Cox and Box (Sullivan, Arthur)

		Movements/Sections 1 act Composition Year 1866 Genre Categories Comic operas; Stage 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; Scores featuring the piano

Sheet Music

• Vocal Scores (2)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (0)

Vocal Scores

 Complete Score (color)
*#104718 - 5.44MB, 60 (iv, #1-56) pp. -  4.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 468x⇩

PDF scanned by University of Illinois
Carolus (2011/6/8)

 Complete Score (monochrome)
*#72732 - 4.35MB, 58 (ii, #1-56) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 771x⇩

PDF scanned by University of Illinois
Massenetique (2010/7/27)

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]

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Song: "Birds in the Night (A Lullaby)"

For Voice and Piano (Sullivan)

See: Birds in the Night (A Lullaby) (Sullivan, Arthur)

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General Information

Work Title	Cox and Box
Alternative Title	The Long Lost Brothers

Composer	Sullivan, Arthur
Movements/Sections	1 act
Year/Date of Composition	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 Duration	35 minutes
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.

Misc. Comments

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 (1883) The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu (1884) 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)