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Library List Gilbert and Sullivan Society Library At the Barbican Music Library Over 250 books for reference The Library of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society is housed in the Music Library at the Barbican Centre, London. Books include recent publications, standard references, works from earlier generations and a comprehensive range of libretti and scores. The works are available for reference only. They are accessed on request from a member of staff. Getting there The Barbican Complex is housed in the heart of the City of London. Moorgate and Barbican Underground stations are within close walking distance. The Society’s Library is located in the Barbican Music Library, downstairs from the Main Library. The address is Silk Street, EC2 8DS. Music enquiries: 020 7638 0672 Text Phone: 020 7332 3803 E mail: [email protected] Opening Hours Monday and Wednesday 9.30 am – 5.30 pm Tuesday and Thursday 9.30 am – 7.30 pm Friday 9.30 am – 2 pm Saturday 9.30 am –4 pm The library is closed on Sunday and Bank Holidays The Gilbert and Sullivan Society Founded 1924 Registered Charity no. 1062970 CATALOGUE Shelf Author Title ISBN No. 219 Ainger, Michael Gilbert and Sullivan: a dual biography 0195147693 1 Allen, Reginald An Anniversary Survey and Exhibition Checklist 1963 v1844059 2 Allen, Reginald Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer and Personage 081598049x 1 3 Allen, Reginald The First Night Gilbert and Sullivan, Centennial 1975 0903443104 4 Archer, Frank An Actor’s Notebook y5330765 5 Ayre, Leslie The Gilbert and Sullivan Companion 0491008325 6 BBC A G. & S. Cocktail (vocal score) v1845722 7 Baily, Leslie Gilbert and Sullivan and Their World 0500130469 8 Baily, Leslie The Gilbert and Sullivan Book v1844131 9 Bancroft, Squire Empty Chairs z1767821 10 Barrington, More Rutland Barrington By Himself v1844148 Rutland 11 Barrington, Rutland Barrington by Himself y8786394 Rutland 201 Bathurst, David Here’s a pretty mess! : a new guide to Gilbert & Sullivan opera for the 0952393654 amateur performer and enthusiast 250 Brahms, Caryl Gilbert and Sullivan: lost chords and discords 0297769367 12 Bell, Diana The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan 1555214401 13 Benford, Harry A Gilbert and Sullivan Lexicon 0823904369 175 Benford, Harry A Gilbert and Sullivan Lexicon (revised and enlarged ed.) 0931781086 14 Bennett, Joseph Forty Years of Music 1865-1905 x350822x 15 Bond, Jessie with The Live and Reminiscences of Jessie Bond v1844154 MacGeorge, Ethel 266 Bradley, Ian (ed.) The complete annotated Gilbert & Sullivan 9780199392421 251 Bradley, Ian Lost chords and Christian soldiers 9780334044215 231 Bradley, Ian Oh joy! Oh rapture! 0195328949 16 Bradstock, W.S.Gilbert, Savoyard Scrapbook v1844616 Lillian 17 Bradstock, Pooh-Bah and Gilbert and Sullivan A0055785 Lillian 18 Bradstock, Gilbert and Sullivan v1845107 Lillian 19 Browne, Edith W.S.Gilbert v1844160 199 Burgess, A.J. The Notary and other lawyers in Gilbert and Sullivan 0952559412 240 Cambridge companion to Gilbert & Sullivan (ed. Eden and Saremba) 0521716594 145 Burnard, Cox and Box x3296107 Françoise (libretto) 144 Carr, C. The Beauty Stone (with Sullivan, A. & Pinero, A.) x3561420 2 22 Cellier, François Gilbert, Sullivan and D’Oyly Carte w9898310 & Bridgeman, C 23 Cellier, Alfred The