Previous posts for May 13th may be found here: Arthur Sullivan (2019), Stevie Wonder; Arthur Sullivan (2020), Bea Arthur; Arthur Sullivan (2021), Arthur Sullivan; Maxine Sullivan (2022), and Arthur Sullivan (2023)
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Arthur Sullivan (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was a respected composer in a Mendelssohnian vein, but he was also, of course, the musical half of Gilbert and Sullivan.
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In the Gilbert and Sullivan shows
There’s a group in symmetrical rows,
Who, when the plot ends,
Intermingle with friends
In a time-honored aggregate pose.
This chorus is made up of those
Which suspension of belief will suppose
Spend all of their time
In spontaneous rhyme
While costumed in similar clothes.
Whenever there’s news to disclose
Concerning their friends or their foes,
They’re suddenly there
In the picturesque square
To repeat it in verse – never prose.
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