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John Ireland

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John Nicholson Ireland (13 August 1879 – 12 June 1962) was an English composer. Ireland was born in Bowdon, near Altrincham, Manchester, 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. He subsequently became a teacher at the College himself, his pupils

Top songs

  1. The Holy Boy
  2. Communion Service in C Major: Kyrie
  3. The Vagabond
  4. Sea Fever
  5. Piano Concerto in E-flat major: II. Lento espressivo
  6. Ex ore innocentium
  7. 4 Preludes (arr. for orchestra): The Holy Boy
  8. In Summer Woods (arr. J. Lloyd Webber for 2 cellos and piano)
  9. My song is love unknown (Love Unknown)
  10. Communion Service in C Major: Sanctus
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  1. Greater love hath no man
  2. Mother and Child: No. 3. Hope (arr. J. Lloyd Webber for cello and piano)
  3. A Downland Suite: III. Minuet
  4. Communion Service in C Major: Agnus Dei
  5. My song is love unknown
  6. A Downland Suite: II. Elegy (arr. for brass band)
  7. Ireland: Preludes: No. 4, Fire of Spring
  8. A Downland Suite: II. Elegy
  9. Ireland: Sea Fever
  10. If There Were Dreams To Sell
  11. Spring Sorrow (arr. J. Lloyd Webber for cello and piano)
  12. Decorations: The Island Spell
  13. Communion Service in C Major: Benedictus qui venit
  14. Equinox - Duo-Art 0350
  15. Sea Fever: I must go down to the seas again
  16. Evening Song (arr. J. Lloyd Webber for 2 cellos and piano)
  17. Mother and Child: No. 6. Baby (arr. J. Lloyd Webber for cello and piano)
  18. Love Unknown "My Song Is Love Unknown"
  19. Decorations: Amberley Wild Brooks - Duo-Art 577
  20. Columbine
  21. Ireland: A Sea Idyll
  22. A Downland Suite (Arr. for String Orchestra): III. Minuet. Allegretto grazioso
  23. A Downland Suite: III. Minuet: Allegretto grazioso (version for string orchestra)
  24. A Downland Suite: I. Prelude
  25. The Almond Tree
  26. I Like
  27. Epic March
  28. The Towing Path
  29. A Downland Suite: II. Elegy: Lento espressivo
  30. Spring Sorrow
  31. The Darkened Valley
  32. Summer Evening
  33. Sea Fever (arr. J. Lloyd Webber for cello and piano)
  34. Piano Concerto in E-flat major: I. In tempo moderato
  35. Preludes: No. 3, The Holy Boy
  36. Adam lay ybounden
  37. In Those Days: I. Daydream
  38. Summer Schemes (arr. J. Lloyd Webber for cello and piano)
  39. Ireland: Songs Sacred and Profane: No. 4, The Salley Gardens
  40. Legend
  41. 4 Preludes: No. 3, The Holy Boy (Version for Cello & Piano)
  42. Sarnia: I. Le Catioroc
  43. Sarnia: Iii. Song Of The Spring Tides
  44. A Downland Suite (Arr. for String Orchestra): II. Elegy. Lento espressivo
  45. Sarnia: II. In A May Morning
  46. Ballade
  47. The Hills
  48. Rhapsody
  49. Merry Andrew
  50. Satyricon
  51. 4 Preludes: No. 3. The Holy Boy (version for cello and piano)
  52. London Pieces: I. Chelsea Reach
  53. London Pieces: No. 2, Ragamuffin - Duo-Art 0211 Br
  54. A London Overture
  55. The Bells of San Marie
  56. Great Things
  57. Decorations, Iji 11: I. Island Spell - Duo-Art 09 Br
  58. Mai-Dun
  59. The Three Ravens (arr. J. Lloyd Webber for cello and piano)
  60. The Forgotten Rite
  61. Evening Service in F Major: Nunc dimittis
  62. London Pieces: II. Ragamuffin
  63. The Vagabond: Dunno a heap about the what an' why
  64. Decorations: The Scarlet Ceremonies
  65. 3 Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy: No. 2. Her Song (arr. J. Lloyd Webber for cello and piano)
  66. When I am Dead, my Dearest
  67. Communion Service in C Major: Pater noster
  68. The Bells of San Marie: It's pleasant in Holy Mary by San Marie lagoon
  69. In Those Days: II. Meridian
  70. Capriccio
  71. The Land of Lost Content: No. 2. Ladslove (arr. J. Lloyd Webber for cello and piano)
  72. Piano Concerto in E-flat major: III. Allegretto giocoso
  73. I Have Twelve Oxen
  74. London Pieces: III. Soho Forenoons
  75. Summer Evening (arr. G. Parlett for string orchestra)
  76. Decorations: Moon-Glade
  77. A Downland Suite: IV. Rondo
  78. London Pieces: IV. Month's Mind
  79. Spring Sorrow (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Julian Lloyd Webber)
  80. Vexilla regis
  81. 4 Preludes: No. 3. The Holy Boy (arr. string quartet)
  82. Soliloquy
  83. Amberley Wild Brooks
  84. Elegiac Romance
  85. Fantasy-Sonata
  86. Piano Sonata: I. Allegro moderato
  87. A Downland Suite: III. Minuet. Allegretto grazioso (Version for String Orchestra)
  88. A Downland Suite: III. Minuet: Allegretto grazioso
  89. Cavatina
  90. A Downland Suite

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