John Ireland (composer)

John Ireland
Ireland, c. 1920
Born(1879-08-13)13 August 1879
Bowdon, Cheshire, UK
Died12 June 1962(1962-06-12) (aged 82)
Rock Mill, Washington, Sussex, UK
Alma materRoyal College of Music
Occupation(s)Composer, teacher
Spouse
Dorothy Phillips
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(m. 1926; div. 1928)​

John Nicholson Ireland (13 August 1879 – 12 June 1962)[1] 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".

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