The Light of the World - Inscribed Presentation Copy to the Conductor Robert Taylor

London: J.B. Cramer & Co.. 1873. Leatherbound hardcover, 8 x 10.5, 275 pages. Signed and inscribed on the dedication page in black ink by the British composer best known for his collaborations on more than a dozen classic comic operas with librettist W. S. Gilbert: “To R. Taylor, Jr., with the kind regards and thanks of Arthur Sullivan, 1874.” Laid onto the first free endpage is an original program broadside sheet for a Sacred Harmonic Society performance of the work, conducted by Robert Taylor at The Dome Royal Pavilion, Brighton, June 21, 1894. The score in very good condition, with the ownership signature of Robert Taylor to the title head and a few of his markings in colored pencil within, with moderate to heavy foxing to signed page and throughout the score, and wear to the leather cover. Accompanied by an attractive custom-made clamshell presentation case.



Sullivan composed the oratorio 'The Light of the World' in 1873, the libretto written with the assistance of George Grove and based on the New Testament. It was first performed at the Birmingham Festival on 27 August, 1873. (11432)

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