Gilbert & Sullivan :

Godwin, Augustine Henry, 1889-

Gilbert & Sullivan : a critical appreciation of the Savoy operas / by A. H. Godwin. With an introduction by G. K. Chesterton. - London ; Toronto : New York : J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. ; E. P. Dutton & Co., 1926. - xx, 299 p. : port. ; 20 cm.

"First edition 1926. Reprinted 1926." "A list of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas": p. 299-[300]

Introduction -- Author's Foreword -- I. Overture -- II. An Operatic Review -- III. Heralds of the Renaissance -- IV. The Englishman's Looking Glass -- V. Contemptous Damages -- VI. Finding the Real Gilbert -- VII. Taking Gilbert's Measure -- VIII. Gusts of Common Sense -- IX. Satire and Logic -- X. Sullivan the Humorist -- XI. The Magical Spring -- XII. Taking Sullivan's Measure -- XIII. Concerning the Ladies -- XIV. Rank and Rankers -- XV. Thoughts about Jack Point -- XVI. Wayward Elise Maynard -- VXII. The Royal Seven -- XVIII. Self-Made Man -- XIX. The Equality Company -- XX. Sips from the Cup -- XXI. Topical Allusions -- XXII. Gilbert's Love Scenes -- XXIII. Bunthorne and Grosvenor -- XXIV. The Six Best Lyrics -- XXV. The Six Best Arias -- XXVI. Topsy-Turvydom -- XXVII. The Genealogical Tree -- XXVIII. First Principles for Amateurs -- XXIX. The Actor in Shadow Land -- XXX. The Savoyards -- A List of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas.

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Gilbert, W. S. 1836-1911
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900


Opera--Aesthetics, appreciation, etc.

ML410.S95 / G63

782.117 / GOD