List of compositions by Arthur Sullivan

Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan

The following is a list of musical works by the English composer Arthur Sullivan, best known for his operatic collaborations with W. S. Gilbert. Sullivan began to compose music at an early age. His first known composition, By the Waters of Babylon, dates from when he was eight years old. In 1854, he was accepted into the prestigious boys' choir of the Chapel Royal, where he was placed in the care of choirmaster Thomas Helmore. With Helmore's support, Sullivan composed several more anthems, and one of these, O, Israel, was Sullivan's first published composition, in November 1855.^[1]

Theatre music

Operas

A scene from Trial by Jury as illustrated in the magazine Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 1 May 1875

Illustration of scene from Ivanhoe in The Graphic, 1891

• The Sapphire Necklace (ca. 1863; unperformed)
• Cox and Box (1866)
• The Contrabandista (1867)
• Thespis (1871)
• Trial by Jury (1875)
• The Zoo (1875)
• The Sorcerer (1877; revised 1884)
• H.M.S. Pinafore (1878)
• The Pirates of Penzance (1879)
• Patience (1881)
• Iolanthe (1882)
• Princess Ida (1884)
• The Mikado (1885)
• Ruddigore (1887)
• The Yeomen of the Guard (1888)
• The Gondoliers (1889)
• Ivanhoe (1891)
• Haddon Hall (1892)
• Utopia Limited (1893)
• The Chieftain (1894)
• The Grand Duke (1896)
• The Beauty Stone (1898)
• The Rose of Persia (1899)
• The Emerald Isle (1901; completed by Edward German)

Incidental music to plays

• The Tempest (1861)
• The Merchant of Venice (1871)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (1874)
• Henry VIII (1877)
• Macbeth (1888)
• Tennyson's The Foresters (1892)
• J. Comyns Carr's King Arthur for Henry Irving (1895)

Embossed cover of the score

Sheet music

Ballets and song cycle

• L'Île Enchantée (1864 ballet)
• Victoria and Merrie England (1897 ballet)
• The Window; or, The Song of the Wrens (1871 song cycle)

Choral works with orchestra

• The Masque at Kenilworth (1864)
• The Prodigal Son (Sullivan) (1869)
• On Shore and Sea (1871)
• Festival Te Deum (1872)
• The Light of the World (Sullivan) (1873)
• The Martyr of Antioch (1880)
• Ode for the Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)
• The Golden Legend (1886)
• Ode for the Laying of the Foundation Stone of The Imperial Institute (1887)
• Te Deum Laudamus (1902; performed posthumously)

Orchestral works

• Overture in D (1858; now lost)
• Overture The Feast of Roses (1860; now lost)
• Procession March (1863)
• Princess of Wales's March (1863)
• Symphony in E, "Irish" (1866)
• Overture in C, "In Memoriam" (1866)
• Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1866)
• Overture Marmion (1867)
• Overture di Ballo (1870)
• Imperial March (1893)^[2]
• The Absent-Minded Beggar March (1899)

Other works

• Songs and Parlour Ballads
• Hymns
• Part Songs
• Church Music
• Christmas Carols and Songs
• Chamber Music and Solo Piano

See also

• List of W. S. Gilbert dramatic works
• Bibliography of W.S. Gilbert

References

1. Howarth, Paul. "Sir Arthur Sullivan as a Church Musician". The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, 26 November 2008, accessed 9 September 2011
2. Information about the Imperial March at The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, accessed 10 January 2010