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The Pirates of Penzance or the Slave of Duty
The Pirates of Penzance or the Slave of Duty Author:Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert This exemplary new edition of the vocal score of an enchanting operetta—which has delighted audiences for over a century with its catchy melodies, its witty lyrics, and its madcap taleof tender-hearted pirates, timid policemen, and the demands of duty—was prepared by musicologists Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones, who returned to origi... more »nal manuscripts and early sources to produce handsome, newly engraved plates closest to Gilbert and Sullivan’s original intentions. All of the voice parts appear here, in addition to a piano reduction of the full score and the complete libretto. Introduction by the editors. Contents. Instrumentation.« less