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John Gay (30 Jun 1685 - 04 Dec 1732)

Male Person - United Kingdom English poet and dramatist

Releases (2)

Official

Album

  1. The Beggar's Opera (The Broadside Band, conductor: Jeremy Barlow) Apr 1991
  2. The Beggar's Opera

Recordings by (88)

  1. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Introduction "If poverty be a title to poetry" (Beggar, Player) 1:57 (Apr 1991)
  2. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue / Overture 3:13 (Apr 1991)
  3. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Through all the employments of life" (Peachum) 0:59 (Apr 1991)
  4. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue "Sir, Black Moll hath sent word" (Filch, Peachum) 1:30 (Apr 1991)
  5. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "'Tis woman that seduces all mankind" (Filch, Peachum) 1:43 (Apr 1991)
  6. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "But 'tis now high time to look about me" (Peachum) 2:05 (Apr 1991)
  7. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "What of Bob Booty, husband?" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum) 0:35 (Apr 1991)
  8. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air "If any wench Venus's girdle wear" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum) 3:45 (Apr 1991)
  9. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "If love the virgin's heart invade" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum) 3:01 (Apr 1991)
  10. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Never was a man more out the way in an argument" (Mrs Peachum) 0:23 (Apr 1991)
  11. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A maid is like the golden ore" (Mrs Peachum) 0:42 (Apr 1991)
  12. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Come hither, Filch" (Mrs Peachum, Filch) 2:17 (Apr 1991)
  13. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "I know as well as any of the fine ladies" (Polly) 0:31 (Apr 1991)
  14. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Virgins are like the fair flower in its lustre" (Polly, Peachum) 2:01 (Apr 1991)
  15. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Our Poly is a sad slut!" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum, Polly) 2:35 (Apr 1991)
  16. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Can love be control'd by advice?" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum) 2:17 (Apr 1991)
  17. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O Polly, you might have toy'd and kissed" (Mrs Peachum, Polly) 1:41 (Apr 1991)
  18. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "I like a ship in storms was tossed" (Polly, Peachum) 1:14 (Apr 1991)
  19. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Dear wife, be a little pacified" (Peachum, Mrs Peachum) 0:53 (Apr 1991)
  20. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A fox may steal your hens, sir" (Peachum) 1:06 (Apr 1991)
  21. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "'Twas only Nimming Ned" (Polly, Peachum, Mrs Peachum) 1:49 (Apr 1991)
  22. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Oh, ponder well! be not severe" (Polly, Mrs Peachum) 1:19 (Apr 1991)
  23. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The turtle thus with plaintive crying" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum) 1:44 (Apr 1991)
  24. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "The thing, husband, must and shall be done" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum) 0:49 (Apr 1991)
  25. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Now I'm a wretch" (Polly) 1:34 (Apr 1991)
  26. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Pretty Polly, say" (Macheath, Polly) 1:14 (Apr 1991)
  27. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "My heart was so free" (Macheath, Polly) 1:10 (Apr 1991)
  28. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Were I laid on Greenland's coast" (Macheath, Polly) 1:13 (Apr 1991)
  29. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O what pain it is to part!" (Polly, Macheath) 2:50 (Apr 1991)
  30. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The miser thus a shilling sees" (Macheath, Polly) 1:10 (Apr 1991)
  31. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "But pr'ythee, Matt, what is become of thy brother Tom?" (Ben, Matt, Jemmy, Jack, Wat, Robin, Ned, Harry) 1:49 (Apr 1991)
  32. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company) 0:54 (Apr 1991)
  33. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Gentlemen, well met" (Macheath, Matt) 2:22 (Apr 1991)
  34. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Let us take the road" (Matt) 1:46 (Apr 1991)
  35. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "What a fool is a fond wench!" (Macheath) 0:32 (Apr 1991)
  36. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "If the heart of a man is deprest with cares" (Macheath, Drawer) 2:25 (Apr 1991)
  37. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Dear Mrs Coaxer, you are welcome" (Macheath) 2:18 (Apr 1991)
  38. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Youth's the season made for joys" (Macheath, Jenny, Coaxer, Vixen, Brazen) 3:29 (Apr 1991)
  39. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Before the barn door crowing" (Jenny, Macheath, Trull, Tawdry, Slammekin, Vixen) 1:51 (Apr 1991)
  40. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "The gamesters and lawyers are jugglers alike" (Jenny, Tawdry, Macheath) 1:17 (Apr 1991)
  41. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "I seize you, sir, as my prisoner" (Peachum, Macheath) 0:43 (Apr 1991)
  42. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure" (Macheath, Peachum) 0:36 (Apr 1991)
  43. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Look ye, Mrs Jenny" (Vixen, Coaxer, Slammekin, Trull, Jenny) 0:58 (Apr 1991)
  44. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Noble Captain, you are welcome" (Lockit, Macheath) 1:32 (Apr 1991)
  45. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Man may escape from rope and gun" (Macheath) 1:46 (Apr 1991)
  46. What Shall I Do to Show How Much I Love Her 2:14 (03 Dec 1996)
  47. The Beggar's Opera, end of Act II (1 of 3) 1:06 (2007)
  48. The Beggar's Opera, end of Act II (2 of 3) 2:51 (2007)
  49. The Beggar's Opera, end of Act II (3 of 3) 1:56 (2007)
  50. Overture 2:46 ()
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Credited as (5)

