New edition by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones. Popular from its first performance in 1878, this work contains some of Gilbert's most clever flashes of wit and a number of Sullivan's most charming melodies. Music scholars Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones have drawn on original manuscripts and early sources to produce handsome, newly engraved plates closest to Gilbert and Sullivan's original intentions

The tale of Nanki-Poo and his passion for Yum-Yum has charmed audiences since its 1885 debut with graceful, well-loved melodies such as "Three little maids from school are we," "The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la," and many others. Now available in a newly edited, newly engraved full-score publication based on SullivanÂ's autograph and the first edition of the full score, this new performing edition by Ephraim Jones and Carl Simpson corrects many errors and incorporates GilbertÂ's later libretto changes.

Princess Ida or Castle Adamant, The Gondoliers or The King of Barataria and HMS Pinafore or The Lass that Loved a Sailor.

Patience or Bunthorne's Bride and The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty.

The Sorcerer and The Mikado or The Town of Titipu.

The Grand Duke or The Statutory Duel and Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri.

Ruddigore or The Witch's Curse and The Yeoman of the Guard or Merryman andhis Maid.

he witty and rollicking tale of a young man apprenticed to a band of pirates too kindhearted for their own good, The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty remains one of Gilbert and SullivanÂ's most beloved and frequently revived works. This newly engraved performing edition is based on SullivanÂ's autograph, contemporary copyistsÂ' scores, and both the first and second editions of the vocal score. It corrects numerous errors that have crept in over the years and is the first edition to offer performers the choice of using either the 1880 or 1908 versions of the Act II finale. Aficionados will be particularly delighted with the first accurate full score of the Â"Climbing over Rocky MountainÂ" section, which incorporates music from the legendary lost Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Thespis. Introduction by the editors. Instrumentation.