Thespis (Sullivan, Arthur)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 acts
Composition Year	1871
Genre Categories	Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language

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Complete Score
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Feduol (2021/11/3)

Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1872. (June 2).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Complete Score
*#786678 - 0.21MB, 5 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 29×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Dbmiller (2022/6/3)

Editor	Erminia Rudersdorff (1822–1882)
Publisher. Info.	Boston: White, Smith & Co., n.d.(ca.1870s). Plate 1679-5.
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Dbmiller (2025/7/9)

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Dbmiller (2025/7/9)

Editor	Marc Shepherd
Publisher. Info.	Riverdale: Oakapple Press, 2011.
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Misc. Notes	Two versions of the song; one is based on the state in Sullivan's manuscript, while the other reflects the state in the first published edition.
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Complete Score
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Savoyardta1 (2014/10/7)

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Work Title	Thespis
Alternative. Title	The Gods Grown Old
Composer	Sullivan, Arthur
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IAS 75
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1871
First Performance.	1871-12-26
Librettist	William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
Language	English
Average DurationAvg. Duration	90 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article Gilbert & Sullivan Archive

William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's Savoy Operettas
Thespis, or the Gods Grown Old (1871, lost) Trial by Jury (1875) The Sorcerer (1877) H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor (1878) The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty (1879) Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride (1881) Iolanthe, or The Peer and the Peri (1882)	Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant (1884) The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu (1885) Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse (1886) The Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and his Maid (1888) The Gondoliers, or The King of Barataria (1889) Utopia Limited, or The Flowers of Progress (1893) The Grand Duke, or The Statutory Duel (1896)
Other Operas and Operettas
The Sapphire Necklace, or The False Heiress (1864, lost) Cox and Box, or The Long Lost Brothers (1866) The Contrabandista, or The Law of the Ladrones (1867) The Zoo (1875) Ivanhoe (1890)	Haddon Hall (1892) The Chieftain (1894) The Beauty Stone (1898) The Rose of Persia, or The Story-Teller and the Slave (1899) The Emerald Isle, or The Caves of Carrig-Cleena (1900)