Morland, Samuel

Dates Active in Dublin: 

before 1800–1845

Business Type: 
Musical instrument maker: harpsichord
Musical instrument maker: piano
Address(es): 

45 Mecklenburgh Street, 1800?–11
63 Mecklenburgh Street, 1812–30
31 Mecklenburgh Street, 1830–31
33 Mecklenburgh Street, 1838–45

Details: 

Relationship to James Morland unknown, but before Samuel was at 63 Mecklenburgh Street in 1812, James was based there in 1809.

[Dates differ according to sources: the Dublin Directories give the dates as 1809 to 1845 but the piano sold at Christie's in 1983 was signed by Morland in 1800 and Flood gives the dates as the '1790s'. Boydell ('Music, 1700–1850') gives the dates as 1808 to 1845. Hogan gives the 63 Mecklenburgh Street address at c. 1824 only. Teahan gives the 45 Mecklenburgh Street address from 1809 to 1810 and the 63 Mecklenburgh Street address in 1812, 1825 and 1832 only.]

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Produced

  • [Square?] piano, 1800: sold by Christie's in 1983. Signed: 'Saml. Murland No.7 June 21st 1800'
    • See Also: 

    Morland, James

    Source(s): 

    Dublin Directories

    'Piano-forte Manufacturers', Hibernian Musical Review, 1.1 (December 1822), 3–4

    Flood, W.H. Grattan, 'Dublin Harpsichord and Pianoforte Makers of the Eighteenth Century', The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 5th ser., 39.2 (1909), 137–45 (p. 143)

    Teahan, John, 'A List of Irish Instrument Makers', The Galpin Society Journal, 16 (May 1963), 28–32 (p. 30)

    Hogan, Ita Margaret, Anglo-Irish Music 1780–1830 (Cork: Cork University Press, 1966), p. 106

    Boydell, Brian, 'Music, 1700–1850', in Eighteenth-Century Ireland 1691–1800, ed. by T.W. Moody and W.E. Vaughan, A New History of Ireland, IV (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), pp. 568–627 (p. 613)

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Morland (or Murland), Samuel (& James)’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

    Last Update: 26-09-2013