About
Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852), was an Irish poet, writer, and lyricist celebrated for his Irish Melodies, which contains works such as The Minstrel Boy (1813) and The Last Rose of Summer (1805). As one of the most cherished poets of the English Romantic era, his poems and ballads, which were among the most popular in 19th-century Irish literature, were noted for their depictions of Catholic Emancipation, and his setting of English-language verse to old Irish tunes marked a major transition in popular culture from Irish to English. Moore is best known for his 1817 chivalric romance Lalla Rookh, a classic of Oriental poetry which has been adapted for orchestral compositions by Charles Villiers Stanford, Anton Rubinstein, and Robert Schumann.