Elizabeth Philp

Elizabeth Philp (1827 – 26 November 1885) was an English singer, music educator and composer.

Elizabeth Philp, from an 1880 publication

Philp was born in Falmouth, Cornwall, the eldest daughter of geographer James Philp. She was a protegee of Charlotte Cushman,[1] and studied harmony with German composer Ferdinand Hiller at Cologne.[2] She published a collection How to Sing an English Ballad[3] including sixty songs.[4] In London she was a neighbor and friend of Catherine Hogarth, and part of a community of musicians and writers there.[5]

Philp died in London[6] in 1885, aged 58 years, from liver disease.[1]

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
  1. E. H. T. "The Late Elizabeth Philp" The Musical Standard (Reeves & Turner 1885): p.351.
  2. "Music and Musicians in England" Harper's New Monthly Magazine 60(1880): p.301.
  3. Elizabeth Philp, How to Sing an English Ballad (Tinsley Bros. 1869).
  4. "Composers Biography". Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  5. Lilian Nayder, The Other Dickens: A Life of Catherine Hogarth (Cornell University Press 2012): p.301. ISBN 9780801465062
  6. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
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