The Yeomen of the Guard: Vocal Score - Softcover

William Schwenck Gilbert; Arthur Seymour Sullivan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571535607 ISBN 13: 9780571535606

Publisher: Faber Music Limited, 2010

Synopsis

The Yeomen of the Guard is one of the most popular and enduring Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy operas. This critical performing edition, edited by Colin Jagger, Director of Music, University of Portsmouth, marks the 125th anniversary of the opera's first performance. The edition presents the opera as it was originally conceived, correcting errors found in older editions (regarding music, dialogue, and stage directions) and including unpublished songs and alternative endings. The vocal score is clear and practical as well as scholarly and authoritative, reflecting the editor's experience as a conductor. Full scores and clearly printed orchestral parts are available on hire/rental, and are consistent with the vocal score. The full score is also available on sale. In a further break with other editions, the vocal score includes the complete libretto.

About this title

About the Author

Colin Jagger (b.1967) studied music at Manchester University and then at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he received a Master's degree in orchestral conducting. He subsequently worked as Assistant Conductor to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra before gaining a permanent position as the Director of Orchestral Activities at Albion College, Michigan. Jagger became Director of Music at Portsmouth University in 2000 and founded the university symphony orchestra in 2001. He conducts the university's ensembles, runs the music electives programme, and guest-conducts for orchestras in the UK and abroad. He is a Trustee of the St Mary's Music Foundation and a Board member of the Portsmouth Music Hub.

Edition details

• Publisher: Faber Music Limited
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571535607
• ISBN 13: 9780571535606
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192