Gilbert & Sullivan (The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers/Op44924)
by Alan James
The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers
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This covers the 25 year partnership which produced 14 joint operas. Their collaboration began in 1875 when Sullivan was commissioned to set Gilbert's Trial by Jury to music, but the relationship remained difficult and always strictly professional.Tags
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Alan James is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, King's College London, and a member of the Laughton Naval History Unit. He has written widely on France and its navy, including The Navy and Government in Early Modern France, 1572-1661 (2004). Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of War Studies, King's show more College London. He is the author of a number of essays and articles on naval warfare and a member of the Strategic Leadership project, a joint venture of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Madrid) and the Instituto Espaol de Estudios Estratgicos (Madrid). Malcolm Murfett is a Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies at King's College London and an Associate Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. He has written a number of books on British foreign and defence policy in Asia and is the author of Naval Warfare 1919-1945 (2013). show less
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- W. S. Gilbert; Arthur Sullivan
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