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The Irish songwriter, Thomas Moore (1779-1852) enjoyed enormous
popularity during and after his lifetime and his celebrity was
summed up by his friend, Lord Byron, who declared him: "The poet of
all circles and the idol of his own". Yet, despite his seminal role
in the development of Irish national song, few modern editions have
been made available and none focus on the earliest piano
arrangements published during Moore's lifetime and the decades
following his death. This new critical edition collects together
for the first time in one volume selected original arrangements of
the world-famous Irish Melodies for solo voice and duet along with
other successful English-language songs to texts by Moore and
foreign-language settings by Schumann, Mendelssohn, Berlioz and
Duparc. Several aspects were considered in choosing songs such as
their historical significance as well as their usefulness to the
performer and impact in performance and the beauty of the vocal
content and the partnering accompaniments. The Thomas Moore
Songbook will appeal to a broad spectrum of academics,
practitioners and teachers of singing as well as those with a deep
interest in Irish history, culture and heritage.
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.
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.
The rich association between Ireland and France is embodied in
music, art and creative writing from both countries and this
collection provides a tantalising selection of these interweaving
influences. The book presents a vivid picture of interactions
between composers, performers, poets and novelists on each side of
the Celtic Sea. Surprises abound, with music unexpectedly linking
Ireland and France through George Alexander Osborne and Frederic
Chopin, through Thomas Moore and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, through
Irish-inspired French opera and a French-directed Irish orchestra.
Words and music meet in a Kate O'Brien novel, a musical
interpretation of Verlaine and a selection of Paula Meehan's
poetry, while the encounter between wine and music creates new
possibilities for artistic and cultural expression. Exploring the
works and influence of a wide range of figures including James
Joyce, Marcel Proust, Jacques Derrida, J.M. Synge, Helene Cixous,
Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Hector Berlioz, Maurice Ravel, Neil Jordan
and John Field, the essays collected here uncover a wealth of
artistic interconnections between France and Ireland.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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