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The music half of the Gilbert & Sullivan team.
His most famous sacred work is SAINT GERTRUDE to the hymn
Onward Christian Soldiers.
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Timeline
- born:
- London, 13 May 1842
- 1852-66
- Chorister of the Chapel Royal
- 1856-58
- Studied at the Royal Academy under a first Mendelssohn Scholarship
- 1858-60
- Studied at the Leipzig Conservatory
- 1862
- The Tempest a sucess at the Crystal Palace.
- 1864
- Masque Kenilworth premiered in Birmingham
- 1866
- First operetta,
Cox and Box, performed.
- 1867
- Daydreams for piano; The Overture Marmion
- 1867
- Oratorio The Prodigal Son
- 1870
- Overture di ballo
- 1871
- First collaboration with W. S. Gilbert, the comic opera Thispis
goes by with little notice. Cantata On Shore and Sea permiered at the Albert Hall
- 1872
- Onward Christian Soldiers
- 1873
- Oratorio The Light of the World
- 1875
- Trial by Jury a huge success
- 1876
- Richard D'Oyly Carte forms a company specifically for further
Gilbert & Sullivan collaborations.
- 1877
- The Lost Chord;
- 17 November 1877
- The Sorcerer
- 25 May 1878
- H.M.S. Pinafore
- 1879
- Gilbert & Sullivan tour the US.
- 30 December 1879
- For copyright resons,
The Pirates of Penzance premiers in Devon one day before opening in New York.
- 23 April 1881
- Patience premiers in London.
- 10 October 1881
- Patience the inaugural performance of the new Savoy Theater, built by
Richard D'Oyly Carte for them.
- 25 November 1882
- Iolanthe
- 5 January 1883
- Princess Ida
- 14 March 1885
- The Mikado
- 22 January 1887
- Ruddigore
- 7 December 1889
- the Gondoliers
- 1890
- W.S.Gilbert's suit against Richard D'Oyly Carte
splits up the team of Gilbert & Sullivan and sells a lot of newspapers.
- 31 January 1891
- Opera Ivanhoe premiered at the Royal English Opera House.
- 1893
- The reunification of Gilbert & Sullivan in Utopia Unlimited
doesn't still the public's interest.
- 1896
- The Grande Duke is G & S's last collaboration.
- died:
- London, 22 November 1900
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