Talk:John Gay

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My CD of Britnica ready reference says "The Beggar's Opera" with a "The" and a singular Beggar, not several Beggars. Needs looking into, I think -- Tarquin 18:40 Dec 28, 2002 (UTC)

As far as I can tell the current correct title is "The Beggar's Opera," as you state. BTW, biographical info I added is from the 1911 Encyclopedia, edited and at least partially brought up to stylistic date. -- Dreamword 21:26 Jan 17, 2003 (UTC)


 * Yes, investigation suggests that "Beggar's" is the way Mr Gay wrote it. Presumably it's meant to be for "a beggar" to enjoy, rather than being about several "beggars", which is what I originally thought (never having seen it - shock horror...) Deb


 * As I understand it, it's called The Beggar's Opera because it's presented as having been written by a beggar. --Paul A

I have found a picture of a chair in a book English Chairs by Ralph Edwards, picture 57, which is said to be Gay's writing chiar, dated about 1720. is this relevant? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.181.143.3 (talk) 22:43, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Genealogy
John Gay is related to the French playright of the early 1800's France = Sophie Gay Girardin and myself. For a full Gay genealogy if any one is interested can be found on my website http://wayneray.ca WayneRay 02:33, 3 May 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

Composer / librettist pondering
Has anyone insight into the question why this work is 'attributed' to Gay instead of Pepusch when he the latter seems to have produced most of the music? I mean no opera reference book lists works by the names of librettists! -- N eo fe lis N eb ul osa (моє обговорення)  (May 10, 00:28)


 * Pepusch didn't produce most of the music. His sole contribution was an overture preceding the first act.  He did conduct the orchestra during the performance, but all the music was taken from pre-existing ballads.  "The Beggar's Opera," which is really more a musical than an opera, can't be credited to anyone but John Gay.

Trivia (poem)
Hello, I was wondering if anyone here might be able to contribute to the article for John Gay's poem, Trivia? I've put some ideas on the talk page. Thanks. KZF 14:31, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

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Copyright violation?
Much of the text in this article appears to have been lifted directly from the Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Ed., Vol. VII. , which is excerpted and credited at: http://www.luminarium.org/eightlit/gay/gaybio.htm 71.145.128.77 (talk) 08:44, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Dated 1910. Isn't that out of copyright? -- Klein zach  09:20, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure - in some cases it's life of the author plus 50 or 70 years, I don't know how it works with Encyclopedias - it seemed like it was worth raising the question. At the very least, I feel that the origin of the text should be credited regardless of the formal copyright. 71.145.128.77 (talk) 10:16, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not entirely sure what Wikipedia's outlines for citing are, but regardless of copyright issues, shouldn't it be properly cited, if not paraphrased? I mean, that seems to be good scholarly practice to begin with, regardless of public domain. Stevewatson91 (talk) 14:16, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

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