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100 1 _aGay, John,
_d1685-1732
245 1 4 _aThe Beggar's Opera
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2000
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beggar%27s_Opera
500 _aRelease date is 2000-12-01
508 _aTranscribed from the 1922 William Heinemann (1765 text) edition by David Price
520 _a"The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay is a ballad opera written in 1728 with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. This groundbreaking work satirizes Italian opera, corrupt politics, and social injustice by featuring thieves, whores, and ordinary criminals instead of grand operatic heroes. Set to popular folk tunes and familiar melodies, it lampoons notable politicians like Robert Walpole and real-life criminals while comparing low-class rogues with their aristocratic counterparts. The premiere became a sensation, running for 62 consecutive performances and launching it as the most popular play of the eighteenth century. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aBallad operas -- Librettos
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2421
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