Martin Walton: Irish popular song
Historically, music printing and publishing in Ireland have been more concerned with satisfying demand for Irish and other music than with the promotion of works by indigenous composers. The first record of music printing specifically in Ireland dates from 1686 and rose to a peak in 1820 when more than twenty music printers, publishers and sellers operated in Dublin. From the early 1920s Walton’s and An Gum served the burgeoning demands of post-independent Ireland by publishing much Irish music,…
