Research Catalog

Title

Sources and style in Moore's Irish melodies / Una Hunt.

Author

Hunt, Una

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

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Details

Description

xv, 190 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Once regarded as Ireland's national bard, Thomas Moore's lasting reputation rests on the ten immensely popular collections of drawing-room songs known as the Irish Melodies, published between 1808 and 1834. Moore drew on anthologies of ancient music, breathing new life into the airs and bringing them before a global audience for the very first time. Recognizing the unique beauty of the airs as well as their symbolic significance, these qualities were often interwoven into the verses providing potent political commentary along with a new cultural perspective. At home and abroad, Moore's Melodies created a realm of influence that continued to define Irish culture for many decades to come. Notwithstanding the far-reaching appeal and success of the collections, Moore has only recently begun to receive serious attention from scholars. Una Hunt provides the first detailed study of Moore's Irish Melodies from a combined musical and literary standpoint by drawing on a practical understanding and an unrivalled performance experience of the songs. The initial two chapters contextualize Moore and his songs through a detailed examination of their sources and style while the following chapters concentrate on the collaborative work provided by the composers Sir John Stevenson and Henry Rowley Bishop. Chapters 5 and 6 reappraise musical sources and Moore's adaptation of these, supported and illustrated by the Table of Sources in the Appendix. Book jacket.

Subject

• Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
• Stevenson, John, 1761-1833
• Bishop, Henry R. 1786-1855
• Stevenson, John, 1761-1833
• Irish melodies (Moore, Thomas)
• 1800-1899
• Songs, English > Ireland > 19th century > History and criticism
• Music and literature > Ireland > History > 19th century
• Music and literature
• Songs, English
• Ireland

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History

Note

• "An Ashgate book"--Front cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1 Political reference and literary influence 13 -- 2 Thomas Moore and music 35 -- 3 The songs and Sir John Stevenson 55 -- 4 Working with Henry Rowley Bishop 78 -- 5 Sources of the Irish Melodies, a re-evaluation 97 -- 6 Alterations to the airs 108 -- 7 New perspectives on sources and style 135.

ISBN

• 9781409405610
• 1409405613
• 9781315443003 (canceled/invalid)
• 1315443007 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2016037863

OCLC

• 957223403
• SCSB-10357222

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library