Tomorrow, Tuesday 22nd January, the Whittaker Library is hosting an event by Dr Margaret Bennett and Kath Hardie, with extra input by two of our Honours Year Scottish Music students, Robyn Stapelton and Ainsley Hamilton.
It's at 5 pm in the Whittaker Library, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Come along!
Showing posts with label Thomas Moore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas Moore. Show all posts
Monday, 21 January 2013
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Letitia Hill loved her Selection of Irish Melodies ...
... but Letitia didn't have the complete set. Nonetheless, she had them bound, sometime prior to 1830. There are three parts of the Selection of Irish Melodies, a few single songs composed by Stevenson to texts by Moore, Walter Scott and T. Lyster; and a couple of songs by John Clarke. All but one of the items was published in both Dublin and London, which suggests Letitia's book has an Irish connection.
Her volume of songs has just been added to our Special Collections. (Is there a special rare books term for a volume of separately published items, bound by the collector, or do we just call it a "collector's volume"? )
http://prism.talis.com/rcs/items?query=letitia+hill+stevenson
The non-Irish item at the end of the volume? Dale's Collection of Reels and Dances, no.17 (pp.65-68), published by Joseph Dale in London, and sold at 19 Cornhill opposite the Royal Exchange, and other venues.
Contents are summarised in the catalogue link above; however,a full listing of contents can be supplied on request.
Her volume of songs has just been added to our Special Collections. (Is there a special rare books term for a volume of separately published items, bound by the collector, or do we just call it a "collector's volume"? )
http://prism.talis.com/rcs/items?query=letitia+hill+stevenson
The non-Irish item at the end of the volume? Dale's Collection of Reels and Dances, no.17 (pp.65-68), published by Joseph Dale in London, and sold at 19 Cornhill opposite the Royal Exchange, and other venues.
Contents are summarised in the catalogue link above; however,a full listing of contents can be supplied on request.
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Irish Classical Music Pioneers
This Wordpress blog by author Basil Walsh is jam-packed full of useful information about Irish classical music history - including John Stevenson, who was Thomas Moore's arranger. (Whatever Moore achieved with his evocative lyrics, he would not have got the same widespread acclaim without Stevenson's settings.)
Info about Walsh himself:-
About: Basil Walsh
http://www.britishandirishworld.com/
Published Author--19th century opera biographies of Irish born classical musicians and performers. Contributor to The Opera Quarterly, OPERA magazine, Dictionary of Irish Biography, Encyclopedia of Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics and History, History Ireland Magazine, Encyclopedia of Music in Ireland, GROVE music publications etc.
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