John Ireland
b. 1879 - d. 1962
John Ireland was born in Bowdon, near Manchester, England on 13th August 1879. He studied composition at the Royal College of Music under C. V. Stanford. At the age of 17 he was appointed organist at Holy Trinity, Sloane Street and moved to St Lukes Church, Chelsea in 1904. For a short period before the Second World War, he was organist at St. Stephen's Church in St. Peter Port, Guernsey. He retired to Sussex in 1953 where he died on 12th June 1962. Ireland taught composition at the RCM and amongst his pupils were Britten, Geoffrey Bush and E J Moeran.
The Stainer & Bell catalogue boasts Ireland's Complete Works for Voice and Piano and the Complete Piano Works each published in five volumes. Also published are his orchestral works Forgotten Rite (1913), Mai Dun (1920-21) and Satyricon (1946) all available on rental and his ever-popular choral works Greater Love Hath No Man (1912, 1924) and Vexilla Regis (1898).
- Eleven SongsSKU: 2.9016
Medium Voice, Piano
Ireland, John - Collected Piano Works, Book 1SKU: 3.6001
Piano
Ireland, John - Collected Piano Works, Book 2SKU: 3.6002
Piano
Ireland, John - Collected Piano Works, Book 3SKU: 3.6003
Piano
Ireland, John - Collected Piano Works, Book 4SKU: 3.6004
Piano
Ireland, John - Collected Piano Works, Book 5SKU: 3.6005
Piano
Ireland, John - Collected Piano Works, Book 6SKU: B925
Piano
Ireland, John - Complete Works for Voice and Piano, Volume 1SKU: 3.0015
High Voice, Piano
Ireland, John - Complete Works for Voice and Piano, Volume 2SKU: 3.0016
Medium Voice, Piano
Ireland, John - Complete Works for Voice and Piano, Volume 3SKU: 3.0017
Medium Voice, Piano
Ireland, John - Complete Works for Voice and Piano, Volume 4SKU: 3.0018
Medium Voice, Piano
Ireland, John - Complete Works for Voice and Piano, Volume 5SKU: 3.0019
Medium Voice, Piano
Ireland, John