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

Benjamin Britten ; words by John Gay ; edited by Richard Walters ; vocal score by Arthur Oldham

Boosey & Hawkes , Distributed by H. Leonard, c2008

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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 -- Beggar's opera. Selections. Vocal score

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Acc. arr. for piano

Includes program notes, synopsis, and pref. from the study score

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  • '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!

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