John Weeks Moore
Encyclopedia
John Weeks Moore was an editor of musical publications.
. He was educated at Concord High School and Plymouth Academy, became a printer, and was connected with several journals. In 1834 he established the first musical newspaper in New Hampshire
, and he afterward edited The World of Music, a quarto, The Musical Library, a folio, and the Daily News.
Biography
He was a son of Jacob Bailey MooreJacob Bailey Moore
Jacob Bailey Moore was an American journalist and historical writer.-Ancestors:His ancestors emigrated to the United States from Scotland. His father, who had the same name, was a physician...
. He was educated at Concord High School and Plymouth Academy, became a printer, and was connected with several journals. In 1834 he established the first musical newspaper in New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, and he afterward edited The World of Music, a quarto, The Musical Library, a folio, and the Daily News.
Works
- Vocal and Instrumental Instructor (Bellows Falls, Vt., 1843)
- Sacred Minstrel (1848)
- Complete Encyclopædia of Music, Elementary, Technical, Historical, Biographical, Vocal, and Instrumental (1854)
- American Collection of Instrumental Music (1856)
- Star Collection of Instrumental Music (1858)
- Appendix to Encyclopedia of Instrumental Music (Manchester, N. H., 1858)
- Musical Record (5 vols., 1867-70)
- Songs and Song-Writers of America (200 numbers, 1859-80)
- Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous Gatherings relative to Printers, Printing, Publishing of Books, Newspapers, Magazines, and other Literary Productions from 1820 to 1886 (1886), a second volume was in preparation in 1888