Thomas Moore :: APPENDIX DATES OF MOORE'S PUBLICATIONS

APPENDIX DATES OF MOORE'S PUBLICATIONS

The kindness of Mr. Andrew Gibson allows me to reprint from a privately circulated pamphlet the following catalogue, compiled by him for his Lecture (delivered in Belfast), on "Thomas Moore and his First Editions"[1]:—

List showing the order in which the various Editions were taken up in the course of Mr. Gibson's Lecture; and giving, together with the sizes, the actual or supposed dates of publication.[2]

Works with music are distinguished by an asterisk.

1. The Odes of Anacreon. 4to. 1800.[3]
2. The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, Esq. 8vo. 1801.
3. Sheet Songs*:[4]
(a) Published by F. Rhames, No. 16 Exchange Street,
Dublin, before Sir John Stevenson received
his knighthood in 1803:—
Buds of Roses, Virgin Flowers, a chearful Glee,
for 4 voices, the poetry translated from
Anacreon by T. Moore, Esqr. The Music
composed (& respectfully dedicated to the
Honble. Augustus Barry) by J.A. Stevenson,
Mus. D. Price Is. 6d. British.
Though Fate, my Girl, a Canzonet with an
Accompaniment for the Piano Forte or Harp,
the Poetry by Thos. Moore, Esqr. The Music
Composed by J.A. Stevenson, Mus. D.
Price 1/1.
Dear! in pity do not speak, a Canzonet for
two Voices, with an Accompaniment for the
Piano Forte or Harp, the Poetry by Thos.
Moore, Esqr., set to Music by J.A. Stevenson,
Mus. D. Price 1s.
Scotch Song [Mary, I believ'd thee true] with an
Accompaniment for the Piano Forte or Harp,
the Poetry by Thos. Moore, Esqr., the
Music Composed by J.A. Stevenson, Mus. D.
Price 6d.
(b) Music as well as words by Moore. Published by
Carpenter, Old Bond Street, London:—
Oh Lady Fair! A Ballad for Three Voices.
Dedicated to the Rt. Honble. Lady Charlotte
Rawdon. 1802.
When Time who steals our years away. A Ballad
dedicated to Mrs. Henry Tighe of Rosanna.
Fly from the World O Bessy to me.
Farewell Bessy.
Good Night.
Friend of my Soul.
(c) "Dublin, Published by F. Rhames, 16 Exchange
Street. Price 3 British Shillings":—
Give me the Harp. A Chorus Glee, with an
Accompaniment for two Performers on one
Piano Forte. Sung with great applause at the
Irish Harmonic Club on Wednesday, the 4th
May, 1803, when that Society had the Honor
of entertaining His Excellency Earl Hardwicke.
The Words translated from Anacreon
by Thomas Moore, Esqr. The Music composed
by Sir John A. Stevenson, Mus. Doc.
(d) "London, Printed for James Carpenter, Old Bond
Street. 1805":—
A Canadian Boat Song [Faintly as tolls the
evening chime] Arranged for Three Voices.
By Thomas Moore, Esqr.
4. Epistles, Odes, and other Poems. 4to. 1806.
5. Irish Melodies. First Number. Fol. [1808]*.[5]
6. Irish Melodies. Second Number. Fol. [1808]*.
7. Corruption and Intolerance: two Poems. 8vo. 1808.
8. The Sceptic: a Philosophical Satire. 8vo. 1809.[6]
9. Irish Melodies. Third Number. Fol. [1810]*.
10. A Letter to the Roman Catholics of Dublin. 8vo. 1810.
11. A Melologue upon National Music. ?Fol. [1811]*.[7]
12. M.P. or The Blue Stocking. Sm. fol. [1811]*.
13. M.P. or The Blue-Stocking. 8vo. 1811.[8]
14. Irish Melodies. Fourth Number. Fol. [1811]*.[9]
15. Intercepted Letters; or, The Twopenny Postbag. 8vo. 1813.
16. Irish Melodies. Fifth Number. Fol. [1813]*.[10]
17. A Collection of the Vocal Music of Thomas Moore.
Sm. fol. [1814]*.
18. Irish Melodies. Sixth Number. Fol. [1815]*.[11]
19. The World at Westminster. A Periodical Publication.
2 vols. 12mo. 1816.
20. Sacred Songs. First Number. Fol. [1816]*.[12]
21. Lalla Rookh. 4to. 1817.
22. The Fudge Family in Paris. 8vo. 1818.
23. National Airs. First Number. Sm. fol. 1818*.[13]
24. Irish Melodies. Seventh Number. Fol. 1818*.[14]
25. Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress. 8vo. 1819.
26. National Airs. Second Number. Sm. fol. 1820*.
27. Irish Melodies, with a Melologue upon National Music.
8vo. 1820.
28. Irish Melodies. Eighth Number. Fol. 1821*.[15]
29. Irish Melodies, by Thomas Moore, Esq. With an
Appendix, containing the Original Advertisements
and the Prefatory Letter on Music. 8vo. 1821.[16]
30. National Airs. Third Number. Sm. fol. 1822*.
31. National Airs. Fourth Number. Sm. fol. 1822*.
32. The Loves of the Angels, a Poem. 8vo. 1823.
33. The Loves of the Angels, an Eastern Romance. The
Fifth Edition. 8vo. 1823.[17]
34. Fables for the Holy Alliance, Rhymes on the Road,
etc., etc. 8vo. 1823.
35. Sacred Songs. Second Number. Fol. [1824]*.
36. Irish Melodies. Ninth Number. Fol. [1824]*.
37. Memoirs of Captain Rock. 12mo. 1824.
38. Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard
Brinsley Sheridan. 4to. 1825.
39. National Airs. Fifth Number. Sm. fol. [1826]*.
40. Evenings in Greece. First Evening. Sm. fol. [1826]*.
41. The Epicurean, a Tale. 12mo. 1827.
42. National Airs. Sixth Number. Sm. fol. [1827]*.
43. A Set of Glees. Sm. fol. [1827]*.
44. Odes upon Cash, Corn, Catholics, and other Matters. 8vo. 1828.
45. Legendary Ballads. Sm. fol. [1830]*.
46. Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: with Notices of
his Life. 2 vols., 4to., 1830.[18]
47. The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. 2 vols., 8vo. 1831.
48. The Summer FÊte. Sm. fol. [1831]*.
49. Evenings in Greece. [Second Evening]. Sm. fol. [1832]*.
50. The Works of Lord Byron: with his Letters and
Journals, and his Life. 17 vols., 8vo. 1832-33.
51. Travels of an Irish Gentleman in search of a Religion.
2 vols., 8vo. 1833.
52. Irish Melodies. Tenth Number. [With Supplement]. Fol. [1834]*.
53. Vocal Miscellany. Number 1. Sm. fol. [1834]*.
54. Vocal Miscellany. Number 2. Sm. fol. [1835]*.
55. The Fudge Family in England. 8vo. 1835.
56. The History of Ireland. First Volume. 8vo. 1835.
57. The History of Ireland. Second Volume. 8vo. 1837.
58. Alciphron, a Poem. 8vo. 1839.
59. The History of Ireland. Third Volume. 8vo. 1840.
60. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. Collected by
himself. 10 vols., 8 vo. 1840-41.
61. The History of Ireland. Fourth Volume. 8vo. 1846.[19]

[1] I have altered the dates given for the first and second numbers of Irish Melodies in accordance with Mr. Gibson's recent discoveries.—S.G.

[2] Copies of all the editions were exhibited, with the exception of Nos. 8, 11, 13, and 46.

[3] A copy of the second edition, 2 vols. 8vo., 1802, also was shown.

[4] These were only given as a selection.

