Ian lace biography

Known mainly for his three spectacular Roman tone poems, Respighi has attracted much adverse criticism.
His Piano Concerto, for instance, was inspired by the countryside and its antiquity around Chanctonbury Ring.
Ian Lace is a freelance music reviewer and lecturer in England.

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John Ireland Trust

John Ireland photographed by Alvin Langdon Coburn London 20th March 1916

Amberley, Ashington, Shipley, Steyning and Washington are all places associated with John Ireland. Ireland loved the South Downs; they were a deep source of inspiration to him. His Piano Concerto, for instance, was inspired by the countryside and its antiquity around Chanctonbury Ring. He first came to Sussex in the early 1920s when he was in his early 40s. He took rooms in Ashington overlooking Chanctonbury Ring. He would make notes on walks and use them to work on compositions in his Chelsea studio.

Until the early 1980s, there was a John Ireland memorial museum in Steyning looked after by Mrs Norah Kirby Ireland’s devoted companion of his latter years. She related how she had first met Dr Ireland:

“One evening, during the war, I switched on the wireless and heard what I thought was the most beautiful music I had ever heard. It was a Phantasy Trio but all I knew at the time was that the announcer had said that Ralph Hill had been reviewing new records; I had no id

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About Ian Fieggen

Condensed Details

You might conclude from this extensive Shoelace Site that I'm some sort of Knotting Nut – but I'm really just a friendly Aussie guy trying to contribute to the Internet.

To sum up my life in one paragraph: My parents are Dutch, I was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and have lived in Australia since the age of one year old. I breezed through school, having a real aptitude for science and mathematics. I'm somewhat artistic, but more technical skill than creativity. My real forte has been in computer graphics, which I've experimented with since the very early days of computers. My most recent full-time employment was in a multi-skilled role at the head office of a chain of retail jewellers, for whom I did both technical work such as IT, programming and website development, as well as producing all artwork and catalogues.

If you browse the rest of my personal site, you'll find out a lot more about me and what I have to share. I guess the main aspect of my character that comes through as a common theme is that I'm passionate abo

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8. Credits

Ian Lace is a freelance music reviewer and lecturer in England. He regularly writes for the BBC Music Magazine, Classic CD, Fanfare, and the British Music Society News (in addition to various British music related websites). He has also written biographical notes on other major British composers such as Edward Elgar and Arnold Bax. The text was edited by Kenric Taylor with assistance from others.

Bibliography for Text and Images:

Holst, Imogen. Gustav Holst. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1938, rev. 1969.

Holst, Imogen. A Scrapbook for the Holst Birthplace Museum. London: G and I Holst Ltd., 1978.

Short, Michael. Gustav Holst, The Man and His Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990.

A Key to the Images:

Clara von Holst, Gustav's mother
Gustav at 11 years, playing the violin
Holst as a student at RCM
Holst around 1900
Isobel and Gustav in Berlin, c. 1903
Nora Day and Vally Lasker
The Holst Room at St. Pauls Girl's School
Manuscript of The Hymn of Jesus
Holst in England, early 1920s
Ralph and Adeline Vaugha