PHILP

Elizabeth (elder dau. of the succeeding). b. Falmouth 17 Jany. 1825; studied singing under Manuel Garcia and Madame Marchesi, and composition under Dr. Ferdinand Hiller of Cologne; a teacher of singing in London; author of How to sing an English ballad 1869, 4 ed. 1870; composer of O, had I the voice of a bird 1855; I once had a sweet little doll 1867; Lillie’s good night 1870; At rest 1884; her name is attached to 150 pieces of music. d. 67 Gloucester crescent, Regent’s park, London 26 Nov. 1885. Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. (1878–82) 487–91, 1313; Boase’s Collect. Cornub. (1890) 735, 1808; F. Hays’ Women of the day (1885) 159.