Gilbert and Sullivan

by Michael Ffinch

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029781236X
• ISBN13: 9780297812364
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Gilbert and Sullivan A duo inseparable

The book was pleasing from the moment I saw the front cover. Colourful yet no nonsense, it was clear that Ffinch intended to present the duo as a single mind. Not "Gilbert and Sullivan" but "GilbertSullivan" He alludes to them a number of times as the perfect match, each the best in his field and obviously blessed with the same sense of humour. Very easy reading, fun to follow along his thinking process. Abandon all thought of Sullivan's music and Gilbert's libretto not ringing in your ears down to your soul. Veteran G & S fans, be prepared to sing along as he quotes long passages from those remarkable collaborations. This makes the reading all the more fun and so very enjoyable.It is the first comprehensive work on Gilbert and Sullivan in more than 40 years says the jacket and it refreshing to read a 1993 acount of the lives of these two geniuses even though the collaboration may not always have been smooth sailing to say the least; but oh, such sweet music and funny, brilliant book and libretto.Ffinch's easy style is absolutely winsome for both the novice G & S fan or the veteran.By the time I had finished the book I felt as if I had them both for tea, learned about them intimately and, as I closed the book on completion, I wondered if they would ever return for a second cuppa.