John Ireland

British composer and teacher of music.

Born August 13th, 1879 in Bowdon. [ref]

Died June 12th, 1962 at 82 years old in West Sussex. [ref]

Occupations
composer, film score composer, music teacher, organist

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde