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John Ireland
12+ albums
Classicalpianocontemporary classical20th Centurycomposer
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John Nicholson Ireland (13 August 1879 – 12 June 1962) was an English composer. Ireland was born in Bowdon, near Altrincham, Manchester, into a family of Scottish descent and some cultural distinction. His parents died soon after he had entered the Royal College of Music at the age of 14. He studied piano and organ there, and later composition under Charles Villiers Stanford. He subsequently became a teacher at the College himself, his pupils including Ernest John Moeran (who admired him) and Benjamin Britten (who found Ireland’s teaching of less interest). He was sub organist at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London SW1, and later became organist and choirmaster at St. Luke’s Church, Chelsea, London. Ireland frequently visited the Channel Islands and was inspired by their landscape; he was evacuated from them just before the German invasion during World War II. Ireland retired in 1953, settling at the small hamlet of Rock in Sussex for the rest of his life. He is buried in nearby Shipley churchyard. [1] Ireland regretted immediately his marriage, which he never consummated. His assistant and companion, Norah Kirkby, destroyed portions of Ireland's papers and correspondence upon his death, donating the remainder to the British Library. But see Fiona Richards, "An Anthology of Friendship: The Letters of John Ireland to Father Kenneth Thompson", in Queer Episodes in Music and Modern Identity (2002): "Despite his brief and ultimately unsuccessful relationships with women
top songs
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The Holy Boy
6,2572Communion Service in C Major: Kyrie
2,8423The Vagabond
2,0364Sea Fever
1,9345Piano Concerto in E-flat major: II. Lento espressivo
1,7766Ex ore innocentium
1,46174 Preludes (arr. for orchestra): The Holy Boy
1,3788In Summer Woods (arr. J. Lloyd Webber for 2 cellos and piano)
1,3559My song is love unknown (Love Unknown)
1,33010Communion Service in C Major: Sanctus
1,277albums
Ireland: Church Music
Ireland: 5 Poems / We'Ll To the Woods No More / Sea Fever / Santa Chiara (English Song, Vol. 18)
Ireland: Piano Concerto / Legend / Mai-Dun
Ireland: Vexilla Regis / Greater Love Hath No Man / A London Overture / The Holy Boy / Epic March
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101 Christmas
Ireland: Orchestral and Choral Works
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John Ireland: Orchestral Works
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Christmas Fantasy
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Allegri Miserere
Ireland: Downland Suite (A) / Orchestral Poem / Concertino Pastorale / 2 Symphonic Studies
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Black Dyke Mills Band: 150 Years of the Black Dyke Mills Band
Ireland, J.: Piano Works, Vol. 2 - Decorations / Sonatina / Leaves From A Child's Sketchbook