Ina Boyle 1889–1967

A composer's life

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Composer Ina Boyle (1889–1967) was the first Irishwoman to undertake a symphony, a concerto and a ballet. After developing a passion for music at an early age, she worked at her craft throughout her life being educated privately in Dublin and later in England. In 1919 her orchestral rhapsody, ‘The magic harp’, was selected for publication by the prestigious Carnegie United Kingdom Trust and was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. From 1923 until the outbreak of the Second World War she travelled regularly to London for lessons with composer and mentor Ralph Vaughan Williams. During the 1940s several of her orchestral works were broadcast on Radio Éireann in programmes of music by Irish composers. Despite these achievements, Boyle struggled to gain recognition during her lifetime or to hear her works performed. This long overdue study seeks to restore her legacy as one of twentieth-century Ireland’s most prolific composers.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-03-05
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor189
FörlagCork University Press
ISBN9781782052654

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Ita Beausang lectured at Cork Municipal School of Music and at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama where she also served as Acting Director. Her book Anglo-Irish Music 1780–1830 (1966) is the standard work on the period. In 2014 she was awarded honorary life membership of the Society for Musicology in Ireland. Séamas de Barra is a composer and musicologist whose orchestral and vocal works have been performed and broadcast by the National Orchestra of Ireland, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the BBC Singers, the National Chamber Choir amongst others. He has published widely on twentieth-century Irish music including a major monograph on Aloys Fleischmann. He was editor (with Patrick Zuk) of a series of monographs on Irish composers issued by Field Day Press in conjunction with the University of Notre Dame.

Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. The Growth of a Composer 2. Lessons in London 3. A Changing World 4. Post War 5. A Composer’s Life ‘The Music of Ina Boyle’ An Essay by Séamas de Barra Appendices 1. Genealogy 2. Sources 3. Catalogue of Compositions 4. Performances during Ina Boyle’s Lifetime: 1915–67 147 Notes and references Discography Select bibliography Index