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Moore's Irish Melodies

Sheet music and words fora selection of 18 of the best-known songs, from the famous Irish Melodies, written by Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

See Summary and Biograhy of Thomas Moore below.

Details

• Condition: NEW,
• Pages:36 pages
• Size: A4 size
• Publisher: Ossian

Song Listing

• Erin the Tear and the Smile
• The Last Rose of Summer
• The Harp that Once through Tara's Halls
• Oft in the Stilly Night
• Believe Me if all those Endearing Young Charms
• Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded ?
• The Meeting of the Waters
• Avenging and Bright
• Let Erin Remember the Days of Old
• The Minstrel Boy
• Fly not Yet
• Oh, Blame not the Bard
• Farewell but, whenver you Welcome the Hour
• The Young May Moon
• My Gentle Harp
• Silent, Oh Moyle !
• How Dear To Me the Hour
• She is Far from the Land

Moore's Melodies

In this selection of Tom Moore's best-known airs, all titles except one were taken from his famous Irish Melodies which were published in instalments between 1807 and 1834. 'Oft In the Stilly Night' comes from National Airs, published in parts between 1818 and 1827. This particular edition of the airs has been reproduced from an easy-arrangements book of Irish airs, published at the turn of the century.

Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore, the son of a grocer and wine merchant, was born in Dublin in 1779. While studying law in London as a young man in his twenties, he rapidly became quite well-known with his talents for singing, acting and his own poetry. Am man of the world, he travelled widely and was friendly with many of the great men and women of his age.

After many adventures and worldwide socializing, he started up with the publication of various collections of poetry and eventually, in 1807 commenced the Melodies, ,being his own poetry set to traditional Irish airs. Over a period of twenty-seven years Moore provided himself with a secure income; his ten volumes of twelve songs apiece gained him a hundred guineas for each song, netting a toal of £12.8.10, a substantial sum of money inthose days.

The fame of the Melodies spread across Europe andAmerica and it would be true to say that Moore's effort set the pace for what was to become the nineteenth century craze for parlour-balladry. Both Beethoven and Berlioz thought highly of hte songs and provided new settings. Although he may be considered as an ingenious and commercially successful poet, he did at times suffer from boutsof big-headedness.

The poet Byron, whoh became friendly with Moore, wen both were inItaly, entrusted Moore withhis memoirs. Moore eventuallysold these to a publisher, bought them back again, andthen burned th whole lot while starting to write his own account of Byron's life. Other writings included satires, odes and light prose, Lalla Rookh, published in 1812, an oriental romance by Moore, was again warmly received. Thomas Moore died ast his home, Sloperton Cottage in England in 1852 and was buried in Bromham churchyard.