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John Nicholson Ireland (13 August 1879 – 12 June 1962) [1] 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 ...
Ireland’s foremost inspirations were the ancient landscapes of the Channel Islands, Dorset and Sussex and the writings of pagan mystic Arthur Machen; the composer recounting that he himself had experienced a ‘vision’ on the South Downs. John Ireland was born in Bowdon, near Manchester, England on 13th August 1879.
Jun 8, 2024 · John Ireland (born August 13, 1879, Bowdon, Cheshire, Eng.—died June 12, 1962, Washington, Sussex) was an English composer known for his songs and his programmatic orchestral works. Ireland studied at the Royal College of Music in London, where he later taught composition. He was much drawn to the mysticism and fantasy in the writings of ...
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The English composer, John Nicholson Ireland, was born 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.
Jun 11, 2018 · Ireland, John Nicholson. Ireland, John Nicholson (1879–1962) British composer, influenced by Brahms, Dvořák and Ravel. His works, firmly grounded in Romanticism and often inspired by places and landscape, include The Forgotten Rite (1913), Mai-Dun (1921), These Things Shall Be (1937), the overture Satyricon (1946), and many songs and piano ...
John Ireland. b. 13 August 1879, Bowdon, Cheshire. d. 12 June 1962, Washington, Sussex. Snapshot Biography. English. John Ireland was born on 13 August 1879 at Bowden, Cheshire, into a highly cultured environment (though his parents’ interests were literary rather than musical). His initial education was at Leeds Grammar School, but when he ...
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John Ireland studied piano with Frederick Cliffe and composition with Stanford at the Royal College of Music in London, where he himself taught between 1923 and 1939, his pupils including Britten, Bush, Moeran and Searle * Worked as organist and choirmaster at St Luke's Chelsea between 1904 and 1926, while developing his career as a composer * Early successes with piano works and chamber music ...
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