Lost Chords and Christian Soldiers

Ian Bradley is Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews, Reader in Church History at the University of St Andrews, Associate Minister of Holy Trinity Church in St Andrews and honorary Church of Scotland chaplain in the University. A Vice-President of the Sullivan Society, he is a leading authority on the works of Gilbert and Sullivan on which he has written several books and broadcast widely.

• Preface and Acknowledgments1. Things Are Seldom What They Seem: Changing Views of Sullivan’s Sacred Music 2. Are You in Sentimental Mood? The Religious, Cultural and Musical Context 3. When I First Put this Uniform On: Sullivan’s Upbringing and Formative Years 4. They Only Suffer Dr Watts’ Hymns: Hymn Tunes and Arrangements 5. Ballads, Songs and Snatches: Sacred Ballads and Part-Songs 6. They Sing Choruses in Public: Oratorios and Cantatas 7. For All Our Faults, We Love Our Queen: Anthems and Other Liturgical Pieces 8. I Hear the Soft Note: Spiritual Echoes in Sullivan’s Secular Works 9. Conclusion: All Hail, All Hail, Divine Emollient Appendix 1 List of Hymn Tunes Appendix 2 Alternative Lyrics for ‘Onward, Christian Soldiers’ Appendix 3 Sullivan’s Possible Involvement in st clement Appendix 4 Sullivan’s Sacred Songs Appendix 5 The Prodigal Son: Musical Numbers and Biblical Sources Appendix 6 The Light of the World: Musical Numbers and Biblical Sources Appendix 7 Sullivan’s Anthems and Liturgical Pieces Notes Select Bibliography Select Discography Index