Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his death, this book presents new articles by leading authorities on John Ireland and his music, together with transcriptions of his broadcast talks and of interviews with the composer.

Foreword by Julian Lloyd WebberJohn Ireland - a life in music - Colin Scott-SutherlandJohn Ireland: a personal discovery - Bruce PhillipsMeeting John Ireland - Alan RowlandsJohn Ireland's personal world - Fiona RichardsInterview with John Ireland - Murray SchaferAprahamian, Bush, Markes, Morrison, Thompson remember John IrelandJohn Ireland and the BBC - Lewis ForemanSea Fever: John Ireland and Deal - Julie DellerRemembering John Ireland and His World - Freda SwainArthur Machen and John Ireland - Colin Scott-SutherlandHelen Perkin: pianist, composer and muse of John Ireland - Fiona RichardsJohn Ireland and Charles Markes: a creative relationship - George DannattThe John Ireland Charitable Trust - Bruce PhillipsJohn Ireland: some musical fingerprints - Alan RowlandsJohn Ireland and the piano - Eric ParkinJohn Ireland in the Concert Hall: Orchestral and Choral-Orchestral Music - Lewis ForemanThe Happy Highways: John Ireland's Chamber music - Bruce PhillipsThe Church Music of John Ireland - Jeremy DibbleThe Organ Music - Stephen Le ProvostThe Songs of John Ireland - Charles MarkesSongs of Innocence: the part-songs of John Ireland - Philip LancasterJohn Ireland and Poetry: a singer's experience - Roderick WilliamsJohn Ireland on Record - Robert Matthew-WalkerJohn Ireland: a personal impression - Geoffrey BushArnell, Britten, Bush, Moeran and Searle: Ireland's Pupils on their TeacherJohn Ireland: two reminiscences - Jocelyn BrookeAppreciation and biographical sketch - Norah KirbyPiano Sonata - Frederick LamondDiscovering John Ireland - Kenneth A. WrightJohn Ireland - E.J. MoeranJohn Ireland the Man - C.B. ReesModern British Composers: John Ireland - Edwin EvansJohn Ireland's Writings on MusicAppendices: John Ireland's Addresses and a Note on John Ireland's HandwritingCatalogue of worksDiscography