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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

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

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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 Gay, John

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Larchmont, NY: Argonaut Books. Very Good; Slipcase worn.. 1961. Reprint. Hardcover. Commentaries by Louis Kronenberger and Max Goberman. Decorative binding in decorative paper-covered cardboard slipcase with printed side label. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Synopsis

‘Whore and rogue they call husband and wife: All professions be-rogue one another' The tale of Peachum, thief-taker and informer, conspiring to send the dashing and promiscuous highwayman Macheath to the gallows, became the theatrical sensation of the eighteenth century. In The Beggar’s Opera , John Gay turned conventions of Italian opera riotously upside-down, instead using traditional popular ballads and street tunes, while also indulging in political satire at the expense of the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. Gay’s highly original depiction of the thieves, informers, prostitutes and highwaymen thronging the slums and prisons of the corrupt London underworld proved brilliantly successful in exposing the dark side of a corrupt and jaded society. Bryan Loughrey and T. O. Treadwell’s introduction examines the eighteenth-century background of musical theatre and opera, the changing cityscape of London and the corruption of the legal system. This edition also includes a note on the music in The Beggar’s Opera and suggestions for further reading.

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Bookseller
Old Saratoga Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
43885
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
Author
Gay, John
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good; Slipcase worn.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Argonaut Books
Place of Publication
Larchmont, NY
Date Published
1961
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
18th Century Literature, Facsimile Reprints
Bookseller catalogs
Theatre and Film;

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Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.

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