Mountebanks x2614516 (score) 184 Cellier, Alfred & The Mountebanks v1844987 Gilbert, W.S. (libretto) 230 Charendoff, The beginnings of Bab: early pen and ink drawings… 097816170x Sydney 24 Compton, V. Scenes & Songs from the Savoy Operas v18443384 25 Cox-Ife, William How to sing both Gilbert and Sullivan b610775 26 Cox-Ife, William Training the Gilbert and Sullivan Chorus b5504295 27 Cox-Ife, William W.S.Gilbert, Stage Director 0234772069 208 Crowther, Contradiction Contradicted: the plays of W. S. Gilbert 0838638392 Andrew 245 Crowther, Gilbert of Gilbert & Sullivan: his life and character 0752455893 Andrew 190 D’Oyly Carte D’Oyly Carte Centenary Souvenir 1875-1975 y8022892 224 D’Oyly Carte The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company: a transcription of their visits to M0045892CL Warrington 1882-1923 29 Dark, Sydney & W.S.Gilbert, His Life and Letters v1844177 Grey, Rowland 30 Darlington, W. The World of Gilbert and Sullivan b5111375 31 Davidson, G. Stories from Gilbert and Sullivan b5215563 32 Davis, R. G. In Defence of Gilbert’s Ladies v184425x 189 Dillard, Philip H. How quaint the ways of paradox! : an annotated Gilbert & Sullivan 0810824450 bibliography 195 Dixon, Geoffrey The Gilbert and Sullivan photofinder: an index to published illustrations 0952553201 of Savoy Opera 237 Dixon, Geoffrey The Gilbert & Sullivan sorting system 0952553236 See Dixon, Geoffrey Gilbert & Sullivan The Journal 56 year index covering the years 1925- 095255321x 44 1981 vols. 1-10. 33 Downey, Twenty Years Ago t3141965 Edmund 258 Downes, Peter A Gilbert and Sullivan man : the musical life of Harry Norris 9780473285036 34 Downs, Harold Theatre and Stage (D. Graham Davis on roles, Vol II, p 675) 35005363 (ed) 35 Dramatic Notes Reviews and illustrations of Princess Ida & The Mikado. Also revival of 976711 1883-1885 The Sorcerer, and children’s The Pirates of Penzance 36 Dunhill, Sullivan’s comic operas x9099129 Thomas F. 37 Dunn, George A Gilbert and Sullivan Dictionary 836027426 3 176 Eden, David Gilbert and Sullivan : the creative conflict 0838632823 220 Eden, David W.S. Gilbert: appearance and reality 0950734861 38 Ellis, James The Bab Ballads 0674058003 39 Ellis, James Kansas Papers, International Conference 1970 v77633975 265 Ernill, Paul Manchester & Liverpool Library researches – newspaper report source index aka Notes from Manchester Newspapers – notes based on a trawl of Manchester and Liverpool Newspapers between 1864 and 1877 provide details of Frederic and Arthur Sullivan’s visits to Manchester prior to 1875 and the acclaim given to Trial by Jury in 1875/6. 196 Farrar, Maurice The Gilbert & Sullivan Alphabet of Artistes: a performance record of 0952553228 D’Oyly Carte personnel, 1875-1982 6 Finck, Herman & A “G.&S. “ Cocktail (vocal score) v1845722 Wylie, Lauri 186 Finck, Herman & A “G.&S.” Cocktail (libretto) v1844651 Wylie, Lauri 40 Findon, B. Sir Arthur Sullivan v1844266 197 Fischler, Adam Modified rapture: Comedy in W.S.Gilbert’s Savoy Operas 0813913349 41 Fitz-Gerald, The Story of the Savoy Opera v184512x S. J. Adair 42 Fitzgerald, Percy The Savoy Opera t3102439 43 Gatcliff, E Savoy Stories 0522836119 174 Geis, Darlene The Gilbert and Sullivan Operas 0810909847 256 Goodman, Gilbert and Sullivan at law 0838631797 Andrew 257 Gordon, JM. The memoirs of JM Gordon, 1856-1944 9780955859144 Introduced by Elizabeth