I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General

Name: I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General
Duration: 5 min 55 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.13	I Am the Very Model of a Modern	5:55	George Rose, Ensemble	Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates Of Penzance	Gilbert & Sullivan	Album + Soundtrack	US1981	Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)	VE 601
1.13	I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General	5:55	Gilbert & Sullivan	The Pirates of Penzance (Or, the Slave of Duty) (Broadway Cast Album)	Gilbert & Sullivan	Album + Soundtrack	US1998-02-24	Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)	601-2

recording of:	The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 13. “I am the very model of a modern Major‐General” (Major‐General, Chorus)

lyricist:	W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:	Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)

later parody versions:	(I Am the Very Model of a) Scientist Salarian A Very Stable Genius Campbell Soups (commercial) Every Major’s Terrible G&X Meet G&S ("I am the very model of a heroine barbarian") I Am the Very Model of a Biblical Philologist I Am the Very Model of a Cartoon Individual I am the Very Model of a Modern Unitarian Polaroid Photography Song The Elements (names of chemical elements to tune of “Modern Major General”) The Major General's Song The Very Model of a Modern Labour Minister
later translated versions:	Papa Mama Loca Pipa
part of:	The Pirates of Penzance: Act I (number) (order: 14)
is the basis for:	Right Hand Man (Hamilton: An American Musical)
arrangements:	The Pirates of Penzance: Act I, no. 13. “I am the very model of a modern Major-General” (Major-General, Chorus) (for handbells, Roth)