The Ballad Operas of the 18th Century in the English-Speaking Countries

FAIN: FA-10710-73

Walter H. Rubsamen
UCLA; Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA 90024-4201)

To analyze the effect of the essentially national music (British, Scottish, Irish and American) of the Ballad Opera upon the playgoing public of the time. To make: 1) a descriptive list of the ballad operas and their musical contents and 2) an edition of the melodies themselves, which will serve as an encyclopedia of popular song in Britain and America during the Gerogian age and the Revolution.