“Peg O' My Heart”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1913
name: label: lyricist
content: Bryan, Alfred
label: composer
content: Fisher, Fred
label: performer
content: Taylor, Laurette
label: publisher
content: Leo Feist, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The sheet music for the song, “Peg of My Heart,” was written by Alfred Bryan and composed by Fred Fisher. The sheet music was published by Leo Feist Inc., of New York, New York in 1913. The song was “written around J. Hartley Manners wonderful character ‘Peg’ in Oliver Morosco’s production of the comedy ‘Peg o’ My Heart’ at the Cort Theatre N.Y. , Dedicated to the Star, Miss Laurette Taylor.” The cover features an image of Laurette Taylor seated with a trunk on her lap, cradling a small dog.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Sheet Music
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Wm. Jerry Eagle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0693.11C
label: accession number
content: 1980.0693
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0693.11C
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 33.655 cm x 26.67 cm