Editorial Reviews

VOCAL SCORE OF MIKADO OR T H E TOWN OF T I T I P U -- 1911 --- THE MIKADO THE TOWN OF TITIPU DRAMATIS PERSONAE. NANKI-POO his Son, disgtrised as a wandering minstrel, and in love with YUM-YuM. KO-KO Lord High Execzctimaer of TitipC. POOH-BAH Lwd High Everything Else. PISH-TUSH a Noble Lord. YUM-YUM PITTI-SING t Three Sisters-Wards of KO-KO. PEEP-BO KATISHA an elderly Lady, in love with NANKI-Poo. CHORUS O F SCHOOL-GIRLSN, O BLES, GUARDS, A ND COOLIES. ACT I.-Courtyard of KO-KOs Official Kesidence. ACT 11.-KO-KOs Garden. THE MIKADO . CONTENTS . PAOL OVERTURE ............................................................................................................ 2 NO . 31ct 1 . CHORUS OF N ................................ S 2 . SONG AND CHORUS Nanki-Pm ............... g . SONG P ish-Twh and Chorus .................. 4 . SONG Pooh-Bah. with Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush ............................................. qa . RECIT . Nanki-Pm and Poo-Bah ............ 5 . CHORUS W ITH SOLO KO-KO . . . ................ . I 5a SONG KO-KO. with C k u s of Man ............ 6 . CHORUS O F GIRLS .. ............................... 7 . TRIO Yum-Yum. PaopBo. and Pi i. Sing. with Chorus of Girls .............. . . .......... 8 . QUAR B TY um. Yum . P fi. Bo. Pitti-Sing and Pmh. Bah. with Chorus of Girls ...... g . DUET Yum-Yum and Nanki-Pm ............ so . TRIO Ko. Ko. Pooh-Bah and Pish-Tush ... 11 . FINALE. ACT I .................................... act SOLO PittiSing aizd Chorus of Girls ......... SONG Yum-Yum ................................. MADRIGAL Yum-Yum. Pitti. Sing . Nanki-Pm. and Pish-Twh . .......................... TRIO Yum. Yum. Nanki. Poo. and KO-KO ENTRANC O E F MIKADO A ND KATISHA .. ....... SONG Mikado and Chorus ..................... TRIO A ND CHORUS P ittGSing. Ko. Ko. Pooh-Bah. and Chorus .............................. GLEE Piiii. Sing. Katisha . Ko. Ko. Pooh-Bah and Mika .............................. DUET Nanki-Poo and Ko. Ko. with Yum-Yum. Pitti. Sing. and Pooh. Bah ............ RECIT . AND SONG Ka isha ..................... SONG KO-KO .................................... DUET Katisha and KO-KO . . ................... FINALE A . C T I1 .................................... If you want to know who we are . ........... A wandring minstrel I . ....................... Our great Mikado. virtuous man . .. . ..,..... Young man. despair. likewise go to ......... And have I journeyd for a month ............ Behold the Lord High Executioner I ......... As some day it may happenp .................. Comes a train of little ladies .................. Three little maids from school are we ...... So please you. air. we muchregret ............ Were you not to KO-KO plighted ............ I am so proud .................................... With aspect stern and gloomy stride ...... 11 . Braid the raven hair ........................... 124 The sun. whose rays are all ablaze ............ 130 Brightly dawns our wedding day ............ I33 Heres a how-de-do If I marry you ...... 139 Mi. ya. sa. ma. mi-ya-sa-ma ..................... I44 A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist ............................................. 149 The criminal cried as he dropped him down 155 See how the Fates their gifts allot ............ 162 The flowers that bloom in the spring . ..... 168 Alone. and yet alive ........................... 1 72 On a tree by a river. a httle Tom-tit sang. Willow. tit-wllow ................................