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

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