The pirates of Penzance : copyist's manuscript, 1879.

Record ID: 
115807
Accession number: 
MA 2502
Creator: 
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
Biographical Data: 
British composer.
Title: 
The pirates of Penzance : copyist's manuscript, 1879.
Uniform title: 
Pirates of Penzance
Date: 
1879.
Credit Line: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund.
Inscription/Markings: 

" 'Full Score' Overture (The Pirates of Penzance.) Arthur Sullivan."

Notes: 

Copyist's manuscript of the full score.
Libretto by W.S. Gilbert.
This copyist's manuscript was purchased along with the autograph and an additional copyist's manuscript, cataloged separately.

Provenance: 

Herbert Sullivan; Mrs. Elena Margarita Bashford.

Associated names: 

Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911, librettist.
Sullivan, Herbert, former owner.
Bashford, Elena, 1890-1957, former owner.

Music Collection: