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Writings and compositions; legacy; recordings
Grossmith wrote numerous comic pieces for the magazine Punch including a series of ten skits in 1884 inspired by his Bow Street experiences which he called "Very Trying". According to The Times "His genial satire was enjoyed even by those at whom its shafts were aimed. He created all nine of the lead comic baritone roles in Gilbert and Sullivan's famous Savoy Operas in London from 1877 to 1889 including the pompous First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Joseph Porter in H.
First he created a series of nine memorable characters in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan from 1877 to 1889 including Sir Joseph Porter in H. Second he wrote in collaboration with his brother Weedon the 1892 comic novel The Diary of a Nobody. As a writer and composer he created 18 comic operas nearly 100 musical sketches some 600 songs and piano pieces three books and both serious and comic pieces for newspapers and magazines.
