The Ivor Gurney Society was founded in 1995 to promote interest and scholarship in the life and work of the Gloucester composer-poet, Ivor Gurney (1890-1937).

This website gives information about the Society, Gurney himself, and also aims to host a number of scholarly resources.

LATEST NEWS

August 2009: Two notable Gurney events are to take place in September 2009. On Sunday 6th September, as part of the Kings Place Festival, in London, Iain Burnside and friends are presenting a programme of songs and readings devoted to Gurney's work. Full details can be found here. This event follows the new release of an all Gurney Naxos CD, sponsored by the society, in which Iain accompanies mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley. The second event takes place in Gloucester the following weekend, 12th September. Gloucester's Civic Trust are organising a poetry reading of Gloucester poets to take place at St Michael's Tower, on Gloucester Cross, at 11am. Following this, it is hoped that a new plaque will be unveiled at Boots on Eastgate Street, near the site of the house in which Gurney was born. There is a plaque hidden away that marks the exact spot, but this is rather out of the way and isn't seen by many, so it is hoped the new plaque will give Gurney a more prominent presence in the city. Places for the poetry reading are limited. It will be advertised in due course in Gloucester City Council's Heritage Open Day leaflet.

February 2009: the online Gurney Bibliography is in the process of going live! The first section (Works) is now completed, as are the help page and an initial version of the update form. Please excuse any temporary bugs with the site.

January 2009: details of the Gurney Society Spring weekend - 16-17 May - are now available on the Events page.

December 2008: the latest Society journal is now available. The contents are listed on the Publications page.