Beggar's Opera, The

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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.

Wikipedia article

Online versions

Gutenberg Project - all song airs are shown as facsimile of original, but also available as PDF and MIDI files
Renascence Editions
Bibliomania

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