Elizabeth Philp


Elizabeth Philp 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, and studied harmony with German composer Ferdinand Hiller at Cologne. She published a collection How to Sing an English Ballad including sixty songs. In London she was a neighbor and friend of Catherine Hogarth, and part of a community of musicians and writers there.
Philp died in London in 1885, aged 58 years, from liver disease and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

Works

Philp composed songs and song cycles. Selected works include: