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Tuesday 4 October 2011

Irish Classical Music Pioneers


This Wordpress blog by author Basil Walsh is jam-packed full of useful information about Irish classical music history - including John Stevenson, who was Thomas Moore's arranger. (Whatever Moore achieved with his evocative lyrics, he would not have got the same widespread acclaim without Stevenson's settings.)


Info about Walsh himself:-
About: Basil Walsh
http://www.britishandirishworld.com/
Published Author--19th century opera biographies of Irish born classical musicians and performers. Contributor to The Opera Quarterly, OPERA magazine, Dictionary of Irish Biography, Encyclopedia of Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics and History, History Ireland Magazine, Encyclopedia of Music in Ireland, GROVE music publications etc.

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