Abstract
The ten volumes of lyric verse with musical settings by Sir John Stevenson that Thomas Moore published had found wide favour in polite society on both sides of the Irish Sea. Their success in focusing attention on Ireland's rich treasure of folksong was never in doubt. The fruits of Moore's labours advanced the notion of the Irish as a nation of people especially gifted in musical expression. Indeed, the excellence of the musical heritage contributed significantly to the cultural arguments in favour of Ireland's separate nationhood. The store of traditional song was adequate corroboration of the country's claim to be regarded among the most musically endowed of the western world. This was truly the art of the people; a venerable oral tradition, predominantly monophonic, small in structure, with a repository of melody of undeniable beauty.
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