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Part I. The man, his circle and his times. John Ireland: a life in music / Colin Scott-Sutherland ; John Ireland: a personal discovery / Bruce Phillips ; Meeting John Ireland: an interview / Alan Rowlands ; John Ireland's personal world / Fiona Richards ; Interview with John Ireland / Murray Schafer ; Interviews with friends and contemporaries of John Ireland: Felix Aprahamian, Alan Bush, Charles Markes, Angus Morrison and Rev. Kenneth Thompson / Lewis Foreman ; John Ireland and the BBC / Lewis Foreman ; Sea fever: John Ireland and Deal / Julie Deller ; Remembering John Ireland and his world / Freda Swain ; Arthur Machen and John Ireland / Colin Scott-Sutherland ; Helen Perkin: pianist, composer and muse of John Ireland / Fiona Richards ; John Ireland and Charles Markes: a creative relationship / George Dannatt ; The John Ireland Charitable Trust / Bruce Phillips

Part II. The music of John Ireland. John Ireland: some musical fingerprints / Alan Rowlands ; John Ireland and the piano / Eric Parkin ; John Ireland in the concert hall: orchestral and choral-orchestral music / Lewis Foreman ; The Happy Highways: John Ireland's chamber music / Bruce Philips ; The church music of John Ireland / Jeremy Dibble ; The organ music / Stephen Le Prevost ; The songs of John Ireland / Charles Markes ; Songs of innocence: the part-songs of John Ireland / Philip Lancaster ; John Ireland and poetry: a singer's experience / Roderick Williams ; John Ireland on record: the composer and the growth of the gramophone / Robert Matthew-Walker

Part III. Ireland's pupils on their teacher. John Ireland: a personal impression / Geoffrey Bush ; Ireland's pupils on their teacher: Richard Arnell, Alan Bush, Benjamin Britten, E.J. Moeran & Humphrey Searle

Part IV. Notable articles on Ireland and his music. John Ireland: two reminiscences / Jocelyn Brooke ; Appreciation and biographical sketch / Norah Kirby ; The first performance of the Piano sonata / Frederic Lamond & Marion M. Scott ; Discovering John Ireland / Kenneth A. Wright ; John Ireland / E.J. Morean ; John Ireland the man / C.B. Rees ; Modern British composers: John Ireland / Edwin Evans

Part V. John Ireland's writings on music and musicians. Personal anecdotes ; Beethoven: a speech for the opposition ; Alan Bush: the student ; My introduction to Beethoven ; Sir Charles Villiers Stanford ; Elgar ; Listen to the bands! ; Sir Walter Alcock ; Ravel at a party ; Challenges ; Memorable first nights ; Albert Sammons: a tribute ; A ribute to Baughan Williams ; Dr. Ireland reviews his long career ; John Ireland's programmer notes for his own musicAppendices: John Ireland's Addresses and a Note on John Ireland's Handwriting 36 Catalogue of works 37 Discography.

Ireland, John, 1879-1962 > Criticism and interpretation.

Ireland, John, 1879-1962 > Interviews.