The Beggar's Opera and Companion Pieces

Description: The Beggar's Opera and Companion Pieces Very Good - Text Unmarked - Binding and Cover Clean and Tight - Ready to Ship By -- John Gay, C. F. Burgess Published by -- Harlan Davidson Inc., 1986, Wheeling IL, xxii 112 Pages, Paperback, 7.6" X 4.8" X .25", 5 oz., ISBN -- 0882950371 / 9780882950372 Series -- Crofts Classics [WIKIPEDIA]"The Beggar's Opera is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today. (...) The lyrics of the airs in the piece are set to popular broadsheet ballads, opera arias, church hymns and folk tunes of the time. (...) The piece satirised Italian opera, which had become popular in London. (...) Instead of the grand music and themes of opera, the work uses familiar tunes and characters that were ordinary people. Some of the songs were by opera composers like Handel, but only the most popular of these were used. The audience could hum along with the music and identify with the characters. The story satirised politics, poverty and injustice, focusing on the theme of corruption at all levels of society. (...) Bertolt Brecht (working from a translation into German by Elisabeth Hauptmann) adapted the work into Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) in 1928, sticking closely to the original plot and characters but with a new libretto, and mostly new music by Kurt Weill." #Bookworm #BeggarsOpera #Bookstagram #bibliophile #booksforsale #booksale #readersofinstagram #instabooks #KurtWeill #Antiquarian #BertoltBrecht #SatiricalBalladOpera #collectiblebooks #JohnGay #Vintage #Books #BooksBooksBooks #Opera #instaread #AugustanDrama #Libretto #ThreePennyOpera #CuttleboneBooks #bookcollecting

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