The beggar's opera / John Gay ; edited by Vivien Jones and David Lindley.
In this work, John Gay turned the conventions of Italian opera riotously upside-down, instead using traditional popular ballads and street tunes, while also indulging in political satire at the expense of the then Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole.
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London :
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2010.
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Selections from The beggar's opera : realized from the original airs of John Gay's ballad opera (1728) /
Published 2008
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Die Dreigroschenoper = The beggar's opera : ein Stück mit Musik in einem Vorspiel und acht Bildern nach dem Englischen des John Gay /
Published 1956
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