The Pirates of Penzance Vocal Score (Dover Vocal Scores) [Paperback]

W. S. Gilbert (Author), Sir Arthur Sullivan (Author), Opera and Choral Scores (Author), Carl Simpson (Editor), Ephraim Hammett Jones (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 18, 2001 | Series: Dover Vocal Scores

This new edition of the vocal score of the enchanting operetta was prepared by musicologists Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones, who returned to original manuscripts and early sources to produce handsome, newly engraved plates closest to Gilbert and Sullivan's original intentions. All of the voice parts appear here, plus a piano reduction of the full score and the complete libretto.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (September 18, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486418936
• ISBN-13: 978-0486418933
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another G&S Winner from Dover, November 5, 2001

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D. Craven (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Pirates of Penzance Vocal Score (Dover Vocal Scores) (Paperback)

Once again Dover has managed to produce a Piano Vocal score which is a major improvement over the existing editions. While I can't speak for the Scholarly content, and while it doesn't claim to be a "critical edition", it does EXACTLY what a performer wants in a piano vocal score. It is clear and readable and has the words as well as the music. It is also clearly market with measure numbers at the start of each staff and has clear and well marked Major Measure markers throughout. In sum, if you are looking to perform the work, this is the edition to get.

(And if you need a Full Score, the Dover full score is also a very good deal).

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Different editions, February 28, 2002

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Steven Jong (Westford, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Pirates of Penzance or the Slave of Duty (Paperback)

We're staging a production of "Pirates" in April 2002, and we have two editions of this score by G. Schirmer. The cheaper one is for the chorus, and has just the choral passages. The more expensive one (listed here) has the complete vocal music and dialogue.

I have seen both, and would rate them at five stars except that the original page plates are a little dirty, introducing some confusing dots and spots.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good version, December 7, 2001

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C. A Baker (Santa Rosa CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Pirates of Penzance or the Slave of Duty (Paperback)

I'm not sure what an earlier reviewer is saying about this score not having the solo stuff. This book has the complete score and dialoge. I've used it for two productions of POP and it is missing nothing.
Unless this is a different edition than the one I have..but it has the exact same cover and credits so I doubt it.