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]] Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the '' review] Gilbert, who wrote the words, created fanciful topsy-turvy worlds for these operas, where each absurdity is taken to its logical conclusion—fairies rub elbows with British lords, flirting is a capital offence, gondoliers ascend to the monarchy, and pirates turn out to be noblemen who have gone wrong. Mike Leigh 2006 interview in ''The Guardian'' Sullivan, seven years younger than Gilbert, composed the music, contributing memorable melodies Obituary: Arthur Sullivan 1842–1900. ''The Musical Times'', December 1900, at the internet archive, 2005-11-04 . Note the quote from George Grove . that could convey both humour and pathos.Gian Andrea Mazzucato in ''The Musical Standard'' of December 16 1899 : "[Sullivan]... will... be classed among the epoch-making composers, the select few whose genius and strength of will empowered them to find and found a national school of music, that is, to endow their countrymen with the undefinable, yet positive means of evoking in a man's soul, by the magic of sound, those delicate nuances of feeling which are characteristic of the emotional power of each different race. Quoted in the ''Sir Arthur Sullivan Society Journal'', No. 34, Spring 1992, pp. 11-12 Producer . He built the Savoy Theatre in 1881 to present their joint works—which came to be known as the Savoy Operas —and he founded the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company , which performed and promoted their works for over a century. The Gilbert and Sullivan operas have enjoyed broad and enduring international success and are still performed frequently throughout the English-speaking world.Bradley (2005), Chapter 1 The collaboration introduced innovations in content and form that directly influenced the development of Musical Theatre through the 20th century.Downs, Peter. "Actors Cast Away Cares". ''Hartford Courant'', October 18 2006 . BEGINNINGS Gilbert before Sullivan Gilbert was born in London on . In 1861, the younger Gilbert began to write illustrated stories, poems and articles of his own to supplement his income. Many of these would later be mined as a source of ideas for his plays and operas, particularly his series of illustrated poems called the Bab Ballads .Stedman, pp. 26–29, 123–24, and the introduction to Gilbert's '' Foggerty's Fairy And Other Tales ''. "Gentle Alice Brown"]] In the Bab Ballads and his early plays, Gilbert developed a unique "topsy-turvy" style, where the humour was derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd. Mike Leigh describes the "Gilbertian" style as follows: | |||
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