Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO (1842–1900)

Arthur Sullivan

Composer, The Yeomen of the Guard

In one season at OSF: The Pirates of Penzance.

Other comic operas, operas, ballets: (with W. S. Gilbert) The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore, Patience, Iolanthe, Princess Ida, The Mikado, Ruddigore, Thespis, Trial by Jury, The Gondoliers, Utopia Limited, The Grand Duke; (with Sydney Grundy) Haddon Hall; (with Basil Hood) The Rose of Persia; Cox and Box, Ivanhoe, The Contrabandista, L’Ile Enchanté e, Victoria and Merrie England and others

Incidental music: The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of WindsorHenry VIIIMacbeth, The Foresters, King Arthur

Orchestral and choral works: Irish Symphony, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Overture di Ballo, Overture in C (“ In Memoriam”), On Shore and Sea, The Golden Legend, The Light of the World, The Martyr of Antioch, The Window and others.

Other credits: Music for Onward, Christian Soldiers; Nearer, My God, to Thee (“Propior Deo” version) ; The Lost Chord; The Absent-Minded Beggar, among others.

Awards: Knighted in 1883. Doctor in Music, honoris causa, Cambridge and Oxford; Chevalier, Légion d’honneur, France; The Order of the Medjidieh, Turkey; Member, Royal Victorian Order (MVO).