Manwaring, Bartholomew

Dates Active in Dublin: 

1737–1758

Business Type: 
Music publisher
Music seller
Address(es): 

Corelli's Head, College Green, opposite Angelsea [or Anglesey] St

Details: 

Also known as Bar. or Barty Manwaring.

Listed as a bookseller and music publisher in 1737 (Gilbert, History of Dublin, cited in Munter).

As a violinist he was prominent in Dublin musical life during the 1740s and 1750s; he also conducted a number of Handel's oratorios.

Succeeded in business by his brother William.

See Also: 

Manwaring, William

Source(s): 

Boydell, Brian, A Dublin Musical Calendar 1700–1760 (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1988), p. 284

Munter, Robert, A Dictionary of the Print Trade in Ireland: 1550–1775 (New York: Fordham University Press, 1988), p. 179

Last Update: 12-02-2017