Selections from The beggar's opera : realized from the original airs of John Gay's ballad opera (1728) : 16 selections, 13 solos and 3 duets for various voice types
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Selections from The beggar's opera : realized from the original airs of John Gay's ballad opera (1728) : 16 selections, 13 solos and 3 duets for various voice types
Boosey & Hawkes , Distributed by H. Leonard, c2008
Printed Music(Accompaniment Reduced for Keyboard)
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 -- Beggar's opera. Selections. Vocal score
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Acc. arr. for piano
Includes program notes, synopsis, and pref. from the study score
Contents of Works
- 'Tis woman that seduces all mankind
- If love the virgin's heart invade
- Virgins are like the fair flower
- I, like a ship in storms, was tossed
- A fox may steal your hens, Sir (duet)
- The miser thus a shilling sees (duet)
- If the heart of a man is depressed with cares
- Man may escape from rope and gun
- Thus when a good housewife sees a rat/How cruel are the traytors
- Why how now, Madam Flirt! (duet)
- When young at the bar/Ungrateful Macheath!
- Thus gamesters united in friendship
- I'm like a skiff on the ocean tossed
- O cruel, cruel case!