| Composition Year | 1687; 1689 |
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| Genre Categories | Pieces; Airs; For harpsichord; |
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| Work Title | A New Scotch Tune |
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| Alternative. Title | Peggy I Must Love Thee |
| Composer | Purcell, Henry |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Z.655 |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IHP 49 |
| Key | G major |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1687; 1689 |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Baroque |
| Piece Style | Baroque |
| Instrumentation | harpsichord |
| External Links | Tune Archive |
| Extra Information | Published in 1687 as 'A Scotch Tune in fashion', in Apollo's Banquet, No.5, Part 3 (fifth edition), for violin or flute (or treble instrument); it appeared for harpsichord in Musick’s Handmaid (Part II, 1689), with the attribution “Mr. H. Purcell”. It became widely known as “Peggy I Must Love Thee” after it was published under that title in Adam Craig’s Scottish collection in 1730. |