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<\/a><\/p>\nERIN, a Horizon 2020 funded research project hosted by Queen\u2019s University Belfast, was launched on 1 September 2015.\u00a0 The aim of this research project is to map Europe\u2019s response to Thomas Moore by examining the dissemination and reception of the Irish Melodies, National Airs and the music associated with Lalla Rookh.\u00a0 This blog is a platform for sharing our work and will allow interested readers to track the progress of our research project while also providing a forum for discussion.\u00a0 We expect to make some exciting discoveries along the way and will be posting content twice a month.<\/p>\n
Irish poet-songwriter Thomas Moore (1779-1852) is a significant nineteenth-century figure, renowned for his articulation of national identity through the creation and exchange of poetry and song.\u00a0 Early printed sources for the Irish Melodies, National Airs and Lalla Rookh are extant in libraries throughout Europe.\u00a0 Our research begins with the Gibson-Massie-Moore Collection housed in Special Collections at the McClay Library, Queen\u2019s University Belfast.\u00a0 The Gibson-Massie-Moore collection is the largest collection of Moore\u2019s published works in the world; it contains over 1,000 volumes of printed music, texts and volumes of illustrations.\u00a0 We will keep you posted as we develop the various outputs of this project.<\/p>\n
Image Courtesy of ContentDM Thomas Moore Music Project<\/p>\n