H.M.S. Pinafore, or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor, and: H.M.S. Pinafore in Full Score, and: H.M.S. Pinafore. Vocal Score, and: The Mikado in Full Score, and: The Mikado. Vocal Score, and: The Pirates of Penzance in Full Score, and: The Pirates of Penzance. Vocal Score, and: The Chieftan: A Comic Opera in Two Acts (review)

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W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. H.M.S. Pinafore, or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor. Edited by Percy M. Young. (The Operas, 3.) New York: Broude Brothers Limited, 2003. [Part A: Music. Frontispiece (facsim. reprod. of stage set); publisher's pref., p. vii; acknowledgments, p. ix-x; contents, p. xi-xii; editorial policies, p. xv-xviii; dramatis personae, instrumentation, 1 p.; score, 310 p.; musical appendices, p. 311-21. Part B: Commentary. Frontispiece (facsim. reprod. of letter from Gilbert to Sullivan); contents, p. vii-viii; introd., p. 1-30; libretto, p. 31-64; crit. apparatus, p. 65-160; appendices (Bab ballads, suppressed passages for Cousin Hebe, early recordings, the Royal Navy in H.M.S. Pinafore), p. 161-94; bibliography, p. 195-201; 8 illustrations throughout. Cloth. ISBN 0-8450-3003-5 (set). $300.]