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music societies in ireland during the nineteenth century
of musical performances, even though many of them were not accessible
to the general public. Our look at the musical activities in an administra-
tive, an industrial and a religious centre revealed that even in smaller towns
there were many societies, and that their activities and repertoires in differ-
ent locations were not too dissimilar. The tastes were generally rather con-
servative, with Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn and the nowadays
largely forgotten Kalivoda highly popular composers. Sacred vocal music
by English and Irish organist-composers also formed a prominent part of
the repertoire. Specific Irish drivers of musical developments were the tem-
perance movement in the middle third of the nineteenth century and the
Gaelic Revival movement at its end. Particularly the latter exerts a strong
influence over musical life in Ireland to this day.
Bibliography
Archival Sources
Currency Converter. The National Archives. https://www.nationalarchives.
gov.uk/currency/.
Literature
Beausang, Ita. “Dublin Musical Societies 1850–1900.” Irish Musical Studies 5,
no. 2, edited by Patrick Devine and Harry White, 169–78. Dublin: Four
Courts Press, 1995.
Beausang, Ita. “Music Societies (Dublin).” In The Encyclopaedia of Music in
Ireland, vol. 2, edited by Harry White and Barra Boydell, 710–13. Dublin:
University College Dublin Press, 2013.
Boydell, Barra, and Adrian Scahill. “Dublin.” In The Encyclopaedia of Music in
Ireland, vol. 1, edited by Harry White and Barra Boydell, 318–22. Dublin:
University College Dublin Press, 2013.
Dempsey, Anne. “The Armagh Cathedral Collection in the Fabric of Ireland’s
Musical History.” In Music in Nineteenth-Century Ireland [Irish Musical
Studies 9], edited by Michael Murphy and Jan Smaczny, 130–48. Dublin:
Four Courts Press, 2007.
Dibble, Jeremy. “Michele Esposito.” In The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland,
vol. 1, edited by Harry White and Barra Boydell, 358–61. Dublin: Univer-
sity College Dublin Press, 2013.
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of musical performances, even though many of them were not accessible
to the general public. Our look at the musical activities in an administra-
tive, an industrial and a religious centre revealed that even in smaller towns
there were many societies, and that their activities and repertoires in differ-
ent locations were not too dissimilar. The tastes were generally rather con-
servative, with Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn and the nowadays
largely forgotten Kalivoda highly popular composers. Sacred vocal music
by English and Irish organist-composers also formed a prominent part of
the repertoire. Specific Irish drivers of musical developments were the tem-
perance movement in the middle third of the nineteenth century and the
Gaelic Revival movement at its end. Particularly the latter exerts a strong
influence over musical life in Ireland to this day.
Bibliography
Archival Sources
Currency Converter. The National Archives. https://www.nationalarchives.
gov.uk/currency/.
Literature
Beausang, Ita. “Dublin Musical Societies 1850–1900.” Irish Musical Studies 5,
no. 2, edited by Patrick Devine and Harry White, 169–78. Dublin: Four
Courts Press, 1995.
Beausang, Ita. “Music Societies (Dublin).” In The Encyclopaedia of Music in
Ireland, vol. 2, edited by Harry White and Barra Boydell, 710–13. Dublin:
University College Dublin Press, 2013.
Boydell, Barra, and Adrian Scahill. “Dublin.” In The Encyclopaedia of Music in
Ireland, vol. 1, edited by Harry White and Barra Boydell, 318–22. Dublin:
University College Dublin Press, 2013.
Dempsey, Anne. “The Armagh Cathedral Collection in the Fabric of Ireland’s
Musical History.” In Music in Nineteenth-Century Ireland [Irish Musical
Studies 9], edited by Michael Murphy and Jan Smaczny, 130–48. Dublin:
Four Courts Press, 2007.
Dibble, Jeremy. “Michele Esposito.” In The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland,
vol. 1, edited by Harry White and Barra Boydell, 358–61. Dublin: Univer-
sity College Dublin Press, 2013.
211
