Patience (Sullivan, Arthur)

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1881].
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Misc. Notes Pages missing from scan of overture re-added.
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Editor Fishworks
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Overture

Copyist Woody Norvell (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. New York: E.F. Kalmus, No.A7670, 1981.
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Parts

17 more: Flute 2/Piccolo • Oboe • Clarinet 1 (B♭/A) • Clarinet 2 (B♭/A) • Bassoon • Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F) • Cornet 1 (B♭/A) • Cornet 2 (B♭/A) • Trombone 1 • Trombone 2 • Timpani/Triangle/Bass Drum/Cymbals/Snare Drum • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1925-75).
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A5194.
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Misc. Notes At least 3 different hands. 1st violin parts appear to be earliest. Probably D'Oyly Carte rental parts reprinted by Kalmus no earlier than 1933.
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Arranger Berthold Tours (1838–1897), piano reduction
Editor First edition (later issue)
Publisher. Info. London: Chappell & Co., n.d.[1881]. Plate 17218.
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Arranger Berthold Tours (1838–1897), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. London: Chappell & Co., n.d.[1881]. Plate 17218.
Reprinted Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart & Co., 1881.
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Misc. Notes Music reprinted from Chappell vocal score, Dialogue inserted by Stoddart.
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Arranger Berthold Tours (1838–1897), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. London: Chappell, n.d.(ca.1925). Plate 17218. (new engraving)
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Misc. Notes Re-engraving from the era of Geoffrey Toye.
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Editor Edmond W. Rickett (1869–1956)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, No.1982, 1950. Plate 420267.
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Misc. Notes This score contains all the dialogue.
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Editor Paul Howarth (1953–2021)
Publisher. Info. Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, 2010.
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Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart & Co., 1881.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Male Chorus and 2 Pianos (Davison)
Arranger Archibald Thompson Davison (1883–1961)
Publisher. Info. The Concord Series: Harvard University Glee Club Collection of Part Songs for Men's Voices, No.914
4 Choruses from 'Patience'
Boston: E.C. Schirmer Music Co., 1928. Plate E.C.S. No.304.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Indianapolis Maennerchor Archive.
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For Piano (Dunhill)
Arranger Thomas Dunhill (1877–1946)
Publisher. Info. London: Chappell, 1924. Plate 28417.
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Misc. Notes Published as 6 Easy Pieces for Piano Adapted from "Patience".
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General Information

Work Title Patience
Alternative. Title Bunthorne's Bride
Name Translations Пейшенс; Patience oder Bunthornes Braut; ペイシェンス; Patience (operett)
Name Aliases Невеста Банторна; La Promise de Bunthorne; La sposa di Bunthorne
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 305991557; LCCN: n82227763; GND: 300159110; [2 more...]BNF: 161918939; BNE: XX3207950
Composer Sullivan, Arthur
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IAS 59
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1881
First Performance. 1881-04-23 in London, Opera Comique
Cast, Chorus, Orchestra, Arthur Sullivan (conductor)
First Publication. 1881 - London: Chappell
Librettist William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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Cast
Colonel Calverley (Officer of Dragoon Guards) (bass-baritone)
Major Murgatroyd (Officer of Dragoon Guards) (baritone)
Lieut. The Duke of Dunstable (Officer of Dragoon Guards) (tenor)
Reginald Bunthorne (a Fleshly Poet) (comic baritone)
Archibald Grosvenor (an Idyllic Poet) (lyric baritone)
Mr. Bunthorne's Solicitor (silent)
The Lady Angela (Rapturous Maiden) (mezzo-soprano)
The Lady Saphir (Rapturous Maiden) (mezzo-soprano or soprano)
The Lady Ella (Rapturous Maiden) (soprano)
The Lady Jane (Rapturous Maiden) (contralto)
Patience (a Dairy Maid) (soprano)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

Rapturous Maidens, Officers of Dragoon Guards

Orchestra

2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon
2 horns, 2 cornets, 2 trombones
timpani, triangle, bass drum, cymbals, snare drum, strings
Related Works Pieces based on 'Patience'
Discography Gilbert & Sullivan Discography
External Links Wikipedia article; Gilbert & Sullivan Archive

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