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John Ireland

1879 - 1962

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Ireland is the 1,166th most popular composer (up from 1,266th in 2019), the 3,781st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,309th in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Ireland ranks 1,166 out of 1,451. Before him are Laxmikant–Pyarelal, Carter Burwell, John Wilbye, Ludomir Różycki, Henry Bishop, and Antoine Duhamel. After him are Shirō Sagisu, Melchior Vulpius, Errico Petrella, August Wilhelm Ambros, Jean Langlais, and Jean Barraqué.

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Among people born in 1879, John Ireland ranks 190. Before him are Aimée Antoinette Camus, Ethel Thomson Larcombe, Patrick Abercrombie, Sara Allgood, Magnús Guðmundsson, and Manuel Arce y Ochotorena. After him are Jules De Bisschop, Edward Hennig, Ernst Schultz, Ruth St. Denis, Miles Franklin, and Frank Odberg. Among people deceased in 1962, John Ireland ranks 167. Before him are Knud Kristensen, Ossip Bernstein, Louis Abell, Seiichiro Kashio, Viacheslav Ragozin, and George Preca. After him are Mykolas Biržiška, Albert William Herre, Clara Blandick, Morris Louis, Jorma Valkama, and Julius Lenhart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Ireland ranks 3,782 out of 8,785. Before him are Steve Coogan (1965), Rowan Williams (1950), Andy Goldsworthy (1956), Barry Flanagan (1941), Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), and Archibald Sayce (1845). After him are Stephen Hendry (1969), Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899), Algernon Sidney (1623), Jack Straw (1946), Richard Madden (1986), and Jack Goody (1919).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Ireland ranks 59. Before him are Cyril Scott (1879), Brian Ferneyhough (1943), Havergal Brian (1876), Arthur Bliss (1891), John Wilbye (1574), and Henry Bishop (1786). After him are Clint Mansell (1963), Thomas Weelkes (1576), Charles Avison (1709), Fred Frith (1949), Thomas Linley the younger (1756), and Adolph Deutsch (1897).

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