Songs aus der Dreigroschenoper
By: Bertolt Brecht ; [redigiert von Elisabeth Hauptmann].
Contributors: Villon, François, b. 1431.; Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.; Gay, John, 1685-1732.; Hauptmann, Elisabeth.
Edition: Vollständige, durchgesehene u. erw. Ausg.
Series: Weiss-Taschenbücher
Publisher: Gebrüder Weiss
Place of publication: Berlin-Schöneberg
Number of pages: 53
Subjects: Operas -- Librettos.
Work titles: Dreigroschenoper.
Notes: Selections from the libretto.

The opera is based on a German version of John Gay's Beggar's opera.

Several of the songs are based on poems by Villon.