• Selected Poetry of John Gay (Representative Poetry Online)
• Beggar's Opera
• A Collaborative Aid to the Study of the Airs--provides a table tracking each song to its source, when known.
• Renascence Editions--Full-text
• The Contemplator's History of the Beggar's Opera--Provides a history, plus machine-generated melodies for the airs that are helpful, if annoying.
• Victoria Conservatory of Music Factsheet
• Songs from the Beggar's Opera

 

 

November 2000
Roxanne Kent-Drury