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Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his death, this book presents new articles by leading authorities on John Ireland and his music, together with transcriptions of his broadcast talks and of interviews with the composer.
List of contents
Foreword by Julian Lloyd Webber
John Ireland - a life in music - Colin Scott-Sutherland
John Ireland: a personal discovery - Bruce Phillips
Meeting John Ireland - Alan Rowlands
John Ireland's personal world - Fiona Richards
Interview with John Ireland - Murray Schafer
Aprahamian, Bush, Markes, Morrison, Thompson remember John Ireland
John Ireland and the BBC - Lewis Foreman
Sea Fever: John Ireland and Deal - Julie Deller
Remembering John Ireland and His World - Freda Swain
Arthur Machen and John Ireland - Colin Scott-Sutherland
Helen Perkin: pianist, composer and muse of John Ireland - Fiona Richards
John Ireland and Charles Markes: a creative relationship - George Dannatt
The John Ireland Charitable Trust - Bruce Phillips
John Ireland: some musical fingerprints - Alan Rowlands
John Ireland and the piano - Eric Parkin
John Ireland in the Concert Hall: Orchestral and Choral-Orchestral Music - Lewis Foreman
The Happy Highways: John Ireland's Chamber music - Bruce Phillips
The Church Music of John Ireland - Jeremy Dibble
The Organ Music - Stephen Le Provost
The Songs of John Ireland - Charles Markes
Songs of Innocence: the part-songs of John Ireland - Philip Lancaster
John Ireland and Poetry: a singer's experience - Roderick Williams
John Ireland on Record - Robert Matthew-Walker
John Ireland: a personal impression - Geoffrey Bush
Arnell, Britten, Bush, Moeran and Searle: Ireland's Pupils on their Teacher
John Ireland: two reminiscences - Jocelyn Brooke
Appreciation and biographical sketch - Norah Kirby
Piano Sonata - Frederick Lamond
Discovering John Ireland - Kenneth A. Wright
John Ireland - E.J. Moeran
John Ireland the Man - C.B. Rees
Modern British Composers: John Ireland - Edwin Evans
John Ireland's Writings on Music
Appendices: John Ireland's Addresses and a Note on John Ireland's Handwriting
Catalogue of works
Discography
About the author
Lewis Foreman
Summary
Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his death, this book presents new articles by leading authorities on John Ireland and his music, together with transcriptions of his broadcast talks and of interviews with the composer.
