Irish Melodies
Overview
Words and music from parts 1-9 of Moore's Irish Melodies (which were originally published 1808-1824). With musical analysis of each melody.
Dates
- Creation: between 1824 and 1834
Creator
- Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 volume : "Irish Melodies. Notice prefixed to Powers Edition, London 1807...".Pages 1-255, followed by ca 50 blank pages. Last leaf torn out.Watermark shows "...J. Annandale 1815..."Bound in ruddy-brown smooth calf with gilt and blind rolls and stamps.Spine-title: NOTES VOLUME X. ; 32.7 x 21 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS E125
Custodial History
Leicestershire [?]: Loughborough?? [guess based on printed material laid in] No. 274 in a Halliday catalogue (Bernard Halliday, Leicester). Apparently bought by Ps O'Hegarty from Halliday about December 20, 1937.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
O'Hegarty acquisition.
Separated Materials
The printed material listed below was found laid in the volume and sent to the Music Library in 1973.
1. Program from Loughborough Musical Society March 14, 1899.
2. Score "6 Kyries by C.H. Briggs, composed for... All Saints Church, Loughborough"
Additional Information
A fair copy. Not in Moore's hand.
- Title
- Guide to the Thomas Moore Collection
- Subtitle
- Irish Melodies
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, September 29, 1983. Finding aid encoded by mg, 2005.
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0853242331
- Preferred citation
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Thomas Moore Collection , Department of Special Collections, MS E125, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository