Savoy Curtain-Raisers (XCIX)
by Various
Score - Sheet Music

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Composers
Various
Publishers
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Formats
Score
Item Types
Physical
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School and Community

SKU: ST.MB99

Composed by Various. Edited by Christopher O'Brien. Library Volumes. Edited by Christopher O'Brien. First published in 2015. Pages: 256. Format: Hardback. Dimensions (mm): 330 x 254 x 28. Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #MB99. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.MB99).

ISBN 9780852499436.

Shedding light on a little-known aspect of late-Victorian theatre, MB99 offers full scores and librettos of two one-act operettas, produced at the Savoy Theatre and written to precede as curtain-raisers the main, full-length work of the evening. Richard D'Oyly Carte did much to cultivate the genre, initiated by Trial by Jury in 1875, and featured regularly at the Savoy Theatre between 1878 and 1908. Though all but forgotten today, the composers Francois Cellier (1849-1914) and Ernest Ford (1858-1919) had strong connections with Sullivan, and wrote a number of one-act works, of which only Captain Billy (1891) and Mr Jericho (1893) respectively are known to have survived.

Performing material to accompany this volume will be published in ealy 2018.