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Beggar's Opera, The
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Beggar's Opera, The. First and most popular of ballad operas. In 3 acts, arr. and adapted by Christoph Pepusch to a lib. by John Gay. Prod. London, Jan. 1728; NY Dec. 1750. Its 69 tunes are mostly derived from popular ballads of the day. The plot deals with London low life, the ‘hero’ being the highwayman Macheath and the heroine Polly, and is a satire on contemporary politics and on It. operatic conventions. 20th-cent. vogue dates from London revival at Lyric, Hammersmith, in version re-orchestrated and re-harmonized by Frederic
Austin which ran from June 1920 for 1,463 perfs. Other versions by E. J.
Dent (Birmingham 1944),
Britten (Cambridge 1948),
Bliss (film, 1953), Jeremy Barlow (1980), and Muldowney (1982). Milhaud's 3-act
L'Opéra des gueux (1937) is an arr. of
The Beggar's Opera. The Gay-Pepusch sequel
Polly, dating from 1729, was banned by the Lord Chamberlain for nearly 50 years. See also
Weill, Kurt.
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Du soleil pour les gueux, Alain Guiraudie, 2000
Magazine article from: L'Art du Cinema; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Choisir un gendre gueux... ? -Taisez-vous, s'il n'a...Molire, Tartuffe Du Soleil pour les Gueux : le titre du film voque un souhait, c...comme n'allant pas de soi pour les gueux . Titre coup-de-baguette-magique...
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Carta inedita de Miguel de Unamuno a Eugene Baie.(EPISTOLORIO Y DOCUMENTACIÓN)
Magazine article from: Cuadernos de la Catedra Miguel de Unamuno; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...cual comenta su lectura de Le Sicle des Gueux: Le Miroir de l'Escaut. Un estudio...he comments his lecture of Le Sicle des Gueux: Le Miroir de l'Escaut. A previous...conocida y ms ambiciosa fue Le Sicle des Gueux, una historia en seis tomos de la vida...
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Special delivery for Post Office
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 3/6/2004; 420 words
; ...Edinburgh and to play a match against them. Ten players from the Gueux TT Club (near Reims, in the Champagne region) came across...countries. The Post Office Club are to present a quaich to the Gueux Club to commemorate the visit - the first time that anything...
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Sutstituting honey for refined carbohydrates protects rats from hypertriglyceridemic and prooxidative effects of fructose
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...is determined by the type of dietary carbohydrate. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 175: 530-537. 8. Busserolles, J., Gueux, E., Rock, E., Mazur, A., & Rayssiguier, Y. (2002) High fructose feeding of magnesium deficient rats is associated...
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A champagne salute to yesterday's heroes
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 10/5/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...spur drive along the D27 that runs westward from Reims to Gueux. What at first appears to be just another long, straight...Matra-Ford. The earliest version of the circuit went through Gueux, where hazards typical of racing's gung-ho pioneering period...
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1939 Auto Union 'D-Type' grand prix car up for auction.
Magazine article from: CPI Financial; 8/12/2009; 700+ words
; ...de France around the super fast public road course at Reims-Gueux. The 1938-39 V12-cylinder Auto Union racing car - retrospectively...team a wonderful 1-2 success in the French race at Reims-Gueux. It was there that chassis '19' raced for the last time...
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Are you racing to the bottom or the top?
Magazine article from: New Hampshire Business Review; 5/25/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...over other styles because it was so international. With venues like Monaco, Nurburgring in Germany, Monza in Italy, Reims-Gueux in France, Brands Hatch in England, how could you miss? Unfortunately, the cars are no longer pretty to watch, and I no...
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OBIT - TOWNSEND, PHILIP I.
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 6/15/2005; 477 words
; ...Heather Little, Hailey Little and Hannah Little; two sisters, Norma T. Schroeder of Mason City, Iowa and Lucile T. Martin of Gueux, France; and several nieces, nephews and extended family members. The family wishes to thank Gentle Shepherd Hospice and...
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Cosas que pasan.... (chistosas anécdotas sobre conductores de autos; junio 1997)(TT: Things that happen...) (TA: amusing automobile-related anecdotes; June 1997)
Magazine article from: Automundo Magazine; 6/1/1997; 700+ words
; ...moda. El ltimo en batirse ha sido el de la categora reservada a motocicletas impulsadas por un motor elctrico. El francs Bruno Bonhiul alcanz los 205 kilmetros/hora el ao pasado en el circuito de Reims-Gueux con una supermoto elctrica.
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Pierre Brissette, La Malediction litteraire: du poete crotte au genie malheureux.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Romanic Review; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Sorel, Furetiere, Boileau, Moliere et Voltaire, Brissette montre que le poete crotte etait le plus souvent decrit comme un gueux, un jaloux, un calomniateur, un rate depourvu de talent. Tout cela va changer avec Rousseau, qui, en renouant avec les...
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Gueux
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gueux [Fr.,=beggars], 16th-century Dutch revolutionary party. In 1566...sobriquet and the insignia of beggars. The "Beggars of the Sea" (Fr. Gueux de la mer ) were crews of patriotic privateers first chartered in 1569 by...
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William the Silent
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...removal of Granvelle, but under the regency of Margaret of Parma disorders grew in the Netherlands. In 1566 the party of the Gueux was organized with William's connivance, and when Alba was sent to the Netherlands to quell the rebels, William withdrew...
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Middelburg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...important medieval trade center. The last Spanish fortress in Zeeland, it was captured (1574) by the Beggars of the Sea (see Gueux ). Although heavily damaged in World War II and flooded in 1953, Middelburg retains many beautiful old buildings, including...
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Leiden
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...ordered the flooding of the surrounding land by cutting the dikes, thus enabling the fleet of the Beggars of the Sea (see Gueux ) to sail to its relief across the countryside. Leiden became famous as a center of printing after the Elzevir family established...
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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo Alba, duque de
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...invading forces of William the Silent , but he was unable to recover much of the NW Netherlands, which had been taken by the Gueux . In 1573 he was recalled to Spain in disgrace. In 1580, Philip was persuaded to use Alba for the conquest of Portugal. He...
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