Benney 213 Gilbert and Grim’s Dyke Hotel events planner M0045895CL Sullivan 229 W. S. Gilbert W. S. Gilbert Society Journal. Vol.1, Spring 1985- . With separate 1291997 Society contents list 44 Gilbert and Volumes 1-10 (February 1925 – Spring 1981) plus 56 year index by 116918 Sullivan Society Geoffrey Dixon Journal 45 Gilbert and An Operatic Glossary v1845343 Sullivan Society 259 Gilbert, W.S. Foggerty’s Fairy : and other tales 46 Gilbert, W.S. The Savoy Operas (+ 2 vol. set: V.I /b6215903, V II/b6306013) 0333069013 47 Gilbert, W.S. Original Plays, 1st Series v1844993 48 Gilbert, W.S. Original Plays, 2nd Series v1845001 4 49 Gilbert, W.S. Original Plays, 3rd Series v1845018 50 Gilbert, W.S. Original Plays, 4th Series (2 copies) v1845099 51 Gilbert, W.S. The Bab Ballads y7892438 38 Gilbert, W.S. The Bab Ballads (edited by James Ellis) 0674058003 53 Gilbert, W.S. More Bab Ballads v1844504 54 Gilbert, W.S. Fifty Bab Ballads v1844289 55 Gilbert, W.S. Lost Bab Ballads (edited by Townley Searle) x5148701 222 Gilbert, W.S. Ought we to visit her? M0045874CL 56 Gilbert, W.S. Songs of a Savoyard 027023197 57 Gilbert, W.S. His Excellency v1845739 58 Gilbert, W.S. A Colossal Idea (edited by Townley Searle) v1844272 59 Gilbert, W.S. Trial by Jury x2682506 (libretto) 60 Gilbert, W.S. The Sorcerer v1844875 (libretto) 61 Gilbert, W.S. HMS Pinafore x3567960 (libretto) 62 Gilbert, W.S. The Pirates of Penzance v1844763 (libretto) 63 Gilbert, W.S. Patience x2682386 (libretto) 64 Gilbert, W.S. Iolanthe v1844852 (libretto) 65 Gilbert, W.S. Princes Ida v184477x (libretto) 66 Gilbert, W.S. The Mikado x5797925 (libretto) 67 Gilbert, W.S. Ruddigore v1844869 (libretto) 68 Gilbert, W.S. The Yeomen of the Guard v1844898 (libretto) 69 Gilbert, W.S. The Gondoliers x5132479 (libretto) 70 Gilbert, W.S. Utopia Limited x3567925 (libretto) 71 Gilbert, W.S. The Grand Duke v1844575 (libretto) 184 Gilbert, W.S. & The Mountebanks v1844987 Cellier Alfred (libretto) 72 Gilbert, W.S. Fifty Bab Ballads (illustrated edition) x5547973 73 Gilbert, W.S. Patience (illustrated by Russell Flint) v1844622 5 74 Gilbert, W.S. Iolanthe (illustrated by Russell Flint) v1844415 75 Gilbert, W.S. The Gondoliers (illustrated by Russell Flint) v1844409 76 Gilbert, W.S. Ruddigore (illustrated by Russell Flint) v1844533 77 Gilbert, W.S. Princess Ida (illustrated by Russell Flint) v1844527 183 Gilbert,. W.S. The Mikado (illustrated by Russell Flint) v1844496 78 Gilbert, W.S. HMS Pinafore (adapted from Gilbert and Sullivan by Opal Wheeler / v1845225 illustrated by Fritz Kredel) 79 Gilbert, W.S. The Story of HMS Pinafore (illust: Alice B. Woodward) y6015422 80 Gilbert, W.S. The Yeomen of the Guard (illust: R. Flint & C.E. Brock) x3456342 81 Gilbert, W.S. The Story of the Mikado (illust: Russel Flint & C.E.Brock) x9054799 82 Gilbert, W.S. The Story of the Mikado (illustrated by Alice B. Woodward) w3036300 83 Gilbert, W.S. The Immortal G & S Operas, 4 Volumes (intro: H Lytton) Vol. I: x5135934 Vol II: x5133940 Vol III: x5135957 Vol IV: x5135963 181 Gilbert, W.S. The lost stories of W.S. Gilbert / illustrated by “Bab” / 0860513378 selected and introduced by Peter Haining 182 Gilbert, W.S. Plays by W.S. Gilbert / edited with an introduction and notes by George 0521280567 Rowell 187 Gilbert, W.S. The complete Savoy Operas (Folio Society) Vol.
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