The Cambridge Companion to Gilbert and Sullivan

Contents

• Preface David Eden and Meinhard Saremba;
• Part I . Background:
• 1. Savoy Opera and its discontents: the theatrical background to a quarrel David Eden;
• 2. Identity crisis and the search for English opera: the Savoy Theatre in the 1890s William Parry;
• 3. Resituating Gilbert and Sullivan: the musical and aesthetic context Benedict Taylor;
• 4. 'We sing as one individual'?: popular misconceptions of 'Gilbert and Sullivan' Meinhard Saremba;
• Part II . Focus:
• 5. The operas in context: stylistic elements - the Savoy and beyond Richard Silverman;
• 6. The librettos in context: Gilbert's 'Fables in Song' Horst Doelvers;
• 7. 'This particularly rapid, unintelligible patter': patter songs and the word-music relationship Laura Kasson Fiss;
• 8. Standing still and moving forward: The Mikado, Haddon Hall, and concepts of time in the Savoy Operas Michael Beckerman;
• 9. Musical contexts I: motives and methods in Sullivan's allusions James Brooks Kuykendall;
• 10. Musical contexts II: characterisation and emotion in the Savoy Operas Martin T. Yates;
• Part III . Reception:
• 11. Topsy-Turvy: a personal journey Mike Leigh;
• 12. Amateur tenors and choruses in public: the amateur scene Ian Bradley;
• 13. Champions and aficionados: amateur and listener experiences of the Savoy Operas in performance Stephanie Pitts;
• 14. 'How great thy charm, thy sway how excellent!': tracing Gilbert and Sullivan's legacy in the American musical Raymond Knapp;
• 15. 'See how the Fates their gifts allot': the reception of productions and translations in Continental Europe Jana Polianovskaia;
• Part IV . Into the Twenty-First Century:
• 16. Adventures in musical detection: scholarship, editions, productions and the future of the Savoy Operas David Russell Hulme;
• Appendix 1: Alphabetical list of stage and choral works by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert;
• Appendix 2: Modern editions of works by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert.