John Weeks Moore
American editor

John Weeks Moore

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American editor
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United States of America
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Birth:
11 April 1807(Andover)
Death:
23 March 1889(Manchester)
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John Weeks Moore (11 April 1807 in Andover, New Hampshire – ?) was an editor of musical publications.

Biography

He was a son of Jacob Bailey Moore. 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.

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  • 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