{"id":72,"date":"2016-02-20T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/?p=72"},"modified":"2016-02-20T12:00:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T12:00:56","slug":"spot-the-difference-moores-national-airs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/erin\/2016\/02\/20\/spot-the-difference-moores-national-airs\/","title":{"rendered":"SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: MOORE’S NATIONAL AIRS"},"content":{"rendered":"

20 February 2016<\/p>\n

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Moore’s National Airs Number 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During October and November I spent time examining 32 editions of Moore\u2019s National Airs extant in Special Collections at the McClay Library, Queen\u2019s University Belfast.\u00a0 Original titles for Moore\u2019s National Airs include National Melodies<\/i> and Airs of all Countries<\/i>.\u00a0 Examination of Moore\u2019s letters show that his publisher, James Power, appears to have proposed the former title while the poet-songwriter\u2019s own preference was for the latter title.\u00a0 I believe that what eventually became the final title, i.e. National Airs, encompasses the best of what was proposed while also capturing the essence of this particular song series.<\/p>\n

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Moore’s National Airs Number 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The images in this blog show the title pages from two different editions of the First Number of National Airs.\u00a0 The edition shown in the first image was published by James Power, 34 Strand, London and bears the date of publication; April 23rd 1818.\u00a0 The edition shown in the second image was published by James\u2019 brother William who was based at 4 Westmorland Street, Dublin.\u00a0 Each title page provides us with information about the various individuals involved in creating these early editions; the composer of the piano accompaniments was Sir John Stevenson; the words, of course, were by Thomas Moore; both title pages include an illustration drawn by T. [Thomas] Stothard.\u00a0 Do you notice any differences between the two title pages?\u00a0 They may be somewhat difficult to identify in the photographs.\u00a0 The price shown on the James Power edition (on left) is 12 shillings, the price shown on the William Power edition is 13 shillings.\u00a0 Despite including an illustration by the same artist each publisher engaged a different engraver; J. Mitan is the engraver attributed on James Power\u2019s edition and Martyn of Dublin is the engraver attributed on William Power\u2019s edition.\u00a0 If you enjoyed this post share it on Twitter and Facebook.\u00a0 Thank you!<\/p>\n

Images Courtesy of Special Collections, The McClay Library, Queen\u2019s University Belfast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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