Editing Princess Ida (section)

==Musical numbers==
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[[File:William Russell Flint - W. S. Gilbert - Savoy Operas - Princess Ida 1.jpg|250px|thumb|"I can tell a woman's age in half a minute – and I do!" (A line from King Gama's song, "If you give me your attention.")]]
*Overture (includes "We are warriors three" and "Minerva! oh, hear me")
;Act I
*1. "Search throughout the panorama" (Florian and Chorus)
*2. "Now hearken to my strict command" (Hildebrand and Chorus)
*3. "Today we meet" (Hilarion)
*4. "From the distant panorama" (Chorus)
*5. "We are warriors three" (Arac, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus)
*6. "If you give me your attention" (Gama)
*7. Finale Act I (Gama, Hildebrand, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian and Chorus)

;Act II
[[File:Souvenir advertisement for Princess Ida by Alice Havers - Page 2.jpg|thumb|300px|Ida, Blanche and the students: 1884 souvenir programme]]
*8.  "Towards the empyrean heights" (Lady Psyche, Melissa, Sacharissa and Chorus of Girls)
*9.  "Mighty maiden with a mission" (Chorus of Girls)
*10. "Minerva! oh, hear me!" ... "Oh, goddess wise" (Princess)
*10a."And thus to Empyrean Heights" (Princess and Chorus)
*11. "Come, mighty Must" (Lady Blanche)<sup>1</sup>
*12. "Gently, gently" (Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
*13. "I am a maiden, cold and stately" (Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
*14. "The world is but a broken toy" (Princess, Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
*15. "A lady fair, of lineage high" (Psyche with Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)<sup>2</sup>
*16. "The woman of the wisest wit" (Psyche, Melissa, Cyril, Hilarion and Florian)
*17. "Now wouldn't you like to rule the roast" (Melissa and Blanche)<sup>3</sup>
*18. "Merrily ring the luncheon bell" (Blanche, Cyril and Chorus of Girls)
*19. "Would you know the kind of maid?" (Cyril)
*20. Finale Act II (Princess, Hildebrand, Melissa, Psyche, Blanche, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian, Arac, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus)

<sup>1</sup> Starting in the 1920s, the [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]] usually deleted this song in its performances.

<sup>2</sup> D'Oyly Carte musical director, [[Harry Norris (conductor)|Harry Norris]] added prominent horn parts to the accompaniment to "A Lady Fair". They were expunged by [[Malcolm Sargent]] but subsequently restored by [[Royston Nash]] in the 1970s. These are customarily referred to as the "Norris" horn parts, though they may have been written by [[Geoffrey Toye]].

<sup>3</sup> The first line of this song is often erroneously sung as "Now wouldn't you like to rule the '''roost'''" instead of "'''roast'''" (rhymes with "clear the coast" in the next couplet). This typographical error appeared in early vocal scores and still appears in a current [[Chappell & Co.|Chappell]] vocal score edition, although other scores have generally corrected it.

;Act III
*21. "Death to the invader" (Melissa and Chorus of Girls)
*22. "Whene'er I spoke" (King Gama with Chorus of Girls)<sup>4</sup>
*23. "I built upon a rock" (Princess)
*24. "When anger spreads his wing" (Chorus of Girls and Soldiers)
*25. "This helmet, I suppose" (Arac with Guron, Scynthius and Chorus)
*26. Chorus during the fight, "This is our duty plain" (Chorus)
*27. "With joy abiding" [Reprise of "Expressive glances"] (Ensemble)

<sup>4</sup> In the original production, No. 22 ''followed'' No. 23. The present order first appeared in vocal scores published after the first London revival in 1919.

Gilbert claimed that "If you give me your attention" was a satiric self-reference, saying: "I thought it my duty to live up to my reputation".<ref>Grossmith, George. "Recollections of Sir W. S. Gilbert", ''The Bookman'', vol. 40, no. 238, July 1911, p. 162</ref> [[Tom Lehrer]] performs a parody of the same song called "The Professor's Song".<ref>Lehrer, Tom. [http://www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/lehrer/professor.htm "The Professor's Song"], YouTube, recorded 19 March 1997, accessed 1 May 2009</ref> Music from the overture of ''Ida'' is heard in ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]''.<ref>{{YouTube|FXf1go5lHqw|Mickey Mouse ''Princess Ida'' music }}</ref>