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The Beggar's Opera - etching by William Hogarth . Scene from ballad opera by the English poet and dramatist John Gay and set to music by the German composer, Johann Christoph Pepusch.
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Scene from John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, 1728 William Hogarth, The Beggar's Opera is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph
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