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John Ireland

John Nicholson Ireland (13 August 1879 – 12 June 1962) 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-played Piano Concerto, the hymn tune Love Unknown and the choral motet "Greater Love Hath No Man".

Birth and Death Data: Born August 13, 1879 (Bowdon), Died June 12, 1962 (West Sussex)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1917 - 1932

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, speaker

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BSHQ-73076 10-in. 7/7/1932 Sea fever Conrad Thibault ; Theodore Walstrum Baritone vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor D3RC-0205 12-in. 9/30/1943 Dorothy Parker poems Ilka Chase ; John Ireland Recitation speaker  
Columbia 75484 12-in. approximately 1917 Sonata no. 2 in A minor William Murdoch ; Albert Sammons Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 75485 12-in. approximately 1917 Sonata no. 2 in A minor William Murdoch ; Albert Sammons Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 75486 12-in. approximately 1917 Sonata no. 2 in A minor William Murdoch ; Albert Sammons Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 75487 12-in. approximately 1917 Sonata no. 2 in A minor William Murdoch ; Albert Sammons Violin solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 76535 12-in. approximately 1919 Bells of San Marie Hubert Eisdell Male vocal solo, with string quartet and piano composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ireland, John," accessed March 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102947.

Ireland, John. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102947.

"Ireland, John." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 March 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102947

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