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Beggar's opera
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Description	As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Gay. To which is added, the musick engrav'd on copper-plates.
Shelfmark	Glen.172(1)
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Dates / events:	1728 [Date published]
Person / organisation:	Watts, John, -1763 [Publisher] Gay, John, 1685-1732 [Author]
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Composite volume
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Description	Containing The beggar's opera, and Polly: an opera. Being the second part of the beggar's opera, and The beggar's wedding. A new opera.
Shelfmark	Glen.172(1-3)
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record
Attribution and copyright:	Out of copyright - The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Operas & operettas Music (discipline)
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Glen Collection of printed music
Description	Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject.

Special collections of printed music
Description	The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi.