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D'urfey, Thomas

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D'urfey, Thomas (1653–1723), familiarly known as Tom Durfey, wrote a large number of songs, tales, satires, melodramas, farces, and many adaptions. A friend of Charles II and James II, he was still writing in the reign of Queen Anne, and was one of the most familiar figures of the day, given to singing his own songs in public. His Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy (6 vols, 1719–20) is an interesting collection of songs and ballads.

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Thomas D'Urfey

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Thomas D'Urfey , 1653-1723, English songwriter and dramatist. His comedies for the stage were forerunners of the ballad opera. In 1699-1700 Wit and Mirth; or, Pills to Purge Melancholy, which included his own witty, satirical songs and many older tunes adapted to new lyrics, played in London. This was a major source for ballad operas, including the tunes of John Gay's Beggar's Opera.

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