This sparkling setting, still as fresh as any recent Broadway medley and never before available, includes the show"s best-loved ballads, rollicking patter songs and the rousing finale. The music has been a continuous hit from its 1879 opening through today. Sousa"s brilliant 1880 orchestration perfectly captures the happy-go-lucky spirit of Sullivan"s show. In this first published edition, Sousa"s superb and ever-timely "Pirates” medley has been adapted for modern bands by Keith Brion.
