German-born Johann Christoph Pepusch spent much of his career working in London, where he founded the Academy of Ancient Music and found fame with his music for John Gay’s “Beggar’s Opera”. Lucie Skeaping talks to Robert Rawson of Canterbury Christ Church University about the extraordinary life and music of this now-neglected 18th-century composer.
I seem to remember a quote, "It [The Beggar's Opera] made Gay rich and Rich gay". Or was it the other way round?
I seem to remember a quote, "It [The Beggar's Opera] made Gay rich and Rich gay". Or was it the other way round?
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