  1. John Gay
  2. John Gay, Benjamin Britten; Philip Langridge, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, John Rawnsley, Yvonne Kenny, Nuala Willis, Christopher Gillett, Steuart Bedford
  3. Sir Malcolm Sargent, Pro Arte Orchestra & John Gay
  4. John Gay, Christopher Pepusch
  5. John Gay / Christopher Pepusch; The Broadside Band, Jeremy Barlow

Works (88)

Composed

  1. The Beggar’s Opera
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Lyrics

  1. Let’s Be Gay
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Libretto

  1. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (1718)
  2. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I (1718)
  3. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II (1718)
  4. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 15. Aria "Love sounds th'alarm" (Acis) (1718)
  5. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 1. Sinfonia (1718)
  6. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 2. Choir "Oh the pleasure of the plains!" (1718)
  7. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 14. Aria "Would you gain the tender creature" (Damon) (1718)
  8. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 9a. Duet "Happy we" (Galatea, Acis) (1718)
  9. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 7. Aria "Love in her eyes sits playing" (Acis) (1718)
  10. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 18. Recitativo "Help, Galatea!" (Acis) (1718)
  11. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 19. Choir "Mourn, all ye muses!" (1718)
  12. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 20a. Solo with Choir "Must I my Acis still bemoan" (Galatea, choir) (1718)
  13. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 20c. Recitativo "'Tis done" (Galatea) (1718)
  14. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 21. Aria "Heart, the seat of soft delight" (Galatea) (1718)
  15. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 22. Choir "Galatea, dry thy tears" (1718)
  16. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 12a. Recitativo "Whither, fairest, art thou running" (Polyphemus) (1718)
  17. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 13. Aria "Cease to beauty to be suing" (Polyphemus) (1718)
  18. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 14a. Recitativo "His hideous love provokes my rage" (Acis) (1718)
  19. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 16. Aria "Consider, fond shepherd, how fleeting's the pleasure" (Damon) (1718)
  20. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 16a. Recitativo "Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth" (Galatea) (1718)
  21. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 17. Trio "The flocks shall leave the mountains" (Galatea, Acis, Polyphemus) (1718)
  22. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 7a. Recitative "Oh! Didst thou know the pains of absent love" (Galatea) (1718)
  23. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 8. Aria "As when the dove laments her love" (Galatea) (1718)
  24. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 9b. Choir "Happy we" (1718)
  25. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 10. Choir "Wretched lovers!" (1718)
  26. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 11. Recitativo accompagnato "I rage, I melt, I burn!" (Polyphemus) (1718)
  27. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 12. Aria "O ruddier than the cherry" (Polyphemus) (1718)
  28. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 3. Recitative "Ye verdant plains and woody mountains" (Galatea) (1718)
  29. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 4. Aria "Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!" (Galatea) (1718)
  30. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 5. Aria "Where shall I seek the charming fair?" (Acis) (1718)
  31. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 5a. Recitative "Stay, shepherd, stay!" (Damon) (1718)
  32. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 6. Aria "Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?" (Damon) (1718)
  33. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 6a. Recitative: "Lo! Here my love!" (Acis) (1718)
  34. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Look ye, Mrs Jenny" (Vixen, Coaxer, Slammekin, Trull, Jenny)
  35. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Noble Captain, you are welcome" (Lockit, Macheath)
  36. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Man may escape from rope and gun" (Macheath)
  37. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Dear Mrs Coaxer, you are welcome" (Macheath)
  38. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Youth's the season made for joys" (Macheath, Jenny, Coaxer, Vixen, Brazen)
  39. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Before the barn door crowing" (Jenny, Macheath, Trull, Tawdry, Slammekin, Vixen)
  40. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "The gamesters and lawyers are jugglers alike" (Jenny, Tawdry, Macheath)
  41. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "I seize you, sir, as my prisoner" (Peachum, Macheath)
  42. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure" (Macheath, Peachum)
  43. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "But pr'ythee, Matt, what is become of thy brother Tom?" (Ben, Matt, Jemmy, Jack, Wat, Robin, Ned, Harry)
  44. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company)
  45. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Gentlemen, well met" (Macheath, Matt)
  46. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Let us take the road" (Matt)
  47. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "What a fool is a fond wench!" (Macheath)
  48. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "If the heart of a man is deprest with cares" (Macheath, Drawer)
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Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80045862
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118716573
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80045862
  4. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=6814
  5. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6pn93p6
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb120125386
  7. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-831152
  8. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL116858A

IMSLP

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Gay,_John

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/625997

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310774/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/2480890

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321660

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