangement for theater orchestra
by George Wiegand
; selections
Complete Parts (small orch.)
View Complete Arrangement for theater orchestra
by Frank Winterbottom
; selections
Chappell Condensed Score
Complete Parts
View Complete Arrangement for violin and piano
by Henry Farmer
; selections
Chappell Complete Score and Violin Part
View I've Got Him on the List (As Someday It May Happen) Arrangement for voice and piano W.F. Shaw 1885 Complete Score
View Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day Arrangement for horn, trumpet and euphonium
by Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt
Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt 2017 Complete Score
Horn (F)
Trumpet (C)
Euphonium
View Behold the Lord High Executioner Arrangement for brass band
by Duncan Fyfe Gillies
Duncan Fyfe Gillies 2020 Complete Score
Cornets 1 (B)
Cornets 2 (B)
Flugelhorn (B)
Tenor Horn 1/2 (E)
Baritone Horn 1/2
Tenor Trombone 1/2
Bass Trombone
Cymbals/Bass Drum/Woodblock
Euphonium 1/2
Tuba 1/2
View The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring Arrangement for piano
by George John Trinkaus
Morris Music Co. Complete Score

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