Product Description

English Only. With Complete Dialogue.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #788551 in Books
• Published on: 1986-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780881887280
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Caveat Emptor
The cover page of the Schirmer edition of Trial by Jury reads "This score contains all the dialogue." Technically, this claim is correct: the score contains no dialogue whatsoever and neither does the show. Otherwise, this is a well-edited and usable edition of Gilbert and Sullivan's shortest collaboration.

Singing so merrily, trial-la-law!
This is the first volume of Braude Bros.' "Gilbert & Sullivan Project", a Herculean effort to produce the definitive critical editions of the Gilbert & Sullivan operas.
The result is nothing short of extraordinary. Working from sources dating to the autors' lifetimes, Steven Ledbetter and his team of editors and researchers have put together an edition to put all others to shame. Features include:
*Complete, annotated libretto, with illustrations by Gilbert
*Trial By Jury in full score

*A Critical Apparatus detailing every discrepancy between their edition and the source scores

The edition is printed on high-quality paper, attractively bound in a light-blue hardcover. The clear, easy-to-read formatting of the music makes it a practical score for conducting the opera, as well as a scholarly tome for musical study.

I confidently and enthusiastically recommend this score for all lovers of Gilbert & Sullivan, and for all companies wishing to perform Trial By Jury.

TRIAL BY JURY - Gilbert & Sullivan's short comedy
Although I've never actually been in the show, a friend gave me a copy of the vocal score. After downloading MIDI versions of the songs (I'm not a very good piano player), I fell in love with the comedic songs. This is light opera at its best! If you are involved with an amateur/high school group, this is an ideal production. It is approx. 30-45 minutes in length and is full of comedy and wit.

However, I only rate it 3 stars do to the fact that this is British humor (not that I don't like British humor--some people have a hard time understanding it) and the tunes (though funny) are hardly "catchy."

The score contains 15 songs (and my personal favorite is the Judge's "When I, Good Friends, Was Called to the Bar")

It should be noted that this particular version of the score contains optional notes for amateur groups.