MS Mus. 1749/1/5

A collection of press cuttings (some as photocopies) and related material, arranged chronologically.

• 1901: reviews of performances of 'Sea Idyll' and 'Symphonic Prelude'.
• 1915: flyer for the publication Twelve Short Anthems (London: Stainer & Bell Ltd.) by various composers, including Ireland.
• 1921-22: Minutes (as photocopies) of meetings relating to the 268th Festival of the Sons of Clergy, St Paul's Cathedral.
• 1922: Programme (photocopy) of the 268th Festival of the Sons of Clergy, St Paul's Cathedral (30 May 1922), including the anthem 'Many Waters Cannot Quench Love' by Ireland.
• 1922: H. Orsmond Anderton, 'Cameo Portraits: Ariel enmeshed' [John Ireland], Musical Opinion (August 1922), pp. 953-5 (photocopy).
• 1923: E. J. Moeran, 'Introductions: X. John Ireland', The Music Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 10 (October 1923), pp. 300-3.
• 1930: W. H. Haddon Squire, 'The Windows of Music', Christian Science Monitor (25 October 1930), reviewing Ireland, Piano Concerto (Helen Perkin).
• 1931: Herbert Lambert, 'John Ireland's Piano Concerto', The Sackbut (January 1931), pp. 168-9.
• 1931: E. J. Moeran, 'John Ireland as Teacher', The Monthly Musical Record (2 March 1931) - photocopy.
• 1932: two newspaper cuttings ('A Downland Suite'); 'The Island Spell' (poem); and an extract (photocopy) from the University of Durham Gazette, Convocation 28 June 1928, including Ireland Hon. D.Mus.
• 1933: review of Ireland, Piano Concerto by Constant Lambert.
• 1934: review of first performance of Ireland, Legend (Helen Perkin).
• 1937: Robert Hull, 'Music of John Ireland', Radio Times (22 January 1937).
• 1938: Alec Robertson, 'Prefatory Essay and Analytical Note (Trio No. III in E)'; brief extracts (typescript) from various reviews of Clifford Curzon performing Ireland, Piano Concerto, at the Queen's Hall (7 April 1938); and Ireland, 'A Catalogue of Works' to 1938 (Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.).
• 1939: two cuttings from Guernsey newspapers; and brief extracts (typescript) of reviews of Clifford Curzon performing Ireland, Piano Concerto, at Carnegie Hall, New York (10 March 1939).
• 1940: cuttings from The Star (Guernsey) and the Birmingham Post.
• 1941-42: 'Press Criticisms' - extracts from various newspapers gathered by Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
• 1943: cutting from the Glasgow Herald (Curzon, Piano Concerto), and cutting from the Telegraph (Berkeley, Piano Sonata, invoking Ireland's harmonic language).
• 1944: advertisement for Columbia recording of Ireland, A London Overture; and a poem, 'The Forsaken Altar' by H.S.B. for J.I. (photocopy typescript).
• 1945: 'Composers of Our Time', The Listener (5 April 1945); and two cuttings relating to Guernsey.
• 1946: Scott Goddard, 'Composers of Today: John Ireland' (photocopy).
• 1947: two cuttings - Leeds Festival ('These Things Shall Be') and holiday in Guernsey.
• 1949: Ireland, Satyricon (Joseph Williams Ltd.), advertising score and parts for hire.
• 1951: Guernsey Evening Press (8 March) on the departure of John Longmire from the island; and brief extract (typed) from the News Chronicle by Scott Goddard on Eric Parkin performing Ireland's Piano Sonata.
• 1952: Entry for Ireland in The International Who's Who.
• 1953: Norman Suckling, 'John Ireland and the Piano', The Listener (24 December).
• 1954: six cuttings, including 'Profile' (15 August) from The Observer.
• 1956: photograph of Ireland in front of Rock Mill on his 77th birthday.
• 1957: 'Composer's Home Invaded by Sounds from the Sand Pits' (Southern Weekly News, 6 September); and, on the same subject, 'No Peace for a Composer' (The Times, 29 August).
• 1958: Evan Senior, 'How a Dance Band Helped an English Concerto', Records and Recording (August); 'First English LP recording of John Ireland's Piano Concerto released', Record Times (August); George Parker, 'A Note about John Masefield's "Sea Fever" Set to Music by John Ireland' (28 October) - carbon typescript.
• 1959: 'Dr Ireland Reviews His Long Career' (3 August, The Times); 'John Ireland's 80th Birthday'; and review of 'Macnaghten Concerts'.
• 1960: various cuttings concerning the inaugural, and second, concerts of The John Ireland Society, including Sextet for Clarinet, Horn and String Quartet (1898).
• 1961: Colin Scott-Sutherland, 'Nationalism and John Ireland', reprinted from The Music Review (August); J. F. Waterhouse, 'Views of Ireland - IV', Birmingham Post (30 October).
• 1962: various obituaries.
• 1963: Colin Scott-Sutherland, review of Ireland, Sextet, reprinted from The Music Review (February); cuttings concerning the unveiling of the John Ireland Memorial Window in the Musicians' Chapel, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, London; cutting of a review from The Times (13 June) of Alan Rowlands at the Wigmore Hall on the first anniversay of Ireland's death.
• 1964: detached front cover of The Musical Times (January) carrying an image of the Ireland memorial window (cover annotated by Norah Kirby); Jocelyn Brooke, 'The Birth of a Legend' (in typescript with corrections by hand) - as published in a limited edition by Bertam Rota (1964); Ernest Chapman, 'Buried Musical Treasure' (photocopy, publication not indicated): 'Now, when at last his old mill home has been cleared, more than a dozen splendid works, unpublished and previously unknown, have been discovered among his papers'.
• 1965: Harold Rutland, John Ireland: A Biographical Sketch with Analytical Notes on Two of His Piano Pieces, 'The Island Spell' and 'Ragamuffin' (Galliard Ltd, in association with the John Ireland Society) - booklet as photocopy; also, Rutland, 'Piano Music by John Ireland' (carbon typescript with corrections by hand).
• 1967-68: various brief reviews of recordings.
• 1969: 'Great Musician Who Left Mark on Guernsey' (Guernsey Press, 10 July), reviewing Longmire's biography; Thomas Pitfield, 'Ireland in Bowden' (Cheshire Life, October); review of Longmire's biography (Northern Echo); programme note (typescript) for 'Suite: The Overlanders'; and William Mann, 'John Ireland's new appeal' (The Times, 15 August), referencing Longmire.
• 1970: plaque installed at 'Inglewood', Bowden (Daily Telegraph, 10 February); photograph of three award winners, Stroud Festival International Composers' Competition (The Citizen, 22 October).
• 1971: review of Ireland 'Orchestral Works' recording (Gramophone, February); advertisement for Ireland recordings by Lyrita (Gramophone, October).
• 1973: review of recording of Piano Concerto (Eric Parkin) with other works (Stereo Review).