The book of European light opera : a guide to 167 European comic operas, light operas, operettas, opéra-comiques, opéra-bouffes, and opera buffas from The beggar's opera (1728) and La serva padrona (1733) to Ivo Novello's King's rhapsody (1949) : by 81 composers with plot, production history, musical highlights, critical evaluations, and other relevant information / by Ewen, David, 1907-1985

The threepenny opera by Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950

Bertolt Brechts Dreigroschenbuch; Texte, Materialien, Dokumente. by Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956

“…Beggar's opera.…”

Recordings for A history of Western music and Norton anthology of Western music

Table of Contents: “…Scarlatti -- Giulio Cesare, Act III, Scene 4, Excerpt/ Handel --The Beggar's opera, scenes 11-13/ Gay -- Serse: Frondi tenere: Va godendo/ Handel.…”

Writing across cultures : narrative transculturation in Latin America / by Rama, Ángel

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The Twickenham Hotch-Potch, For the Use Of the Rev. Dr. Swift, Alexander Pope, Esq.; and Company Being a Sequel To the Beggars Opera, &C. Containing, I. The State Of Poetry, and Fate Of Poets, In the Reign Of King Charles IId.... by Amhurst,N

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Norton recorded anthology of western music. classic to modern.

Table of Contents: “…La serva padrona: Recitative and Aria: Ah quanto mi sta male/Son imbrogliato io / Giovanni Pergolesi -- Cleofide: Act II, Scene 9: Digli ch'o son fedele / Johann Adolf Hasse -- The beggar's opera: Scenes 11 to 13 / John Gay -- Orfeo ed Euridice: Act II, Scene 1 (excerpt) / Christopher Willibald Gluck -- Sonata in D major, K. 119 / Domenico Scarlatti -- Symphony in F major, No. 32: First movement / Giovanni Battista Sammartini -- Sonata in A major, Wq. 55/4: Second movement / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach -- Sinfonia a 8 in E-flat Major (La Melodia Germanica) No. 3: First movement / Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz -- Concerto for harpischord or piano and strings in E-flat major, Op. 7, No. 5: First movement / Johann Christian Bach -- Symphony No. 56 in C major: First movement / Franz Joseph Haydn -- Symphony No. 92: Second movement / Franz Joseph Haydn -- Symphony No. 104: Fourth movement / Franz Joseph Haydn.…”

Kurt Weill's "The threepenny opera" by Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950

The Difference Satire Makes : Rhetoric and Reading from Jonson to Byron / by Bogel, Fredric V., 1943-

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The Difference Satire Makes : Rhetoric and Reading from Jonson to Byron / by Bogel, Fredric V.

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The Embodiment of Characters : the Representation of Physical Experience on Stage and in Print, 1728-1749 / by DeRitter, Jones

Table of Contents: “…Life Among the "Otamys": Gender and Demography in The Beggar's Opera --…”
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Over the hills and far away / by Hildebrand, David

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Boosey and Hawkes opera anthology : mezzo-soprano /

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"The stage's glory" : John Rich, 1692-1761 /

Table of Contents: “…Good for the Garden : the composition of Handel's Ariodante / Donald Burrows -- "Heathen gods and heroes" : singers and John Rich's pantomimes at Lincoln's Inn Fields / Olive Baldwin and Thelma Wilson -- The Beggar's opera in London's theatres, 1728-1761 / Jeremy Barlow -- Beyond The Beggar's opera : John Rich and English ballad opera, 1728-1736 / Berta Joncus and Vanessa L. …”

Writing across cultures : narrative transculturation in Latin America / by Rama, Angel

Table of Contents: “…Literature and culture -- Regions, cultures, and literatures -- The Andean cultural area -- The saga of the Mestizo -- Mythic intelligence -- The novel, a beggar's opera -- The crisscrossing rivers of myth and history.…”

Six eighteenth-century plays. by Wilson, John Harold, 1900-

Table of Contents: “…--The conscious lovers, by R. Steele.--The beggar's opera, by J. Gay.--The London merchant, by G. …”

Threepenny Opera. by Brecht, Bertolt

Table of Contents: “…-- Brecht's views on theatre -- Historical background to The Threepenny Opera -- Theatrical background to The Threepenny Opera -- The Beggar's Opera -- Kurt Weill, music, and song -- Performance history -- Further Reading -- THE THREEPENNY OPERA -- Additional Texts -- Notes by Brecht -- Note by Kurt Weill -- Conversation between Brecht and Strehler -- Notes -- Questions for Further Study…”
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Eighteenth century comedy; by Taylor, William Duncan

Table of Contents: “…--TheConscious lovers (1722) by R. Steele.--The Beggar's opera (1728) by J. Gay.--The Tragedy of tragedies (1731) by H. …”

The best eighteenth century comedies; with comments on the drama and the dramatists of the period. by Uhler, John Earle, 1891-1962

Table of Contents: “…The beaux stratagem.--Gay, J. The beggar's opera.--Goldsmith, O. She stoops to conquer.--Sheridan, R.B. …”

Eighteenth century comedy, by Taylor, William Duncan

Table of Contents: “…The conscious lovers.-Gay, J. The beggar's opera.-Fielding, H. The tragedy of tragedies; or, The life and death of Tom Thumb the Great.…”