Iolanthe - Chorus Practice

Choral parts are played back using a clarinet sound, while accompaniment and principal parts are played on a piano sound. Constantly full dynamics and mostly steady tempos are used for pitch-drilling purposes.

For each number, listen at first and sing along with the sound file for your individual part until you are confident. The part file includes your choral part played prominently, along with accompaniment and principals' vocal lines at lower volume. Then try the Tutti file to see if you can hold to your part when all choral parts are playing at full volume. Work back and forth between part and Tutti as needed.

Change Tempo slider: You can slow the tempo of the playback by sliding the light blue knob on the above "Change tempo" slider to left and right along the track. Tempo begins at 100% at the right end and changes by 1% increments to a minimum of 50% at the left end. Note that slowing the tempo introduces distortion into the audio playback. (Supported in Firefox, Chrome, and Opera web browers.)

Page numbering corresponds to the G. Schirmer edition (ed. Bryceson Treharne). For the subdivisions of the Act I Finale, you may wish to turn to the page and find the lyric as noted in the Excerpt column before starting the sound file.

How would you like to access the sound files?

• Online: Play each sound file individually, directly from this web page.
• Locally: Download the sound files for your part onto your computer, and play them locally.

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Online: Click the button for your choral part or for "Tutti" for the excerpt you wish to hear. It will play in the audio player at the top of the page next to the menu, containing Play, Pause, and Stop buttons, Progress bar, and Volume control. You may make another selection during play. The new selection will start playing in place of the previous one.

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#	Pg	Excerpt	Time	Tutti	Soprano	Alto	Tenor		Bass
1.	12	Tripping Hither, Tripping Thither	4:15	↓	↓	↓
2.	22	Iolanthe! From Thy Dark Exile	2:51	↓	↓	↓
3.	29	Good Morrow, Good Mother	0:44	↓	↓
4.	32	Fare Thee Well, Attractive Stranger	1:03	↓	↓	↓
6.	41	Loudly Let the Trumpet Bray	5:10	↓			↓	↓	↓	↓
7.	55	The Law Is the True Embodiment *(Tutti complete, T and B abridged)	2:55 *0:17	↓			* ↓		* ↓
8.	62	My Well Loved Lord	3:36	↓			↓	↓	↓	↓
9.	72	Nay, Tempt Me Not	0:25	↓			↓
10.	73	Spurn Not the Nobly Born	1:43	↓			↓	↓	↓	↓
11.	77	My Lords, It May Not Be	2:44	↓			↓	↓	↓	↓

#	Pg	Excerpt	Time	Tutti	Soprano	Alto	Tenor		Bass
13.	89	When Darkly Looms the Day	1:45	↓			↓		↓
"	94	Ah! Oh Shameless One, Tremble	3:17	↓			↓		↓
"	100	Go, Traitrous One / For Riches and Rank	1:28	↓			↓		↓	↓
"	103	To You I Give My Heart So Rich	0:46	↓			↓	↓	↓	↓
"	106	Can I Inactive See My Fortunes Fade? / Tripping Hither	0:52	↓	↓	↓	↓
"	108	The Lady Of My Love	1:47	↓	↓	↓	↓		↓
"	116	Go Away, Madam	1:38	↓	↓	↓	↓		↓
"	125	Oh Chancellor Unwary	1:34	↓			↓		↓	↓
"	129	Henceforth, Strephon, Cast Away	1:09	↓	↓	↓	↓		↓
"	132	Every Bill and Every Measure	0:36	↓	↓	↓	↓		↓
"	133	With Strephon For Your Foe	2:19	↓	↓	↓	↓		↓

#	Pg	Excerpt	Time	Tutti	Soprano	Alto	Tenor		Bass
15.	147	Strephon's a Member Of Parliament	1:34	↓	↓	↓	↓		↓
16.	153	When Britain Really Ruled the Waves	0:55	↓	↓	↓	↓		↓
17.	155	In Vain To Us You Plead (Don't Go!) *(Tutti, S, and A complete, TB Unison abridged)	1:46 *(0:11)	↓	↓	↓	* ↓
18.	158	Oh Foolish Fay	2:58	↓	↓	↓
24.	198	It May Not Be (Aiaiah!)	2:31	↓	↓	↓
25.	203	Soon As We May	2:08	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓

Download the sound files to your computer:

You may download any individual audio file(s) from the above listing by right-clicking on the down arrow (↓) next to the grey button, and selecting "Save target as..." or "Save link as..." from the pop-up menu. To download all of a part (or all Tutti files) as a zip file, use the download buttons below.

Click one of the following buttons to download the .zip file for your chorus part.

Also download the Tutti .zip file. You will need this set of files too.

In a some cases, the Tutti file stands in place of a part file for unison singing. Playlists in the part .zip may be missing one or more numbers if the Tutti download is omitted.

For more information about saving and unzipping these downloads, please read Tips for Downloading the Practice Files. Use your browser's "back" button to return here.