Peggy
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn Matava| Song Title | Peggy (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Thomas Augustine Arne |
| Author(s): | Anonymous |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Actors; Admiration; Adorning; Appreciation; Beauty; Beauty Without Equal; Best; Breasts; Brightening; Charms; Darling; Day; Excelling; Eyes; Fair; Faults; Fools; Love; Mind; Muses; Noon; Peggy; Phoebus; Praise; Prizing; Prudes; Shining; Singing; Strains; Tongues; Virtue; Woffington, Peg |
| First Line | Tho' Peggy's charms have oft been sung (Search) |
| Larger Work | Clio and Euterpe, Vol. II (Search) |
| Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://books.google.com/books/about/Reliquary_of_English_Song_Series_2_1700.html?id=Y6kQAAAAYAAJ |
| Difficulty Level | HS (Search) |
| Range: | E4 - G5 (Search) |
| Original Key | F Major (Search) |
| Notes | Peg Woffington was a celebrated Irish actress who performed on the largest stages in London during the mid 18th century. She played many trouser roles as well as leading female roles. She was the first female member of the previously male-only club, The Sublime Society of Steaks, was elected president. The text of this song was "written during her last engagement at Drury Lane, and afterwards reprinted in The Gentleman's Magazine." (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Reliquary of English Song, Vol. 2 (Search) |
| Sources Cited | Woffington: a tribute to the actress and the woman. Daly, Augustin. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/945117572 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_Woffington (Search) |
| Contributor | SHK (Search) |