The Mikado (Sullivan, Arthur)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
Composition Year 1885
Genre Categories Savoy operas; Theatrical Works; Operas; [31 more...]Operettas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For male chorus, 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring male chorus (arr); For chorus with keyboard (arr); For violin, piano (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); For voice, piano (arr); For voices with keyboard (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); For horn, trumpet, euphonium (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the euphonium (arr); For 3 players (arr); For brass band (arr); Scores featuring brass band (arr); For orchestra without strings (arr)
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1885].
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 Complete Score
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 Act I
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 Act II
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Bosworth & Co., n.d.(1893-98).
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1985). Catalog A2281.
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Parts

⇒ 11 more: Oboe • Clarinet 1/2 (A/B♭) • Bassoon • Horn 1/2 (F) • Cornet 1/2 (A/B♭) • Trombone 1/2 • Timpani/Bass Drum/Cymbals/Triangle/Snare Drum • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

Publisher. Info. London: Chappell, n.d.
London: D'Oyly Carte Opera Co., n.d.
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⇒ 11 more: Oboe • Clarinet 1/2 (A/B♭) • Bassoon • Horn 1/2 (F) • Cornet 1/2 (A/B♭) • Trombone 1/2 • Timpani/Bass Drum/Cymbals/Triangle/Snare Drum • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

Publisher. Info. London: Chappell, n.d.
London: D'Oyly Carte Opera Co., n.d.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1985). Catalog A2281.
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Vocal Scores

Complete

Arranger George Lowell Tracy (1855–1921), piano reduction
Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. London: Chappell, n.d.[1885].
Reprinted New York: William A. Pond & Co., 1885.
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Arranger George Lowell Tracy (1855–1921), piano reduction
Language English
Publisher. Info. New York: William A. Pond & Co., 1885*. Plate 13809.
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Misc. Notes *1885 is the date of copyright claim. This re-engraving of the score was probably issued sometime after 1900.
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Arranger George Lowell Tracy (1855–1921), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. London: Chappell, n.d.(ca.1920). Plate 18056.
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Arranger George Lowell Tracy (1855–1921), piano reduction
Editor Bryceson Treharne (1879–1948)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, n.d.(ca.1940). Plate 38309.
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Misc. Notes This score contains all the dialogue. Published without a copyright notice.
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Selections

Publisher. Info. New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1925. Plate 17059-17.
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 Choruses
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Misc. Notes Pages set up in booklet (imposition) order, 2-up, for printing. High Quality
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Arranger Herbert Wallace (fl.1885-1915)
Publisher. Info. Gems from 'The Mikado' Arranged for the Piano-Forte
New York: Richard A. Saalfield, 1886.
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Editor Ian Toombs (with thanks to Sam @ GurtLush Arrangements)
Publisher. Info. Stephen Lawrence, 2022.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano (Tracy)
Arranger George Lowell Tracy (1855–1921)
Publisher. Info. London: Chappell & Co., n.d.[1886]. Plate C.C. 18056-18057.
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For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Jos. Weinberger, n.d. Plate W. & H. 91 & 93.
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Selections

For Theatre Orchestra (Tobani)
Arranger Theodore Moses Tobani (1855–1933)
Publisher. Info. Carl Fischer's Theatre Orchestra Edition, No.60
New York: Carl Fischer, 1913. Plate 1500-64.
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⇒ 13 more: Flute/Piccolo • Oboe • Clarinet 1, 2 (A) • Bassoon • Horn 1, 2 (F) • Cornet 1, 2 (A) • Trombone • Timpani/Bass Drum/Snare Drum/Cymbals • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Arranger Theodore Moses Tobani (1855–1933)
Publisher. Info. Carl Fischer's Theatre Orchestra Edition, No.60
New York: Carl Fischer, 1913. Plate 1500-64.
Reprinted Miami: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1971-87). Catalog A6920.
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For Theater Orchestra (Wiegand)
Arranger George Wiegand
Publisher. Info. Concert Music for Orchestra, No.29
New York: New York Music Publishing Co. (Limited), 1885. Plate 391.
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For Theatre Orchestra (Winterbottom)
Arranger Frank Winterbottom (1861–1930)
Publisher. Info. London: Chappell, n.d. Plate 18064.
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Misc. Notes "The Mikado Selection" Fl and Picc, Oboe I & II, Clar I & II (b flat), Fag I & II, Horns I & II (e flat), Horns III & IV (e flat), Cornets I & II (b flat)
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For Piano 4 Hands (Blake)
See: Potpourri on 'The Mikado' (Blake, Charles Dupee)
For Piano
See: Theaterrevuen (No.42)

