Short Name: | Arthur Sullivan |
Full Name: | Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 |
Birth Year: | 1842 |
Death Year: | 1900 |
Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army bandmaster and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1884), and Yeomen of the Guard (1888). These operettas satirized the court and everyday life in Victorian times. Although he composed some anthems, in the area of church music Sullivan is best remembered for his hymn tunes, written between 1867 and 1874 and published in The Hymnary (1872) and Church Hymns (1874), both of which he edited. He contributed hymns to A Hymnal Chiefly from The Book of Praise (1867) and to the Presbyterian collection Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867). A complete collection of his hymns and arrangements was published posthumously as Hymn Tunes by Arthur Sullivan (1902). Sullivan steadfastly refused to grant permission to those who wished to make hymn tunes from the popular melodies in his operettas.
Bert Polman
Tunes by Arthur Sullivan (95)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[All this night bright angels sing] (Sullivan) | Arthur Seymour Sullvivan, 1842-1900 (Composer) | 14 | 12345 65123 45655 |
ANGEL VOICES (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 205 | 33343 21251 12233 |
AUDITE AUDIENTES ME (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 44 | 33323 44336 31763 |
BETHLEHEM (Fink) | Arthur Sullivan (Arranger) | 32 | 51176 56556 21715 |
BISHOPGARTH | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 67 | 53333 43225 63212 |
BOHEMIA (German) | Arthur Sulliavn (Composer) | 3 | 55556 51176 55555 |
[Brightly gleams our banner] (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 9 | 55555 65225 43135 |
[By cool Siloam's shady rill] (Sullivan) | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 3 | 17213 24333 21261 |
CARROW | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 11 | 33332 11432 17555 |
ST. GERTRUDE | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 1006 | 55555 65221 23135 |
CLARENCE (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 17 | 11123 21222 34323 |
REST (Sullivan) | Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900 (Composer) | 12 | 17214 32127 1655 |
COENA DOMINI | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 60 | 32143 23127 14326 |
CONSTANCE (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 119 | 33342 56543 32221 |
DIVINUM MYSTERIUM | A. S. Sullivan (Arranger) | 2 | 12343 23213 45653 |
COURAGE, BROTHER! | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 82 | 55111 76715 67123 |
DARWALL | Arthur Sullivan (Arranger) | 1 | 13153 17654 32231 |
DULCE SONANS | Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842- ) (Composer) | 2 | 55551 76554 4332 |
EASTER (Sullivan) | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 2 | 32565 12346 53243 |
ELLERS | Sir Arthur Sullivan (Harmonizer) | 13 | 55651 17123 11213 |
EMMELAR | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 7 | 12233 55122 35456 |
EVELYN (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 28 | 33335 43222 24321 |
EVER FAITHFUL | Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900 (Composer) | 16 | 11223 42321 76655 |
FALFIELD | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 59 | 32112 34444 35545 |
FORTUNATUS (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 59 | 17123 43211 713 |
GOLDEN SHEAVES (Sullivan) | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 39 | 53554 32112 34671 |
[Hail, glorious day so long foretold] | A. S. Sullivan (Composer) | 7 | 51133 54321 22212 |
HE SHALL FEED HIS FLOCK | A. S. Sullivan (Arranger) | 6 | 55432 17123 52231 |
HANFORD (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 159 | 55555 43266 66654 |
HOLY CITY (Sullivan) | Arthur Sullivan, 1842-1900 (Composer) | 3 | 11271 33342 3 |
HOMELAND (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 130 | 13366 55431 17113 |
[I sing the birth was born tonight] (Sullivan) | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 2 | 13511 72532 12664 |
IN EXCELSIS GLORIA (Peace) | A. S. Sullivan (Arranger) | 1 | 55517 71156 4253 |
IN MEMORIAM (SULLIVAN) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 6 | 33332 15333 32125 |
[Join loud and long] | Sullivan (Composer) | 2 | 51117 65554 32132 |
[I can hear my Savior calling] (Norris) | Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900 (Composer (attributed to)) | 1 | 51334 33257 21322 |
LACRYMAE | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 72 | 33345 12355 17665 |
SEPTEM VOCES (Hoyte) | Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842-1900 (Harmonizer) | 66 | 33321 15112 23324 |
LEOMINSTER (Martin) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Arranged) | 114 | 33333 44222 32233 |
VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS (Webbe) | A. S. Sullivan (Arranger) | 3 | 11123 21232 5545 |
