The Music of John Ireland

by Fiona Richards

John Ireland (1879-1962) was as elusive as the music that he composed. His music resists easy categorization, in part because it is linked so closely to specific events, places and people in Ireland's personal life. This text explores the expressive and extra-musical 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 that take their themes from the significant influences in Ireland's life: Anglo-Catholicism, paganism, the countryside, the city, love and war.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754601110
• ISBN13: 9780754601111
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Burlington VT
• Length: 282 Pages