Browse Exhibits (3 total)

Moore's Irish Melodies in Europe

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This exhibit, drawn from the collection 'Moore's Irish Melodies: Texts and Illustrations', traces the publication of collected editions of the lyrics across space (Europe) and time (between 1808-1880) by presenting their title page and a selected lyric. Prefatory material or a sample of the binding (through display of the cover) will sometimes feature as well.

'Moore's Irish Melodies in Europe' and its associated collection concentrate on editions dedicated to Moore's Irish Melodies, or sigificant collections of Moore's poetical works.

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The dissemination of Thomas Moore's National Airs in nineteenth-century Europe

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This exhibition brings together early printed music sources from Special Collections & Archives, Queen's University Belfast and the British Library Music Collections. Focusing on the period 1811-1839, it documents the publication of Thomas Moore's (1779-1852) National Airs together with national airs by European composers Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Carl Czerny (1791-1857) and Edward Jones (1752-1824). The exhibition includes digitised copies of title pages, illustrations and musical works from nineteenth-century printed editions of national airs by Thomas Moore, Beethoven, Czerny and Jones.

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The tales and travels of Lalla Rookh

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 This exhibition allows the reader to experience the story of Moore's Lalla Rookh through a selection of the music and illustrations that Moore's oriental romance inspired. The circulation of illustrated editions and musical scores across space (Europe) and time (between 1817 and 1880) may also be explored. The images displayed here are but a selection from the complementary OMEKA collection, 'Lalla Rookh in 19th-century Europe'.

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