Gilbert and Sullivan is more often heard than the original overture by Clarke. Toye's "Pirates" overture, however, did not last long and is now presumed lost. Sir Malcolm Sargent devised a new ending for the overture to "The Gondoliers", adding the "cachucha" from the second act of the opera. This gave the "Gondoliers" overture the familiar fast-slow-fast pattern of most of the rest of the Savoy Opera overtures, and this version has competed for popularity with Sullivan's original version. Gilbert and Sullivan operas have been translated into many languages, including Portuguese, Yiddish, Hebrew, Swedish, Dutch, Danish, Estonian, Hungarian, Russian, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish
Cultural influence of Gilbert and Sullivan two, such as the 2009 book, "The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert & Sullivan". P. G. Wodehouse makes dozens of references to Gilbert and Sullivan in his works. Wodehouse sometimes referred to Gilbert at length, and he based his Psmith character on Rupert D'Oyly Carte or his brother. Wodehouse also parodied G&S songs. In Jerome K Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat" (1889), a description is given of Harris's attempts to sing a comic song: "the Judge's song out of "Pinafore" – no, I don't mean "Pinafore" – I mean – you know what I mean – the other thing, you