Sullivan wrote more songs than any other genre. The list below,which is alphabetical by song title, includes solo songs, vocalduets, and trios. It includes songs contributed to plays, andsongs from operas that were not themselves published(Thespis andThe Sapphire Necklace).Itdoes not include songs from larger works thatwerepublished, such as the thirteen extantG&S operas.
After the name of each song, the lyricist's name is given in parentheses,followed by the publisher and publication date. The designationREC indicatesthat the item has been recorded. Following the link for further detaiils.
Title | Lyricist | Publisher | Date |
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Comments |
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Absent-minded Beggar, TheREC | Rudyard Kipling | Daily Mail/ Enoch | 1899 |
See also,The Absent Minded Beggar March |
Answer, The | A. Tennyson | SeeThe Window |
Arabian Love Song,ded. Fred ClayREC | P. B. Shelley | Chappell | 1866 |
At the Window | A. Tennyson | SeeThe Window |
Ay de mi, My Bird | George Eliot | SeeThe Young Mother |
Bid Me at Least Good-byeREC | Sydney Grundy | Chappell | 1894 |
Sung in Grundy'sAn Old Jew;1st perf., Garrick Theatre, London, 6 January 1894 |
Birds in the Night | Lionel Lewin | Boosey | 1860 |
New words for "Hush'd is the bacon"fromCox and Box. |
Bride of the Isles | Henry French | | |
New words for "Bride from the North" |
Bride from the North | | Cramer | 1863 |
Care is All Fiddle-de-dee | F. C. Burnand | Cramer | 1874 |
Written for Burnand'sThe Miller and his Man |
Chorister, TheREC | F. E. Weatherley | Metzler | 1873 |
Same music as "The First Departure."SeeThe Young Mother |
Christmas Bells at Sea | C. L. Kenney | Novello | 1875 |
Coming Home | R. Reece | Boosey | 1873 |
Duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano. New wordsfor "The buttercup dwells" fromCox and Box |
County Guy,ded. Lady Alexina DuffREC | Walter Scott | Ashdown | 1867 |
Cradle Song ("The Days are Cold") | D. Wordsworth | SeeThe Young Mother |
Distant Shore, TheREC | W. S. Gilbert | Chappell | 1874 |
Dove SongREC | W. Brough | Boosey | 1869 |
Dream, my love, dream | Clarance Austin | New words for "Sleep, my love, sleep" |
E tu nol sai | G. Mazzucato | Chappell | 1889 |
Sung in A. W. Pinero'sThe Profligate, 1st. perf.Garrick Theatre, London, 24 April 1889. See also Englishversion, "You Sleep" (B. C. Stephenson) |
Edward GreyREC | A. Tennyson | Lucas, Weber | 1880 |
Ever | Mrs. Bloomfield Moore | Chappell | 1887 |
First Departure | Rev. E. Monro | | |
SeeThe Young Mother.Same music as "The Chorister". |
From East to Western Ind [sic] | Same as "Rosalind" |
Give,ded. Mrs. T. Helmore | A. Proctor | Cramer | 1872 |
Golden Days,ded. Madam PateyREC | Lionel H. Lewin | Boosey | 1872 |
Gone!REC | A. Tennyson | SeeThe Window |
Guinevere,ded. Therese TitiensREC | Lionel H. Lewin | Cramer | 1872 |
I Heard the Nightingale.ded. Capt. C. J. OttleyREC | Rev. C. H. Townsend | Chappell | 1863 |
I Want to Proclaim it Aloud | English name of"Ich möchte hinaus es jauchzen" |
I Wish to Tune my Quiv'ring Lyre | Anacreon,trans. Lord Byron | Boosey | 1868 |
Orig. with orch. accomp., according to Grove I |
I Would I Were a King,ded. Prince LeopoldREC | V. Hugo,trans. A. Cockburn | Boosey | 1878 |
Ich möchte hinaus es jauchzen,ded. Rosamund BarnettREC | A. Corrodi | | compl, 1859 |
Reproduced in Baily'sThe Gilbert and Sullivan Book |
