MS Mus. 1749/1/3

Contracts with the B.B.C.; transcripts of B.B.C. broadcasts about Ireland; and various writings by Ireland about music and interviews given.

1. Contracts with the B.B.C.:

• 3 November 1940: ‘To accompany Parry Jones in a 16-minute recital of own songs’.

• 5 January 1941: ‘To play your own Sonata with Florence Hooton’.

• 11 May 1941: ‘Interview with Mr Albert Sammons’.

• 29 September 1941: ‘To accompany Mr William Parsons in group of your own songs’.

• 6 October 1941: ‘Programme as arranged with Overseas Music Director’.

• 5 November 1941: Programme suggestion (memorandum, photocopy) by Elizabeth Poston: ‘John Ireland offers a new set of small piano pieces (in the press) as a first performance’ ('The Boyhood Scene' and 'Three Pastels').

• 17/18 November 1941: ‘Sonata Recital with Miss Florence Hooton’.

• 9 December 1941: ‘To play your own Sonata No. 1 in D minor with Arthur Catterall’.

• 20/21 February 1942: ‘To play your latest compositions’.

• 8 March 1942: ‘To play Sonatina and Three Pastels’.

• 4/5 May 1942: ‘To play your own 1st Sonata for piano and violin’.

• 14 December 1942: ‘ Ireland Cello Sonata arranged for Viola with Lionel Tertis’.

• 3/4 May 1944: ‘Own composition’ (with B.B.C. advice slip attached entitled ‘Work in B.B.C. Studios During Air Raid Warnings’).

• 27 January 1945: Report (photocopy) by Lennox Berkeley entitled ‘Boosey and Hawkes Concert: January 27 1945’.

• 22 October 1947: ‘Sonata recital with Miss Florence Hooton’. •

6 June 1957: ‘Interview with Joseph Cooper’.

2. Transcripts of B.B.C. broadcasts about Ireland:

• 14 September 1958: Alec Robertson, ‘Talking about the Proms’.

• 4 December 1961: ‘Harold Rutland talks about one of the most English of all composers’.

• 13 August 1962: Harold Rutland, ‘A Tribute to John Ireland’.

• Without date: John Longmire, ‘Choral Music and Modern British Composers’.

3. By Ireland: writings, interviews, talks:

• [1909]: signed autograph programme note (fragment) for Phantasie Trio in A minor (first performance 1909).

• ‘Personal Anecdotes’ (signed typescript, not dated): two numbered paragraphs about applying unsuccessfully for a position as a church organist and working as an accompanist at smoking concerts. Published in The John Ireland Companion (2011), p. 394.

• ‘Ravel at a Party’ (signed typescript, not dated). Published in Companion, p. 407.

• ‘Elgar’ (autograph and signed typescript, not dated). Published in Companion, p. 402.

• ‘Concerto in E flat. Ireland.’ Autograph. Published in Companion, p. 420, which includes two mis-transcriptions: in the final sentence of the first paragraph, Ireland has written ‘interdependent’ and not, as printed, ‘not dependent’; secondly, in the final paragraph, discussing the entry of the timpani, Ireland has written ‘the solemn closing bars’ and not, as printed, ‘the soloist’s closing bars’.

• The poem ‘Sea Fever’ by John Masefield written in Ireland’s hand, and signed by Ireland (not dated).

• ‘Memorable First Nights’ (carbon typescript, with corrections by hand). Talk by Ireland broadcast 23 August 1942. Published in Companion, pp. 409-12.

• Transcription (typescript) of radio talk by Ireland introduced by Julian Herbage, broadcast 16 December 1945. Published as ‘My Introduction to Beethoven’ in Companion, pp. 396-9.

• ‘Sir Walter Alcock’ [c. 1948], Typescript, published in Companion, pp. 404-7.

• ‘Stanford’ [1949]. Signed typescript, published in Companion, pp. 399-401.

• ‘Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Violin and Piano’ (1950). Typescript, published in Companion, pp. 418-9.

• Transcriptions of broadcast interview (1954) with Harold Rutland, made shortly before Ireland’s 75th birthday. The transcriptions are: by hand (not Ireland’s) referring to Ireland’s birthday ‘in a few months time’; as carbon typescript, also referring to Ireland’s birthday ‘in a few months time’; a transcription fragment, with amendments by hand (carbon typescript, sheets numbered 2, 3 and 3A); and as a version in typescript, heavily amended by hand, prepared for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, referring to Ireland’s birthday being ‘a short time ago’.

• ‘Albert Sammons: A Tribute from John Ireland’. Carbon typescript, published in the Musical Times (October 1957), p. 548, and in Companion, pp. 412-3.

• ‘Vaughan Williams: Early Days’. Carbon typescript, published in the Musical Times (October 1958), pp. 535-6, and in Companion, pp. 413-4.

• ‘Interview avec Dr John Ireland’. Typescript of an interview conducted in French. Not dated. Annotated (sheet 2 verso): ‘Radio – Lausanne’.