John Ireland
Born: 13th August 1879, Bowdon, Greater Manchester
Died: 12th June 1962, Washington, West Sussex
Nationality: English
John Nicholson Ireland was an English composer and teacher of music. The majority of his output consists of piano miniatures and of songs with piano. His best-known works include the short instrumental or orchestral work "The Holy Boy", a setting of the poem "Sea-Fever" by John Masefield, a formerly much-played Piano Concerto, the hymn tune Love Unknown and the choral motet "Greater Love Hath No Man".
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ireland_(composer)
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Popular Works: Ireland
- A Downland Suite (20)
- April (8)
- Ballade of London Nights (9)
- Capriccio (8)
- Cavatina (10)
- Cello Sonata (13)
- Columbine (9)
- Concertino Pastorale (9)
- Decorations (9)
- Elegiac Romance (11)
- Epic March (11)
- Ex ore innocentium (It is a Thing Most Wonderful) (21)
- Fantasy Sonata (17)
- Great Things (7)
- Greater Love Hath No Man (64)
- I Have Twelve Oxen (11)
- Legend (9)
- London Overture (11)
- My song is love unknown (16)
- Phantasie Trio in A minor (9)
- Piano Concerto in E flat major (14)
- Piano Sonata (7)
- Sarnia (9)
- Sea Fever (32)
- Soliloquy (7)
- Spring Will Not Wait (7)
- Te Deum laudamus in F (7)
- The Almond Trees (9)
- The Bells of San Marie (8)
- The Forgotten Rite (9)
- The Hills (10)
- The Holy Boy (71)
- The Land of Lost Content (8)
- The three ravens (8)
- The Trellis (9)
- The Vagabond (12)
- Two Salon Pieces (8)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor (10)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor (14)
- We'll To The Woods No More (8)
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Ina Boyle: String Quartet | plus works by Vaughan Williams, Moeran & Ireland
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Coming soon. Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings | Goossens - Ireland - Walton
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Huw Williams (organ), The Choir of Bath Abbey, Ruth Williams, Amy Randall, Graham Neal, Asher Randall, Nia Evans, Alice Osborne, Alastair Comery, Jeffrey Howard, Isla Byrne, Shannon Williams, Ella Barker, Jeremy Little, Phil Draisey, Mike Entwisle, Orla Reddin
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