Oh Joy! Oh Rapture!: The Enduring Phenomenon of Gilbert and Sullivan

by Ian Bradley

Book Overview

In Oh Joy Oh Rapture expert and enthusiast Ian Bradley explores the world of Gilbert and Sullivan over the last four and a half decades, looking at the way this "phenomenon" is passed from generation to generation. Taking as his starting point the expiry of copyright on the opera libretti at the end of 1961 and using fascinating hitherto unpublished archive material, Bradley reveals the extraordinary story of the last years of the old D'Oyly Carte...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195328949
• ISBN13: 9780195328943
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"