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Offline pamj

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J C Pepusch
on: June 29, 2014, 11:53:13 PM
Can anyone identify the primary source in the works of J C Pepusch on which the piano arrangement known as "The Joyous Little Brook" was based?
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Re: J C Pepusch
Reply #1 on: June 30, 2014, 12:23:04 AM
It is, I think, part of Airs from the Beggar's Opera. A selection arranged for pianoforte by Alfred Moffat.

Whilst Pepusch wrote the overture and did the arranging for the Beggars Opera, the actual songs used were from a wide variety of sources and he was not the original composer.
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Re: J C Pepusch
Reply #2 on: June 30, 2014, 12:13:39 PM
Many thanks for that suggestion. I've located a second hand copy of that album selection (Airs from Beggar's Op arr Moffat) and will check it out.
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