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Today's Featured Composer:John Ireland (1879-1962) | music by this composer | John Ireland was an English composer and contemporary of Holst, Elgar, Vaughan Williams. He studied at the Royal College of Music (London) and later taught composition there. (Benjamin Britten was one of his pupils.)His most famous works are his Piano Concerto, `A London Overture' (for orchestra) and the choral work `These Things Shall Be'. He wrote two important pieces for Brass Band, namely `A Downland Suite' and `Comedy Overture', both considered to be masterpieces. Both these works have now been transcribed for Concert Band and in addition,G & M Brand Publications publish `A Maritime Overture' a fine original work written in 1944. |




John Ireland was an English composer and contemporary of Holst, Elgar, Vaughan Williams. He studied at the Royal College of Music (London) and later taught composition there. (Benjamin Britten was one of his pupils.)