Peter K. Moran [P. K. Moran] (30 June 1767[1] – 10 February 1831) was an Irish pianist, composer, and music publisher – probably the earliest classical composer from Ireland to emigrate to the United States.
While Kinkeldey described him as a "Boston musician",[5] the Moran couple was evidently very active in New York's concert life, even their daughter making her début as a singer and pianist in 1820, aged five.
From 1822 to 1823 he ran a piano and music store and published about 25 pieces, including 16 of his own compositions and arrangements.
After his emigration he also became popular as a song composer, with The Carrier Pigeon (1822; also arranged as a rondo for piano, c.1825) that had many editions.
Many of Moran's works were still listed as for sale in the Board of Music Trade Catalogue in 1870.