Choruses

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.946
Boston: E.C. Schirmer Music Co., 1930. Plate E.C.S. No.685.
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Fantasia

For Violin and Piano (Farmer)
Arranger Henry Farmer (1819–1891)
Publisher. Info. London: Chappell, n.d.[ca.1900]. Plate 18068.
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I've Got Him on the List (As Someday It May Happen)

For Voice and Piano
Arranger Cramer (possibly Henri Cramer or Cramer - Pseudonym)
Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: W.F. Shaw, 1885.
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Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day

For Horn, Trumpet and Euphonium (Messerschmidt)
Arranger Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt (b. 1944)
Publisher. Info. Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt, 2017.
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Behold the Lord High Executioner

For Brass Band

⇒ 10 more: Cornets 1 (B♭) • Cornets 2 (B♭) • Flugelhorn (B♭) • Tenor Horn 1/2 (E♭) • Baritone Horn 1/2 • Tenor Trombone 1/2 • Bass Trombone • Cymbals/Bass Drum/Woodblock • Euphonium 1/2 • Tuba 1/2

 Tuba 1/2
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Arranger Duncan Fyfe Gillies (b. 1949)
Publisher. Info. Duncan Fyfe Gillies, 2020.
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The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring

For Piano (Trinkaus)
Arranger George John Trinkaus (1878–1960)
Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: Morris Music Co., 1910.
Copyright
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This item, which is in the public domain in its country of origin, is likewise in the public domain in countries which apply the rule of the shorter term. All EU countries apply the rule of the shorter term in general.
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Libretti

Language German/English
Translator Siegfried Ehrenberg (as C. Carlotta)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: R. Boll, n.d.(1886).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Bilingual edition. There are many errors in the English version. The translator was the organizer of the first German tour of the opera.
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Language German
Publisher. Info. London: Bosworth & Co., n.d.
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General Information

Work Title The Mikado
Alternative. Title The Town of Titipu
Name Translations Der Mikado; Mikadon; El Mikado; ミカド; أوبرا ميكادو; [9 more...]미카도; Микадо; 帝王 (1939年電影); 帝王 (1939年电影); 米卡多; میکادو; המיקאדו; اوبرا ميكادو; Mikado (operetka)
Name Aliases The Mikado (opérette); Three Little Maids from School; The mikado; El mikado; ミカド (喜歌劇); [3 more...]日本天皇 (歌劇); 帝王; 日本天皇
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 2311147270547335700006; LCCN: n82227762; GND: 300159099; BNF: 139200534
Composer Sullivan, Arthur
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IAS 86
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1885
First Performance. 1885-03-14 in London, Savoy Theatre.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Sir Arthur Sullivan (conductor)
First Publication. 1885 (vocal score); 1893? (full score)
  • Vocal score (London: Chappell & Co.), 152 pages
  • Full score (Leipzig: Bosworth & Co.), 333 pages
Librettist William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Cast
The Mikado of Japan (bass or bass-baritone)
Nanki-Poo, His Son, disguised as a wandering minstrel and in love with Yum-Yum (tenor)
Ko-Ko, The Lord High Executioner of Titipu (comic baritone)
Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything Else (baritone)
Pish-Tush, A Noble Lord (baritone)
Go-To, A Noble Lord (bass-baritone)
Yum-Yum, A Ward of Ko-Ko, also engaged to Ko-Ko (soprano)
Pitti-Sing, A Ward of Ko-Ko (mezzo-soprano)
Peep-Bo, A Ward of Ko-Ko (soprano or mezzo-soprano)
Katisha, An Elderly lady, in love with Nanki-Poo (contralto)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

School-Girls, Nobles, Guards and Coolies

Orchestra

2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon
2 horns, 2 cornets, 2 trombones
timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, snare drum, strings
Related Works Pieces based on 'The Mikado'
Discography Gilbert & Sullivan Discography
External Links Wikipedia article; Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
Extra Information There is some confusion about the actual date of issue for the Bosworth full score. The entry for this work (p.577) in James Fuld's The Book of World-Famous Music mentions an issue of 25 copies from Bosworth as early as 1893, despite the given date of 1898 in the biography by Arthur Lawrence published in 1899. The entry in Monatsbericht (1900), p.03 (October) is likewise mentioned, though this seems late.

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