If Doughty Deeds,ded. Mrs. Scott RussellREC | Robert Graham | Chappell | 1866 |
In the Summers Long Ago | Anon. | Metzler | 1867 |
Same music as "My Love Beyond the Sea" |
In the Twilight of our Love | Hugh Conway | Chappell | 1881 |
Same music as "Silvered is the Raven Hair"fromPatience |
Let Me Dream Again,ded. Mme C. NilssonREC | B. C. Stephenson | Boosey | 1875 |
Letter, The | A. Tennyson | SeeThe Window |
Lied mit Thränen halbgeschrieben | Eichendorff | compl. March 1861 |
Manuscript in Pierpont Morgan Library |
Life that Lives for You, AREC | Lionel H. Lewin | Boosey | 1870 |
Little Darling, Sleep AgainREC | anon. | Metzler | 1876 |
New title for "Cradle Song."SeeThe Young Mother |
Little Maid of Arcadee; fromThespis | W. S. Gilbert | Cramer | 1872 |
Living Poems,ded. Edith Wynne | H. W. Longfellow | Boosey | 1874 |
Longing for Home | Jean Ingelow | Novello | 1904 |
Looking Back,ded. Mme Trebelli | Louisa Gray | Boosey | 1870 |
Looking Forward | Louisa Gray | Boosey | 1873 |
Lost Chord, TheREC | Adelaide A. Procter | Boosey | 1877 |
Love Laid his Sleepless Head,ded. Hon. Eliot YorkeREC | A. C. Swinburne | Boosey | 1875 |
Sung inThe Merry Wives of Windsor,Gaiety Theatre, London, 19 December 1874 |
Love that Loves Me Not, The;ded. Mrs. D. B. GrantREC | W. S. Gilbert | Novello | 1875 |
Maiden's Story, The;ded. Mrs Quintin Twiss | Emma Embury | Chappell | 1867 |
Marquis de Mincepie, TheREC | F. C. Burnand | Cramer | 1874 |
Written for Burnand'sThe Miller and his Man |
Marriage Morning | A. Tennyson | SeeThe Window |
Mary MorisonREC | Robert Burns | Boosey | 1874 |
Moon in Silent Brightness, TheREC | Bishop Reginald Heber | Metzler | 1868 |
Morn, Happy MornREC | W. G. Wills | Metzler | 1878 |
Trio, sung in Wills'sOlivia,1st perf., Court Theatre, London, 30 March 1878 |
Mother's Dream, The;ded. Edith Wynne | Rev. W. Barnes | Boosey | 1874 |
My Child and I | F. E. Weatherley | Boosey | 1901 |
My Dear and Only Love | Marquis of Montrose | Boosey | 1874 |
My Dearest Heart,ded. Mrs. OsgoodREC | | Boosey | 1876 |
My Heart is Like a Silent Lute; fromHenrietta Temple | Benjamin Disraeli | Novello | 1904 |
My Love Beyond the Sea,ded. Hon. Mrs Swinton | J. P. Douglas | Metzler | 1877 |
Same music as "In the summers long ago" |
Nel ciel seren | Rizzelli | See "Venetian Serenade" |
No Answer ("The mist and the rain") | A. Tennyson | SeeThe Window |
No Answer ("Winds are loud and you are dumb") | A. Tennyson | SeeThe Window |
None But I Can Say,ded. Mme Cornélie D'Ankara | Lionel H. Lewin | Boosey | 1872 |
O Fair Dove, O Fond Dove,ded. Miss Rachel Scott RussellREC | Jean Ingelow | Ashdown | 1868 |
O Israel,ded. Mrs. C. V. BridgemanREC | Hosea 14, 1-2 | Novello | 1855 |
O Mistress Mine,ded. C. SantleyREC | Shakespeare | Metzler | 1866 |
O Swallow, Swallow; fromThe Princess | A. Tennyson | J. Church Co., Cincinnati | 1900 |
O Sweet and Fairded. Mrs Francis Byng | A.F.C.K. | Boosey | 1868 |
Oh! bella mia | F. Rizelli | Cramer | 1873 |
Italian version of "Oh! ma Charmante" |
Oh! ma Charmante,ded. Mme ConneauREC | V. Hugo | Cramer | 1872 |
Old Love Letters,ded. Mrs Ronalds | S. K. Cowan | Boosey | 1879 |
On the Hill | A. Tennyson | SeeThe Window |
Once Again,ded. Sims ReevesREC | Lionel H. Lewin | Boosey | 1872 |
Orpheus with his Lute,ded. Louisa CramptonREC | Shakespeare | Metzler | 1866 |
Other Days | Harry Graham | published 1943 |
Over the Roof; fromThe Sapphire NecklaceREC | Chorley | Cramer | 1866 |
River, The; inThe Sunlight of Song | Anon. | Routledge/ Novello | 1875 |
