H.M.S. Pinafore - Appendix I
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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.
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[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
- ↑ Fitz-Gerald, p. 35
[edit] Bibliography
- Fitz-Gerald, S. J. Adair (1924). The Story of the Savoy Opera. London: Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd.
