Artist: John Ireland
John Ireland's lyrics & chords
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 including Ernest John Moeran (who admired him) and Benjamin Britten (who found Ireland’s teaching...read more
Soho forenoons Two pieces I still hear you breathe Piano concerto Allegretto giocoso A thanksgiving Berceuse When i am dead my dearest Sarnia My oldest friend Eastergate Heraclitus It used to be Five poems by thomas hardy When lights go rolling round the sky Songs of a wayfarer The cost Sea idyll The merry month of may Trio in d for clarinet cello and piano con moto What art thou thinking of? Sunshine of your love Lonely man blues Magnificat in f Nicole Legend for piano and orchestra Sextet for clarinet horn and string intermezzo Four preludes Presentation and national anthem Fire of spring Ladslove Songs sacred and profane Decorations for piano When i am old Two symphonic studies Living inside my head Elegy Minuet Rondo She speaks to me All part of the same Katie complicated
