Anne Jane Barbara Moore et al. in Mayfield Cottage, nr. Ashbourne, Derbyshire - 1814
from Letter from Thomas Moore to his mother, Anastasia Moore, 1814, page 9:
Barbara[*] has this moment interrupted me with her often-repeated demand for “pretty mookis,” which means “pretty music,” and I have accordingly set her up on a chair at the pianoforte, where she is inflicting all sorts of tones on my ears. I hope she will continue as fond of it as she is now.
[*Moore’s two-year-old daughter]
cite as
Thomas Moore, Letter from Thomas Moore to his mother, Anastasia Moore, 1814. In Lord John Russell and Lord John Russell (ed.), Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, volume 2 (London, 1853), p. 9. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1593534389773 accessed: 13 November, 2024
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Listening to
hide composers| a child's exploration of the piano | performed by Barbara Moore |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1814 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Tue, 30 Jun 2020 17:26:30 +0100
Approved on Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:14:35 +0100