Person · Male
John Ireland
English composer
- From
- Trafford, United Kingdom
- Active
- 1879–1962
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 60
- classical
- choral symphony
About
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".
Discography
Albums
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The Letter
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Twentieth Century Church Music
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English Music for Strings
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A Christmas Garland
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William Walton: Sinfonia Concertante / John Ireland: Piano Concerto / Frank Bridge: Phantasm for Piano and Orchestra
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Orchestral Favourites, Volume II: Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no. 3"
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British Cello Music, Volume 2
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Piano Works, Vol. 1
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British Masters, Volume 2
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Piano Works, Vol. 2
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Piano Works, Vol. 3
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Chamber Works: Violin Sonatas 1 & 2 / Cello Sonata / Piano Trios 2 & 3 / Fantasy Sonata
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A Downland Suite / Concertino Pastorale / Two Symphonic Studies / Orchestral Poem
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The Complete Music for Violin and Piano
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Piano Works, Volume 1 Apple Music
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The Songs of John Ireland
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Piano Works, Vol. 2
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English Cello Sonatas
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The Passionate Englishman
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English String Miniatures, Volume 2
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Piano Concerto / Mai-Dun / Legend
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Greater Love Hath No Man
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String Quartets / The Holy Boy
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English String Miniatures, Volume 5
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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 39: Delius: Piano Concerto in C minor / Ireland: Piano Concerto in E-flat major / Legend
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John Ireland: The Complete Songs
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Sea Fever: Roderick Williams Sings Baritone Songs by British Composers
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Piano Works • 3
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BBC Music, Volume 16, Number 12: Great Proms Premieres
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The English Song Series, Volume 18: Songs
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English Piano Trios
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English Viola Sonatas
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Complete Organ Works
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Piano Concerto / Legend / First Rhapsody / A Sea Idyll
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Magical Places: Evocative Symphonic Poems for Piano Duet
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My Song Is A Love Unknown
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British Clarinet Sonatas, Volume 1
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Evening Songs
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British Works for Cello and Piano, Volume 2
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The Stream in the Valley
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From a Tender Age
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Choral Music
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Music for String Orchestra: Sonata in G minor / A Downland Suite / In a May Morning
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British Violin Sonatas, Volume Two
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British Music for Violin and Piano
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Choral Music
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British Violin Sonatas, Volume Three
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Orchestral Works
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Boyle - Moeran - Ireland - Vaughan Williams
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Orchestral Anthems
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English Cello Works
Compilations
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Kathryn Stott – The Complete Solo Recordings
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The Piano Music
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BEST OF BRITISH
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British Film Music, Volume 1
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Elgar: Introduction & Allegro / Funeral March / Bax: Mediterranean / Hadley: One Morning in Spring / Bliss: Introduction & Allegro / Holst: Hammersmith / Ireland: The Forgotten Rite
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Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony / Ireland: A London Overture
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Piano Concerto / A London Overture / Mai-Dun
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The 4 Seasons: Volume 4 - Winter
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A London Symphony
Links
Teacher
Tags
- british composer
- composer
- to clean up
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 9f7aa025-0554-4783-bd08-10481ca8ee73
- ISNI
- 0000000110633491
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.