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- Born
- 1890
- Died
- 1937
- Works
- 18
Top works
- Selected Poems
- 20 Favourite Songs
- 80 poems or so
- Best poems
- Collected Letters
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Ivor Gurney (August 28, 1890 - December 26, 1937) was an english art-song composer, also known for his poetry. Born in Gloucester, he was good friends with Herbert Howells - both learnt to play the organ at Gloucester Cathedral. Winning a scholarship to the Royal College of Music, Gurney began his studies there in 1911. However, Gurney's studies were interrupted by World War I. Whilst abroad he was both wounded and gassed. After the war, Gurney returned to London to resume his music studies at t
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Quotes
- “If only this fear would leave me I could dream of Crickley HillAnd a hundred thousand thoughts of home would visit my heart in sleep;But here the peace is shattered all day by the devil's will,And the guns bark night-long to spoil the velvet silence deep.”
- “But we of the rich plain of sweet airs and pure,Oh! Death would take so much from us, how should we not fear?”
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