Sources and Style in Moore’s Irish Melodies
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Hunt’s book is an invaluable and groundbreaking resource that all future scholars or students of the Irish Melodies will need to read.
Jeffery Vail, Boston University, USA
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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. Les mer
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.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Routledge
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 216
- ISBN
- 9780367231453
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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«
Hunt’s book is an invaluable and groundbreaking resource that all future scholars or students of the Irish Melodies will need to read.
Jeffery Vail, Boston University, USA
»