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A selection of Irish melodies / with symphonies and accompaniments by John Stevenson and characteristic words by Thomas Moore.

Record ID
70995
Accession number
PMM 123
Creator
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
Object title

A selection of Irish melodies / with symphonies and accompaniments by John Stevenson and characteristic words by Thomas Moore.

Uniform title
Irish melodies
Published
London : J. Power, [1808-1834]
Notes
The complete set consists of 10 numbers and a supplement.
Principally songs for 1-4 voices with piano acc., but also some arr. for piano, 4-hands.
English words.
Each no. has a separate, illustrated t.p.
No. 8-10: With symphonies and accompaniments by H.R. Bishop.
Publication dates of the complete set from pref. to no. 1 and dedication in no. 10; some ill. also dated.
Pl. no.: 50 (no. 1-2 = v. 1), 51 (no. 3-4 = v. 2), 210 (no. 5-6 = v. 3), 404, 852.
Library's set (one of three, each incomplete) contains no. 1-2 (= 1st/2nd "numbers" of "volume 1"), no. 3 (= 1st "number" of "volume 2). and no. 5 (= 1st "number" of "volume 3"), published 1808-1813; dimensions, 35 cm.
No. 3 may be a first edition; Nos. 1, 2, and 5 are later issues. Cf. Percy Muir, "Thomas Moore's Irish melodies 1808-1834" in: The colophon, 15 (1933).
Associated names
Stevenson, John, Sir, 1761-1833.
Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), Sir, 1786-1855.
Power, J., publisher.