Cox and Box (Sullivan, Arthur)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 act
Composition Year	1866
Genre Categories	Comic operas; Theatrical Works; Operas; Operettas; For voices, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices with orchestra; English language; For voice, piano (arr); For voices with keyboard (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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Language	English
Publisher. Info.	London: Boosey & Co., n.d.[1871].
Reprinted	Philadelphia: Oliver Ditson Co., n.d.(ca.1900) - with added dialog
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Work Title	Cox and Box
Alternative. Title	The Long Lost Brothers
Composer	Sullivan, Arthur
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IAS 9
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 act
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1866
First Performance.	1867-05-11 (public performance) London: Adelphi Theatre. Arthur Sullivan, conductor
First Publication.	1871 – Boosey & Co.
Librettist	Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917) after John Maddison Morton (1811-1891) - Box and Cox
Language	English
Average DurationAvg. Duration	35 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Vocal soloists, Orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article Gilbert & Sullivan Archive PDF libretto (original version) PDF libretto (Savoy version) G & S Archive Vocal Score - part 1, part 2 free downloads - please do not upload here Discography (Marc Shepherd) Cox and Box - Scores at Sheet Music Plus
Extra Information	The public performance was preceded by several private performances, the first given on 23 or 26 May, 1866 with piano accompaniment by the composer.

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)