Roads Should Blossom, The | Manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Words unattributed.Compl. 1864 for Mary Anne Harrold's wedding |
Rosalind,ded. W. H. Cummings | Shakespeare | Metzler | 1866 |
Sad Memories | C. J. Rowe | Metzler | 1869 |
Sailor's Grave, The;ded. Mrs Bourne, Hilderstone HallREC | H. F. Lyte | Cramer | 1872 |
St. Agnes' Eve,ded. Mrs RonaldsREC | A. Tennyson | Boosey | 1879 |
Shadow, A;ded. Madam Patey | Adelaide A. Procter | Patey & Willis | 1886 |
She is not Fair to Outward View,ded. A. D. ColeridgeREC | Hartley Coleridge | Boosey | 1866 |
Sigh no More, Ladies,ded. Sims ReevesREC | Shakespeare | Metzler | 1866 |
Sisters, TheREC | A. Tennyson | Lucas, Weber | 1881 |
Duet for female voices, inLeisure Hour |
Sleep, My Love,ded. Madam Patey | R. Whyte Melville | Boosey | 1874 |
Snow Lies White, The | Jean Ingelow | Boosey | 1868 |
SometimesREC | Lady Lindsay of Balcarres | Boosey | 1877 |
Spring | A. Tennyson | SeeThe Window |
Sweet Day, So Cool,ded. Mrs GoldschmidtREC | George Herbert | Metzler | 1864 |
Sweet Dreamer | H. B. Farnie | Cramer | 1874 |
English version of "Oh! ma Charmante" |
SweetheartsREC | W. S. Gilbert | Chappell | 1875 |
Published as both a solo and a duet |
Tears, Idle Tears; fromThe PrincessREC | A. Tennyson | J. Church Co., Cincinnati | 1900 |
Tender and True | | Chappell | 1874 |
There Sits a Bird in Yonder Tree, fromIngoldsby Legends | Rev. C. H. Barham | Cramer | 1873 |
Thou Art Lost to Me,ded. Mrs Charles FreakeREC | Anon. | Boosey | 1865 |
Thou Art Weary | Adelaide A. Procter | Chappell | 1874 |
Thou'rt Passing Hence, fromThe Highland MessageREC | Felicia Hemans | Chappell | 1875 |
Thou wast all to me, love | Poe | Unpublished |
To One in ParadiseREC | Edgar Allen Poe | Novello | 1904 |
Troubadour, TheREC | Walter Scott | Boosey | 1869 |
Venetian Serenade — Nel ciel seren | F. Rizzelli, English words by W. Rainsom | Cramer | 1873 |
Village Chimes, The | C. J. Rowe | Boosey | 1870 |
Weary Lot is Thine, Fair Maid,ded. B. Charles Stephenson | Walter Scott | Chappell | 1866 |
We Gathered the Roses | ?words by | Sold to Metzler 21 September 1867; unpublished |
We've Ploughed Our Land; inThe Sunlight of Song | Anon. | Routledge/ Novello | 1875 |
What Does Little Birdie Say?REC | A. Tennyson | Ashdown | 1867 |
When? | A. Tennyson | SeeThe Window |
When Thou Art NearREC | W. J. Stewart | Boosey | 1877 |
Where is another sweet as my sweet? | A. Tennyson | SeeThe Window |
White Plume, The | J. P. Douglas | Weippert | 1872 |
New words for "Bride from the North" |
Will He Come?ded. Lady Katherine Coke | Adelaide A. Procter | Boosey | 1865 |
Willow Song, The;ded. Mme Sainton-DolbyREC | Shakespeare | Metzler | 1866 |
The Window, or,The Songs of the WrensREC | A. Tennyson | Strahan | 1871 |
Cycle of eleven songs:- On the Hill
- At the Window
- Gone!
- Winter
- Spring
- The Letter
- No Answer (a/k/a "The Mist and the Rain")
- No Answer (a/k/a "Winds Are Loud and You Are Dumb")
- The Answer
- When?
- Marriage Morning
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WinterREC | A. Tennyson | SeeThe Window |
You Sleep | B. C. Stephenson | English version of "E tu nol sai" |
The Young MotherREC | | Cramer | 1874 |
Three simple songs,ded. Lady Muriel Talbot:- Cradle Song ("The Days are Cold") (anon.)
- Ay de mi, my bird (George Eliot)
- The First Departure (Rev. E. Monro)
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