The Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and his Maid - Sullivan, Arthur

"Composed: 1887-88. Movements: 2 acts: :Overture ;*Act I :1. "When maiden loves, she sits and sighs" (Phœbe) :1a. "When jealous torments rack my soul" (Wilfred) – see "Cut music" :2. "Tower warders, under orders" (Crowd and Yeomen, solo Second Yeoman) :3. "When our gallant Norman foes" (Dame Carruthers and Yeomen) :3a. "A laughing boy but yesterday" (Meryll); – see "Cut music" :4. "Alas! I waver to and fro" (Phœbe, Leonard and Meryll) :5. "Is life a boon?" (Fairfax) :6. "Here's a man of jollity" (Chorus) :7. "I have a song to sing, O!" (or, "The Merryman and his Maid") (Point, Elsie, and chorus) :8. "How say you, maiden, will you wed?" (Lieutenant, Elsie, Point) :9. "I've jibe and joke" (Point) :10. "'Tis done! I am a bride!" (Elsie) :11. "Were I thy bride" (Phœbe) :12. Finale Act I (Ensemble) ::"Oh, Sergeant Meryll, is it true?" ::"To thy fraternal care, thy sister I commend" ::"The pris'ner comes to meet his doom" ::"M'lord, m'lord.... As escort for the prisoner" ::"All frenzied, frenzied with despair they rave" ;*Act II :13. "Night has spread her pall once more" (People, Dame Carruthers, Yeomen) :14. "Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon" (Point) :15. "Hereupon we're both agreed" (Point and Wilfred) :16. "Free from his fetters grim" (Fairfax) :17. "Strange adventure" (Kate, Dame Carruthers, Fairfax, Meryll) :18. "Hark! What was that, sir?" ... "Like a ghost his vigil keeping"(Meryll, Fairfax, Lieutenant, Wilfred, Point, Ensemble) :19. "A man who would woo a fair maid" (Fairfax, Elsie, Phœbe) :20. "When a wooer goes a-wooing" (Elsie, Fairfax, Phœbe, Point) :21. "Rapture, rapture" (Dame Carruthers, Sergeant Meryll) :22. Finale Act II (Ensemble) ::"Comes the pretty young bride" ::"Oh, day of terror!" ::"Leonard, my loved one, come to me" ::"I have a song to sing, O!""

◈ Genre / Form → Romantic ♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Expert (Grade 6-8)

¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra