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From BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3:
Three-quarters of a century after his death, Ivor Gurney is now celebrated as both poet and composer. He studied at the Royal College of Music with Charles Villiers Stanford and Vaughan Williams and began to write poetry and songs seriously during World War One. In 1918 Gurney suffered the first of his breakdowns, triggered in part by the end of a love affair. He continued to compose, producing songs, instrumental pieces, chamber music and orchestral works; but in 1922 he was declared insane and interned in a mental hospital, where he was detained for the last 15 years of his life.
Such splendid music, what a sad end for this great composer.
Three-quarters of a century after his death, Ivor Gurney is now celebrated as both poet and composer. He studied at the Royal College of Music with Charles Villiers Stanford and Vaughan Williams and began to write poetry and songs seriously during World War One. In 1918 Gurney suffered the first of his breakdowns, triggered in part by the end of a love affair. He continued to compose, producing songs, instrumental pieces, chamber music and orchestral works; but in 1922 he was declared insane and interned in a mental hospital, where he was detained for the last 15 years of his life.
Such splendid music, what a sad end for this great composer.
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