H.M.S. Pinafore - Appendix I

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H.M.S. Pinafore - Appendix I

In H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert used several of his previous "Bab Ballads" as sources, taking elements from them and working them into dialogue or lyrics of the opera. S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald writes that H.M.S. Pinafore and "several of the subsequent operas were simply and delightfully the amazingly extravagant Bab Ballads grown up."^[1] In this Appendix, we provide the Bab Ballads identified by reliable sources as sources for H.M.S. Pinafore.

Contents 1 Captain Reece 2 The Baby's Vengeance 3 The Bumboat Woman's Story 4 General John 5 Lieutenant-Colonel Flare 6 Joe Glightly 7 Little Oliver 8 References 9 Bibliography

[edit] Captain Reece

[edit] The Baby's Vengeance

[edit] The Bumboat Woman's Story

[edit] General John

[edit] Lieutenant-Colonel Flare

[edit] Joe Glightly

[edit] Little Oliver

The list of Bab Ballads is taken from Fitz-Gerald, pp. 35-40.

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• Fitz-Gerald, S. J. Adair (1924). The Story of the Savoy Opera. London: Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd.