Moses, Marcus

Dates Active in Dublin: 

1831–c. 1867

Business Type: 
General music shop
Music publisher
Musical instrument seller: harp
Musical instrument seller: piano
Address(es): 

4 Westmoreland Street, 1831–60
60/61 Fleet Street, 1840–45 [second premises]
5 Westmoreland Street and 40/41 Fleet Street, 1845–60

Details: 

Succeeded the business of William Power.

[Dates differ according to sources: Humphries & Smith give the dates as c. 1831 to 1860 but McHale gives the last date as 'around 1867'.]

Select Product/Work List: 

Published (as listed in McHale)

  • Ryves, Miss and W.H.W., Emerald Polka, 1845 [piano]
  • Ryves, Miss and W.H.W., Bective Galop, 1845 [piano]
  • Kelly, Thomas, Hymns on Various Passages of Scripture, 1850
  • Condon, R., Christian Psalmist, 1850
  • Davis, Eliza, Ruth, 1850 [song]
  • Davis, Eliza, Passing Away, 1860 [song]

    • Sold

  • Erard harp and pianos, 1853 (The Exhibition Expositor)
  • The Old Yew Tree. A Ballad. Written, Sung, and Partly Composed by Charles H. Purday. London. Published by Z.T. Purday, 45 High Holburn [bears the stamp: Sold by Marcus Moses, 4 Westmoreland St. Dublin] (Beattie)
    • See Also: 

    Power, William

    Source(s): 

    Dublin Directories

    The Exhibition Expositor and Advertiser (Dublin: John Cameron for the proprietors Gunn & Cameron, 1853), XIX, p. 3

    Humphries, Charles and William C. Smith, Music Publishing in the British Isles, from the Beginning until the Middle of the Nineteenth Century; a Dictionary of Engravers, Printers, Publishers, and Music Sellers (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), p. 239

    McHale, Maria, 'Music', in The Irish Book in English 1800–1891, ed. by James H. Murphy, The Oxford History of the Irish Book, IV (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 595–601 (pp. 600–01)

    Beattie, Simon, Music: Printed, Manuscript, Illustrated (Autumn 2016) <http://www.simonbeattie.co.uk/catalogues/music.pdf>, p. 31 [accessed 6 January 2017]

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Moses, Marcus’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Power, James & William’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Willis, Isaac & Co.’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

    Last Update: 06-01-2017