Ireland John. Preludes for piano

London: Winthrop Rogers, 1918. — 15 p.Preludes for Piano is a set of four short pieces for piano solo composed by John Ireland between 1913 and 1915. They were published in the latter year.
The pieces, with typical timings, are:
The Undertone
Obsession
The Holy Boy (composed on Christmas Day 1913; subtitled A Carol of the Nativity;
Fire of Spring
The Holy Boy is one of Ireland's best-known works, along with his setting of the hymn "My Song Is Love Unknown". It has been arranged for a variety of forces. One version is the Christmas carol "Lowly, laid in a manger / With oxen brooding nigh" with words by Herbert S. Brown.
medium difficulty