Ivor Gurney

Ivor Bertie Gurney (28 August 1890 – 26 December 1937) was an English poet and composer, particularly of songs. He was born and raised in Gloucester. He suffered from bipolar disorder through much of his life and spent his last 15 years in psychiatric hospitals. Critical evaluation of Gurney has been complicated by this, and also by the need to assess both his poetry and his music. Gurney himself thought of music as his true vocation: "The brighter visions brought music; the fainter verse".

Gurney: Songs, Vol. 2 - 2024-10-11T00:00:00.000000Z

I Saw Eternity - 2024-09-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Made Human: songs for trombone and piano - 2024-07-26T00:00:00.000000Z

The Past & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy - 2024-07-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Fear No More - 2024-04-26T00:00:00.000000Z

A Birthday Garland - 2024-03-15T00:00:00.000000Z

But I Like to Sing... - 2023-11-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Gurney: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 3 - 2023-10-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook - 2023-07-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Forbidden Fruit - 2023-06-23T00:00:00.000000Z

English Art Song - 2023-03-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Ivor Gurney: Songs - 2023-03-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Proud Songsters: English Solo Song - 2021-03-19T00:00:00.000000Z

And Love Said... - 2021-02-19T00:00:00.000000Z

A Walk with Ivor Gurney - 2018-10-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Chimère - 2018-04-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Celebrating English Song - 2017-11-17T00:00:00.000000Z

British Tone Poems, Vol. 1 - 2017-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Shakespeare Songs - 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Poetry in Music - 2015-09-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Insomnia - 2015-07-31T00:00:00.000000Z

This Other Eden: A Landscape of English Poetry and Song - 2015-03-09T00:00:00.000000Z

No Exceptions No Exemptions: Great War Songs - 2014-11-10T00:00:00.000000Z

To go into the Unknown - 2014-10-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Love's Old Sweet Song - 2014-10-30T00:00:00.000000Z

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