[5] This edition ends at page 68. Copies of the first reprints, ending at page 51, also were exhibited.

It is to be understood that copies of the Dublin editions and the London editions (both copyright), up to the seventh number, were shown.

[6] A copy is in the British Museum.

[7] This is advertised in William and James Power's trade lists of the period. It is thus referred to in a letter from Moore to his mother, dated "Saturday, May 1811":—"I have been these two or three days past receiving most flattering letters from the persons to whom I sent my Melologue." Kent, in his edition of "The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore," makes the "Melologue" an integral part of the "National Airs," and states the following in reference to the latter:—"Another collection of songs, not unworthy of being placed in companionship with the Irish Melodies, appeared from the hand of Moore in 1815." But the "Melologue" was produced in 1811, as has now been shown, and the first number of the "National Airs" did not make its appearance until 1818, while the last one was only originally published in 1827.

[8] A copy is in the British Museum.

[9] In the London edition the Advertisement is dated "Bury-Street, St. James's, Nov., 1811," whereas in the Dublin edition it is dated "London,—January, 1812."

[10] The London and Dublin editions have each the following "Erratum" annexed to the Advertisement:—"The Reader of the Words is requested to take notice of an alteration (which was made too late to be conveniently printed) in the first verse of the first Song, 'Thro' Erin's Isle'; he will find the verses, in their corrected form, engraved under the Music, Pages 2 and 3."

[11] In the London edition the Advertisement is dated "Mayfield, Ashbourne, March, 1815." In the Dublin edition it has "April" instead of "March."

[12] The London edition imprint reads:—"London, Published by J. Power, 34, Strand." The Dublin edition imprint reads:—"Dublin. Published by W. Power 4 Westmorland St."

[13] The London edition imprint reads:—"London, Published April 23rd, 1818, by J. Power, "34, Strand." The Dublin edition imprint reads:—"Dublin, Published 6th July 1818, by W. Power 4 Westmorland Street."

[14] The London edition imprint reads:—"London, Published October 1st 1818, by J. Power, 34, Strand." The Dublin edition imprint reads:—"Dublin, Published 9th Decr. 1818, by W. Power, 4, Westmorland Street."

[15] The Symphonies and Accompaniments in the London edition are by Henry R. Bishop. Those in the Dublin edition are by Sir John Stevenson.

I exhibited copies of both editions, and read to my audience a telling Advertisement by William Power in the Dublin edition, in which he states that "with him originated the idea of uniting the Irish Melodies to characteristic words."

Moore had already entered into a new agreement with James Power, who had not permitted his brother to share in it; and in July 1821, "James Power, of the Strand, London, Music Seller, obtained an injunction to restrain William Power, of Westmorland Street, Dublin, from publishing a pirated edition of the Eighth Number of Moore's Irish Melodies"—vide "Notes from the Letters of Thomas Moore to his Music Publisher, James Power," page 88.

[16] The manuscript of the Dedication and the Preface, in Moore's handwriting, also was exhibited. It is the property of Mr. William Swanston.

[17] The copy shown belongs to Mr. Robert May.

[18] A copy of the third edition, 3 vols. 8vo., 1833, was exhibited. I have since obtained a copy of the first edition.

[19] Having spoken for nearly two hours, I found it necessary to refrain from also referring to the following, together with several other works:—

1. Memoirs, Journals, and Correspondence of Thomas Moore. Edited by the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, M.P. 8 vols. 8vo., 1853-56.

2. Notes from the Letters of Thomas Moore to his Music Publisher, James Power (the publication of which was suppressed in London). 8vo. [1854].

3. Prose and Verse, Humorous, Satirical and Sentimental. By Thomas Moore. With suppressed passages from the Memoirs of Lord Byron. Chiefly from the Author's own Manuscript, and all hitherto inedited and uncollected. 8vo. 1878.

The last-named publication includes the contributions of Moore to the Edinburgh Review, between 1814 and 1834.

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