Elizabeth Philp
Elizabeth Philp (1827 – 26 November 1885) was an English singer, music educator and composer. She was born in Falmouth, the eldest daughter of geographer James Philp. She published a collection How to Sing an English Ballad including sixty songs.[1] Philp died in London.[2]
Works
Philp composed songs and song cycles. Selected works include:
- Alone (Text: James Russell Lowell)
- Good night, beloved (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
- Inclusion (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
- Insufficiency (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
- O moonlight deep and tender (in Six Songs) (Text: James Russell Lowell)
- Serenade (in Six Songs) (Text: James Russell Lowell)
- Sweetest eyes (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
- Tell me, the summer stars (Text: Edwin Arnold)
- The sea hath its pearls (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow after Heinrich Heine)
- The violets of spring (Text: Elizabeth Philp after Heinrich Heine)
- When all the world is young (Text: Charles Kingsley)
References
- ↑ "Composers Biography". Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ↑ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (DIGITIZED ONLINE BY GOOGLEBOOKS). Retrieved 28 November 2010.
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