The Music of John Ireland

Name: The Music of John Ireland
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SKU: 9781138727670
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By Fiona Richards

Series: Routledge Revivals

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The Music of John Ireland delves into the expressive and deeply personal compositions of John Ireland (1879-1962), whose music is intricately tied to his life experiences. Fiona Richards weaves together biography and musical analysis to explore the themes that shaped Ireland's work, including Anglo-Catholicism, paganism, the countryside, the city, love, and war. This insightful study reveals Ireland as a complex individual grappling with his faith, sexuality, and artistic success, while demonstrating his mastery of small-scale musical forms and melody.
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This book will appeal to enthusiasts of classical music, scholars interested in early 20th-century British composers, and readers fascinated by the intersection of biography and musical creativity.

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This title was first published in 2000. John Ireland (1879-1962) was as elusive as the music that he composed. His music resists easy categorisation, in part because it is linked so closely to specific events, places, and people in Ireland's personal life.

The Music of John Ireland explores the expressive and extramusical qualities of Ireland's compositions and their complex system of personal musical symbols, images, and ideas. Fiona Richards interweaves biography and musical analysis in a series of chapters which take their themes from the significant influences in Ireland's life: Anglo-Catholicism, paganism, the countryside, the city, love, and war.

Ireland emerges as highly individual, struggling with his religious beliefs, his sexuality, and an uncertainty as to his success. His music, often an expression of a state of mind, is given, for the first time, the close investigation that it merits. Ireland preferred to compose on a small scale, showing a masterful command of form and a gift for melody. Richards reveals how the essence of the man shines through in the miniatures that he wrote.