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      • 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.
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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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  4. Ireland destroyed almost all his student works and juvenilia (the beautiful Sextet for clarinet, horn and string quartet being one of the few works which he permitted to be published, and then only towards the end of his life) and emerged as a celebrated composer towards the end of World War I when his Violin Sonata No.2 in A minor brought him ...

  5. 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.

  6. Jun 11, 2018 · 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 pieces.

  7. John Nicholson Ireland (13 August 1879 – 12 June 1962) was an English composer and teacher of classical music. The majority of his output consists of piano miniatures and of songs with piano. His best-known works include the hymn "The Holy Boy" and a setting of the poem "Sea Fever" by John Masefield. Contents. 1 Life. 2 Music. 3 Works.

  8. John Ireland home page at www.boosey.com. Discover his music, listen to soundclips, read a composer biography. Explore information, news, performances and recordings.