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Memorial to Arthur Sullivan, London

Memorial to Arthur Sullivan 1842-1900, Victoria Embankment Gardens, London

Memorial to Arthur Sullivan 1842-1900, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London

Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO - Born 13 May 1842 – Died 22 Nov 1900, was an English composer, of Irish and Italian descent, best known for the operatic Gilbert and Sullivan collaborations with librettist Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (W. S. Gilbert), including such continually-popular works as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado.

Arthur Sullivan's artistic output included 23 operas, 13 major orchestral works, eight choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous hymns and other church pieces, songs, parlour ballads, part songs, carols, and piano and chamber pieces.