LITANY (Sullivan) | Arthur Sullivan, 1842-1900 (Composer) | 5 | 11111 11222 2222 |
LIVORNO | Sir Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 22 | 32143 23127 12365 |
LUX EOI | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 155 | 55155 44366 53212 |
LUX IN TENEBRIS | Sullivan (Composer) | 6 | 12712 35432 6643 |
LUX MUNDI (Sullivan) | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 40 | 33213 21523 17633 |
[Mark the lilies how they grow] | A. S. Sullivan (Composer) | 2 | 55551 55322 23432 |
MARLBOROUGH (Sullivan) | Sir Arthur Sullivan, 1842 - 1900 (Arranger) | 17 | 33333 56544 33117 |
MARY MAGDALENE (Sullivan) | Arthur Seymour Sullivan (Composer) | 5 | 33215 65444 32324 |
MESSIAH (Handel) | A. Sullivan (Arranger) | 1 | 55555 44456 77777 |
MOUNT ZION (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 21 | 34561 71536 66222 |
NEARER HOME (Woodbury) | Arthur Sullivan (Harmonizer) | 33 | 55532 11221 23344 |
NOEL (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Arranged) | 139 | 12321 23432 55345 |
OLD 137th | Arthur S. Sullivan (Arranger) | 1 | 17651 32112 34233 |
ST. ANNE | Sir Arthur S. Sullivan, Mus. Doc. (Composer) | 4 | 53651 17151 5645 |
[O Jesus, Thou art standing] (Sullivan) | Sullivan (Composer) | 3 | 51111 11111 22314 |
[O turn ye, O turn ye, for why will ye die] (Sullivan) | Sullivan (Composer) | 4 | 11111 11342 34223 |
[Onward, Christian soldiers] (Excell) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer (chorus)) | 2 | 33551 36611 53322 |
PARTING (Sullivan) | Arthur Sullivan, 1842-1900 (Composer) | 2 | 34234 54323 21734 |
PILGRIMAGE (Sullivan) | Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842— ) (Composer) | 7 | 51712 33443 32233 |
[Praise the Lord for all His loving kindness] | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 6 | 11176 17653 33334 |
PROPIOR DEO | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 61 | 32315 65723 32315 |
[Que Jesús nos llene de gracia divina] (55123) | Arthur S. Sullivan?, 1842-1900 (Composer) | 2 | 55123 11267 15 |
RESURREXIT (Sullivan) | Sir A. Sullivan (Composer) | 48 | 33335 43211 23443 |
REVELATION (Handel) | Arthur Seymour Sullivan (Harmonizer) | 3 | 55432 15712 34255 |
SAFE HOME (Sullivan) | Sir Arthur S. Sullivan, (1842- ) (Composer) | 44 | 33535 52252 55133 |
SAINTS OF GOD (Sullivan) | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 10 | 35555 17665 43522 |
SAMUEL (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 177 | 33543 46545 11716 |
[Seated one day at the organ] (Sullivan) | Arthur Seymour Sullivan (Composer) | 3 | 11111 11222 44455 |
SPRINGTIME (Chant) | A. S. Sullivan (Arranger) | 4 | 35332 23554 53654 |
ST. EDMUND (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 223 | 11117 25565 53332 |
ST. FRANCIS (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 9 | 31233 33543 21124 |
ST. KEVIN (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 197 | 33321 34512 34322 |
ST. LUCIAN (Sullivan) | A. S. Sullivan (Composer) | 2 | 33543 22176 51243 |
ST. MILLICENT | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 9 | 33543 23222 43212 |
ST. NATHANIEL | Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842-1900 (Composer) | 2 | 15611 22323 2345 |
ST. PATRICK (Sullivan) | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 18 | 11135 56532 11712 |
ST. THERESA (Sullivan) | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 171 | 32345 53234 56546 |
SULLIVANS | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 18 | 55555 51555 56556 |
SUSIMAME | A. S. Sullivan (Arranger) | 5 | 11766 51211 76665 |
TERRA BEATA | Arthur S. Sullivan (Harmonizer) | 1 | 12353 21234 65326 |
["The Redeemer shall come to Zion!"] | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 2 | 55111 11111 11122 |
[The service due to God] | Sir Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 2 | 55543 26665 43111 |
[The world is very evil] | Sullivan (Composer) | 2 | 11712 31144 33223 |
ST. ASAPH (Bambridge) | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 1 | 33345 55116 56532 |
[Traveling earth's broad highway] | Sir Arthur Sullivan (Composer (Chorus)) | 2 | |
WHITFIELD (Greek) | Sir A. Sullivan (Arranger) | 1 | 12333 33112 2771 |
[They laid Him in the tomb] | Arthur Seymour Sullivan (Composer) | 6 | 33355 17665 44352 |
ULTOR OMNIPOTENS | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 7 | 55555 55176 6 |
[Upon the snow-clad earth without] (Sulivan) | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 4 | 51111 17123 14321 |
VALETE | Arthur S. Sullivan (Composer) | 19 | 33513 67112 43654 |
VENI CREATOR (CHANT) | Arthur Sullivan, 1842-1900 (Composer) | 2 | 55656 67117 75 |
[We are a lot of jovial bachelors] | Sullivan (Composer) | 2 | 11351 76543 32323 |
[We sing a song of Christmas-time] | Arthur Sullivan (Composer) | 2 | 33212 35551 64653 |
SHEPHERDS (Sullivan) | Sir Arthur S. Sullivan, Mus. Doc. (Composer) | 11 | 55653 45425 17675 |
WINKWORTH (Sullivan) | A. S. Sullivan (Composer) | 14 | 12235 32123 51765 |