[DOC] [TLE] The Beggar's Opera - Wikipedia [PAR] Painting based on The Beggar's Opera, scene 5, William Hogarth, c. 1728, in the 
Tate Britain. The Beggar's Opera is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by 
John Gay with music ... Ballad operas were satiric musical plays that used some 
of the conventions of opera, but without recitative. The lyrics of the airs in the... [DOC] [TLE] Ballad opera - Wikipedia [PAR] Painting based on The Beggar's Opera, act 3, scene 2, William Hogarth, c. 1728. 
The term ballad opera is used to refer to a genre of English stage entertainment 
originating in ... It had a libretto by John Gay and music arranged by Johann 
Christoph Pepusch, both of whom probably experienced vaudeville theatre in 
Paris,... [DOC] [TLE] The Politics of Voice in Duke Ellington's Beggar's Holiday (1946) [PAR] Duke Ellington and John Latouche made a number of pointed references to ... 
Eric Bentley wrote in February 1947 for Harper's Magazine: ... Latouche began 
with an intelligent musical satire based on John Gay's 'Beggar's Opera,' that his ... 
of these two registers was one of the most appealing aspects of Gay's ballad 
opera. [DOC] [TLE] ballad opera [PAR] A Changing Musical Scene; The Satire and Controversy; Lasting Influence of The 
Beggar's ... In 1728, the first performance of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera 
attracted the ... in his day, and he wrote thirty plays which include ten ballad 
operas. [DOC] [TLE] John Gay - The Beggar`S Opera / Jonathan Miller watch full hd ... [PAR] Sep 30, 2016 ... Ballad operas were satiric musical plays that used some of the conventions of ... 
According to The New York Times: "Gay wrote the work more as an ... overture (
based on two of the songs in the opera, including a fugue based on .... In 1946, 
John La Touche (book and lyrics) and Duke Ellington (music)... [DOC] [TLE] babydoe.org - John Latouche Biography [PAR] Book Writer, Lyricist, Opera Librettist ... His first great success came with the 
musical cantata Ballad for Americans, a 13-minute paean ... Written to be the 
finale of the Federal Theatre Project's musical revue, Sing for Your Supper, ... 
Holiday (1946? music by Duke Ellington), an interracial contemporary version of 
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... of John Gay's 18th-century colloquial opera, a root of modern musical theater. 
... Watkins hired John Latouche, who'd written lyrics for the cantata "Ballad for .... 
Read stories based on reporting for Trump Revealed, a broad,... [DOC] [TLE] John Treville Latouche :: Rodgers & Hammerstein :: Bio Details [PAR] His first great success came with the musical cantata "Ballad For Americans," a ... 
Written to be the finale of the Federal Theatre Project's musical revue SING FOR 
YOUR ... In 1946, he collaborated with composer Duke Ellington on the 
controversial, ... an interracial contemporary version of John Gay's The Beggar's 
Opera,... [DOC] [TLE] Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews: San Francisco ... [PAR] Duke Ellington's Beggar's Holiday is Overloaded with Songs ... was based on 
John Gay's wonderful 1728 classic "opera," "Beggar's Opera," ... The Duke used 
various musical styles, including college and marching songs, romantic ballads 
and, ... do what they can with the "Fences Fugue," which was composed by Don 
York. [DOC] [TLE] In Ellington's Shadow: The Life of Billy Strayhorn | Humanities [PAR] The collaboration between Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn lasted nearly thirty 
... began writing short pieces, songs, and even a musical called Fantastic Rhythm
. .... piece of the era was "Chelsea Bridge," a dissonant and impressionistic ballad
. ... adaptation of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera called Beggar's Holiday. [DOC] [TLE] Robert Christgau: Popular

Question: Duke Ellington wrote a musical based on this John Gay ballad opera
Answer: The Beggar\'s Opera