Composition: Patience (Sullivan, Arthur)

Title Patience
Alternative title Bunthorne's Bride
Creators Arthur Sullivan (composer) and William Schwenck Gilbert (librettist)
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Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1881
First published 1881
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Composition types Savoy operas
Language English
Period Romantic
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Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File
view Complete — — — Act I, Part 1 · view
Act I, Part 2 · view
Act I, Part 3 · view
Act II · view
view Complete — — — Act I · view
Act II · view
view Overture — Manuscript — Complete Score · view
view Complete parts Manuscript — Flute 1 · view
Flute 2/Piccolo · view
Oboe · view
Clarinet 1 (B/A) · view
Clarinet 2 (B/A) · view
Bassoon · view
Horn 1 (F) · view
Horn 2 (F) · view
Cornet 1 (B/A) · view
Cornet 2 (B/A) · view
Trombone 1 · view
Trombone 2 · view
Timpani/Triangle/Bass Drum/Cymbals/Snare Drum · view
Violins I · view
Violins II · view
Violas · view
Cellos · view
Basses · view
view Complete parts Manuscript — Trombone 1 · view
Violins II (incomplete) · view
view Complete vocal score Chappell 1881 Complete Score · view
view Complete vocal score Chappell 1881 Complete Score · view
Complete Score · view
view Complete vocal score Chappell — Complete Score (mono) · view
Complete Score (color) · view
view Complete vocal score Gilbert and Sullivan Archive 2010 Complete Score · view
view Complete selections,vocal score J.M. Stoddart & Co. 1881 Vocal Gems · view
Color Cover · view

Recordings/Performances

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view Complete Recording · file
view Overture · file
Twenty lovesick maidens we · file
Still brooding on their mad infatuation · file
I cannot tell what this love may be · file
The soldiers of our Queen — If you want a receipt for that popular mystery · file
In doleful train, two and two we walk · file
When I first put this uniform on · file
Am I alone and unobserved? · file
Long years ago, fourteen maybe · file
Prithee, pretty maiden · file
Let the merry cymbals sound · file
Now tell us, we pray you, why thus they array you · file
Your maiden hearts, ah, do not steel to pity's eloquent appeal · file
Come, walk up, and purchase with avidity · file
True love must single-hearted be · file
I hear the soft note of the echoing voice of an old, old love long dead · file
On such eyes as maidens cherish · file
Sad is that woman's lot · file
Turn, oh turn, in this direction · file
A magnet hung in a hardware shop · file
Love is a plaintive song · file
So go to him and say to him, with compliment ironical · file
It's clear that mediaeval art alone retains its zest · file
If Saphir I choose to marry · file
When I go out of door · file
I'm a Waterloo House young man · file
After much debate internal · file
view Overture · file
Twenty lovesick maidens we · file
Still brooding on their mad infatuation · file
I cannot tell what this love may be · file
Twenty lovesick maidens we (first reprise) · file
The soldiers of our Queen · file
If you want a receipt for that popular mystery · file
In a doleful train, two and two we walk · file
Twenty lovesick maidens we (second reprise) · file
When I first put this uniform on · file
Am I alone and unobserved? · file
If you're anxious for to shine · file
Long years ago, fourteen maybe · file
Prithee, pretty maiden · file
Though to marry you would very selfish be · file
Let the merry cymbals sound · file
Now tell us, we pray you, why thus they array you · file
Heartbroken at my Patience's barbarity · file
Stay, we implore you, before our hopes are blighted · file
Your maiden hearts, ah, do steel · file
Come, walk up and purchase with avidity · file
We've been thrown over, we're aware · file
And are you going a ticket to buy · file
Hold, stay your hand! · file
True love must single-hearted be · file
I hear the soft note of the echoing voice of an old, old love long dead · file
But who is this, whose godlike grace proclaims he comes of noble race · file
List, Reginald, while I confess a love that's all unselfishness · file
On such eyes as maidens cherish · file
Said is that woman's lot · file
Silvered is the raven hair · file
Turn, oh turn in this direction · file
A magnet hung in a hardware shop · file
Love is a plaintive song · file
So go to him and say to him with compliment ironical · file
It's clear that mediaeval art alone retains its zest · file
If Saphire I choose to marry · file
When I go out of door · file
I'm a Waterloo House young man · file
After much debate internal · file
view Overture · file
Twenty lovesick maidens we · file
Still brooding on their mad infatuation · file
I cannot tell what this love may be · file
The soldiers of our Queen · file
If you want a receipt for that popular mystery · file
In a doleful train, two and two we walk · file
When I first put this uniform on · file
Am I alone and unobserved? — If you're anxious for to shine · file
Long years ago, fourteen maybe · file
Prithee, pretty maiden · file
Let the merry cymbals sound · file
Sad is that woman's lot · file
Turn, oh turn in this direction · file
A magnet hung in a hardware shop · file
Love is a plaintive song · file
So go to him and say to him · file
It's clear that mediaeval art alone retains its zest · file
If Saphir I choose to marry · file
When I go out of door · file
I'm a Waterloo House young man · file
After much debate internal · file
view Overture · file
Twenty lovesick maidens we · file
Still brooding on their mad infatuation · file
I cannot tell what this love may be · file
Twenty lovesick maidens we (reprise) · file
The soldiers of our Queen · file
If you want a receipt for that popular mystery · file
In a doleful train · file
When I first put this uniform on · file
Am I alone and unobserved? · file
Long years ago, fourteen maybe · file
Prithee pretty maiden · file
Let the merry cymbals sound · file
Now tell us, we pray you · file
Your maiden hearts · file
Come walk up and purchase with avidity · file
True love must single-hearted be · file
I hear the soft note · file
But who is this · file
Sad is that woman's lot · file
Turn, oh turn in this direction · file
A magnet hung in a hardware shop · file
Love is a plaintive song · file
So go to him and say to him · file
It's clear that mediaeval art alone retains its zest · file
If Saphir I choose to marry · file
When I go out of door · file
I'm a Waterloo House young man · file
After much debate internal · file
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