Record ID:
53905
Accession number:
PMM 89
Title:
The beggar's opera : as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields / written by Mr. Gay ; to which is added the musick engrav'd on copper plates.
Published:
London : Printed for John Watts ..., 1728.
Credit Line:
Purchase; Fellows Capital Fund; 1981.
Notes:
Aside from the overture, the music consists of unaccompanied tunes, adapted by J.C. Pepusch.
"Dramatis personae": p. [2] (1st group) ; Introduction: p. [3]-[4] (1st group); text: p. 1-58; publisher's advertisement: p. [59]-[60]; music: p. 1-16 (4th group).
First edition, earliest state.
Associated names:
Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera.
Pepusch, John Christopher, 1667-1752.
Watts, John, publisher.
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