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ballad opera, in English drama, a play of comic, satiric, or pastoral intent, interspersed with songs, most of them sung to popular airs. First and best was The Beggar's Opera (1728) by John Gay Gay, John, 1685–1732, English playwright and poet, b. Barnstaple, Devon. Educated at the local grammar school, he was apprenticed to a silk mercer for a brief time before commencing his literary career in London.
..... Click the link for more information. . The vogue for these operas lasted until c.1750. ballad operaEnglish 18th-century comic opera in which songs and musical interludes, usually consisting of existing popular tunes or opera melodies with new words, are interspersed with spoken dialogue. The first ballad opera, The Beggar's Opera (1728), by John Gay and J.C. Pepusch (1667–1752), was a sharply satirical work that became wildly popular and led to numerous similar works. Ballad opera led directly to the German singspiel and can be seen as the source of the modern musical. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Scholars of English and literature, music, and law from Europe and North America explore his writings, including his ballad operas, poetry, political journalism, social pamphlets, and novels Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia. Seventeenth century ballad operas took the idea of grand Italian opera but made them accessible to ordinary folk by setting the lyrics to popular broadsheet ballads, opera arias, church hymns and folk tunes of the day. 18) But ballad operas of this kind remained in the repertoire for a relatively short time, the most popular and long-lived being reduced to afterpieces for use at the end of the evening's entertainment. |
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