There are many important celebrations this sear, hatlonah, solentine, Industrial and, pers ona, but reaming throw that amarieg ud fascinating domain of Gilbert and" Sullivan tnsual "eslebration occurs." Somme. time th earmthe- day or month cannot be traced" the fiat blethdaw of Prederiey the hero. of "The. Pirtes "of Ponzances suordlans mis heard the "dyin apprenticed him unt his 21st year fo the pirates, instead of the. pilot of that historic "port in Gornwatts rede, his plaintive hot be reached by' met Gilbert and Sullivan have long ago past into the shades, with memories rich and respected, but the unfortunate hero which Gilbert created, to Sullivan's tuneful harmony, is still alive, and a he was apprenticed to the piratical trade until he reached his 21st birth he docs not become of age until this year if we accept the year 1880 as the year of his birthday, which Was the frst production of "The Pirates of Penzance." There was undoubtedly something. Brophetic about this statement although Gilbert did not imagine it at the time. While it was a jibe ut conventions and the calender it also transferred the eminent partnership into lasting, memory for the D'Oyly Carte companies con me as an annual institution and in English= speaking counties, especially the United States, the perennial humour and Immortal melodies this couple are as greatly enjoyed today ax the spacious Victorian days when society all nately shrank in horror or laughed wilh uncon. trolled glee at Gilbert's piquant caricatures of English society and institutions, and it is said that Queen Vieloria was so perturbed that she Jong withheld the Knighthood "from Gilbert which wag early conferred on Sullivan for his religious "music.
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