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'''The Beggar's Opera''', ballad opera | '''The Beggar's Opera''', ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay (1685-1732). The lyrics of songs in the ballad opera were set to the airs of popular broadsheet ballads, opera arias, church hymns and folk tunes of the time. | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beggar's_Opera Wikipedia article] | |||
== Online versions == | |||
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25063 Gutenberg Project] - all song airs are shown as facsimile of original, but also available as PDF and MIDI files | |||
*[http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/beggar.html Renascence Editions] | |||
*[http://www.bibliomania.com/0/6/2/1088/frameset.html Bibliomania] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:36, 17 April 2008
The Beggar's Opera, ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay (1685-1732). The lyrics of songs in the ballad opera were set to the airs of popular broadsheet ballads, opera arias, church hymns and folk tunes of the time.
Online versions
- Gutenberg Project - all song airs are shown as facsimile of original, but also available as PDF and MIDI files
- Renascence Editions
- Bibliomania