Ruth Gipps
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English composer (1921–1999)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
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- Compositions by Ruth Gipps
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1921-02-20
- Active to
- 1999-02-23
Discography
- British Horn Concertos2007
- Symphonies nos. 2 and 4 / Song for Orchestra / Knight in Armour2018
- Piano Concertos by Dora Bright and Ruth Gipps2019
- Dedication: The Clarinet Chamber Music of Ruth Gipps2021
- British Music for Strings III2021
- Horn Concertos2022
- Orchestral Works, Vol. 22022
- Music for Flute by Women Composers2024
- Piper of Dreams2024
- Orchestral Works, Vol. 32025
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Ruth Gipps (20 February 1921 – 23 February 1999) was a British composer, oboist, pianist and impresario. Ruth Gipps was born in Bexhill-on-Sea, England in 1921. She was a child prodigy, winning performance competitions in which she was considerably younger than the rest of the field. After performing her first composition at the age of 8 in one of the numerous music festivals she entered, the work was bought by a publishing house for a guinea and a half. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ruth+
Described at
Ruth Gipps MBE | British Music Collection
britishmusiccollection.org.uk →Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) was a child prodigy composer, oboist and pianist. After extreme success in her younger life winner performance competitions and having her compositions published, she studied at the Royal College of Music, London in 1937, where she was taught composition, at one point, by Vaughan Williams. She continued her studies at Durham University. She became known as an oboe and piano soloist as well as a composer, until she was 33 when she received a hand injury meaning she could no longer perform. She concentrated more on composing and conducting, although she had little success finding a good position in the latter role due to discrimination against female conductors. Later roles included faculty posts at Trinity College, London, Royal College of Music and Kingston University (then known as Kingston Polytechnic).
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Bexhill-on-Sea
- Place of death
- Eastbourne
- Occupation
- music educator
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- wind music
- Movement
- Romantic music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Ruth Gipps.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1921-02-20
- date of death
- 1999-02-23
- name in native language
- Ruth Gipps
- described at URL
- britishmusiccollection.org.uk/composer/ruth-gipps-mbe
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- Ruth Gipps
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