Gay, John. The beggar's opera : a faithful reproduction of the 1729 edition which includes the words and music of all the airs, as well as the score for the overture

Folger bibliographic ID: 3525
Folger call number: PR3473 .B3 1961
Folger holdings ID: 3619

General notes

The introductory materials (p. VII-XXIII) and libretto (p. 1-60, 1st series) are followed by the "Ouverture in score" and "Songs in the Beggar's opera" (p. 1-46, 2nd series) and "The sources of the songs in The beggar's opera / by Max Goberman (p. XXV-LIV) Libretto and selection of melodies by John Gay; overture and bass lines for the songs by Pepusch--New Grove Title page transcription of 1729 publication (on p. [2]): The beggar's opera : as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn Fields / written by Mr. Gay ... ; the third edition ; with the ouverture in score, the songs, and the basses (the ouverture and basses compos'd by Dr. Pepusch) curiously engrav'd on copper plates. -- London : Printed for John Watts, at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1729 Contains a note on Gay's life by Regina Barnes John Christopher Pepusch is generally credited with "composing" The Beggar's Opera

Uniform title: Beggar's opera. English Libretto
Extended title: The beggar's opera : a faithful reproduction of the 1729 edition which includes the words and music of all the airs, as well as the score for the overture / by John Gay ; with commentaries by Louis Kronenberger and Max Goberman on the literary and musical background and with the original words of all the airs that John Gay adapted for this work

Ballad operas

author: Gay, John, 1685-1732
associated with: Pepusch, John Christopher, 1667-1752
associated with: Kronenberger, Louis, 1904-1980
associated with: Goberman, Max, 1911-1962