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Linda Phillips (musician)

December 15, 2023

Rosalind Phillippa Phillips, OBE (8 June 1899 – 8 October 2002), known as Linda Phillips, was an Australian composer, pianist and music critic.

Linda Phillips in about 1933

Early life and education edit

Linda Phillips was born in Melbourne in 1899 to Joseph Phillips (1859 – 6 April 1929) who was born in Lithuania of Russian descent and became a naturalized Australian in 1891, and Augusta Polack (25 December 1872, Melbourne – 12 October 1940).[1] She was the eldest child and had three brothers.

Linda Phillips attended Lauriston Girls' School.[2] She then studied piano at the University of Melbourne's Conservatorium of Music under Edward Goll, and subsequently composition at the private Albert Street Conservatorium in East Melbourne (Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music) where she studied under the English composer and conductor Fritz Hart.[3][4]

Career edit

Phillips was a popular composer and performer on Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio but was most well known as the music critic for The Sun News-Pictorial or Sun (Melbourne) newspaper (1949–1976).

She was Chief Adjudicator for the annual Sun Aria Contest, where she helped launch the careers of many singers including Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who won the Contest in 1966.[4] The Sun Aria (now Herald Sun Aria) is Australia's oldest and most prestigious prize for emerging opera singers. It forms the aria section of the Royal South Street Eisteddfod.

Compositions edit

Phillips' compositions have been divided into two main styles, work in the English Pastoral style, and compositions influenced by ancient Judaic music. She wrote the lyrics of many of her songs.[2] Her interest in poetry as a child led her to publish a collection of her poems in 1922, From a City Garden. Her compositions were performed by Dame Joan Sutherland,[1] Dame Joan Hammond, and Sylvia Fisher.

Her compositions include:

Songs with lyrics from the poetry of James Joyce:

  • Strings in the Earth and the Air
  • The Twilight Turns from Amethyst
  • Golden Hair
  • Apple Trees
  • Who Goes Amid the Greenwood
  • Winds of May
  • Bright Cap and Streamers
  • Go Seek Her Out All Courteously
  • Arise, My Dove
  • Monotone
  • The Charioteers (lyrics from "I Hear an Army" from Chamber Music).

Instrumental and chamber:

  • Rhapsody-Sonata in G – for violin and piano
  • Piano Suite, Sea Impressions: Waves, Mermaid and Harp, and The Dancing Sunlight
  • Cradle Song
  • Serenade for Violin and Piano
  • Two Moods for Clarinet and Piano – Grave and Giocoso
  • The Golden Bird
  • Plum Tree
  • Daydreams
  • Bracken Brown
  • Bush Evening
  • Iris Marshes
  • Shadow Dance
  • Evening Canticle
  • Serenade
  • Festival Trio in D Minor
  • Music from Lamentations – for violin, cello and piano
  • Exaltation (Chassidic Air and Dance) – quartet for oboe, violin, cello and piano
  • Purim
  • Ash Trees
  • Two Hebrew Songs

Her papers were donated to Monash University and these included her vocal music, piano music and chamber music works.[5]

Discography edit

  • Recording made by the Australian Broadcasting Commission and processed by Columbia Gramophone (Australia.) Pty. Ltd. (78 r.p.m.). In each piece, the pianist is Linda Phillips. "The Wattle Tree", William Herbert (tenor), (ABX 235); "Bird Call" (from "Four Bush Songs"), William Herbert (tenor), (ABX 236); "Bracken Brown", William Herbert (tenor), (ABX 237); "Where the Coloured Parrot Flies" (from " Four Bush Lyrics"), William Herbert (tenor), (ABX 238); "The Charioteers", Sylvia Fisher, (ABX 240); "Monotone" and "Sea Child", Sylvia Fisher, (ABX 241); "Arise My Dove", Sylvia Fisher, (ABX 242); "Waves", (ABX 243); "The Dancing Sunlight", (ABX 244); "Ash Trees", Thea Phillips (Soprano), (ABX 253); "Cradle Song", Thea Phillips (Soprano); "To a Singing Bird" and "Cherry Blossom", Nance Osborne (soprano), (ABX 287); "The Swallows", Nance Osborne (soprano), (ABX 288).
  • Recording made by the Australian Broadcasting Commission and processed by Columbia Gramophone (Australia) Pty. Ltd. (78 r.p.m.). "Rhapsodie Sonata" for violin and pianoforte (Parts 1 to 4), Lloyd Davies (Violin) and Clemens Leske (Piano); "Three Songs of the Outback": "Droving Song", Charles Skase (Baritone) and Linda Phillips (Piano); "The Settlers", Charles Skase (Baritone) and Linda Phillips (Piano); "Bourrée" for Flute and Piano, Richard Chugg (Flute) and Linda Phillips (Piano); "Rail Workers", Charles Skase (Baritone) and Linda Phillips (Piano).
  • Recording made by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. "Songs by Australian Composers" (33 1/3 r.p.m.). "Bush Ballads": "The Wattle Tree"; "Bird Call"; "Bracken Brown"; "Where the Coloured Parrot Flies"; "Cradle Song"; and "Sea Child".
  • Recording (78 r.p.m.) of "Orchard Zephyr". Music and lyrics by Linda Phillips. Kathleen Goodall (Soprano) and Linda Phillips (Piano).
  • Australian Light Classics Performed by Leonard Dommett (violin), Eugene Danilov (clarinet), Muriel Luyk (mezzo contralto) and Linda Phillips (piano).
  • Repose : lullabies and cradle songs by Australian composers 1890–1999 (1999) Cradle Song. Performed by Linda Thompson (soprano) and Deviani Segal (piano).
  • Recital : Australian art song (2002) Cradle Song and Plum Tree. Performed by Merlyn Quaife, AM (soprano) and Michael Kieran Harvey (piano).
  • The Red of a Woman's Heart : Australian Art Songs (2014) "Ash Trees" and "The Golden Bird". Performed by Lisa Harper-Brown (mezzo-soprano) and David Wickham (piano).
  • Women of Note, Volume 2: A Century of Australian Composers (2020) "Exaltation (Chassidic Dance and Air)", Performed by Anne Gilby (oboe), Isin Cakmakcioglu (violin), Rachel Atkinson (cello) and Robert Chamberlain (piano).
  • Composers' Series, The – Volume 7 Piano Solos (Phillips) (2020) Researched, edited and recorded by Jeanell Carrigan, AM. 19 piano solos.
  • What Secret hath the Rose? A Linda Phillips Anthology (2022). Jeanell Carrigan, AM (piano), Goetz Richter, AM (violin), James Kortum (flute), Julie Jong Eun Barber (soprano), and Lewis Barber (tenor). 19 pieces.

Honours edit

Linda Phillips was one of the four selected composers to celebrate the Victorian Jubilee Year in 1951. A recital of her works was held including chamber music, part songs, instrumental solos and songs.

She was an invited delegate at The International Conference of Women held in Venice in 1956 representing women composers in Victoria, Australia and was sponsored by the Press, Arts and Letters Sub-Committee of the National Council of Women in Victoria.

Phillips was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 14 June 1975 for services to music.[2] The citation is "In recognition of her long and continued services in the field of music. As an artist, composer and critic she has made a great contribution to Australia. Her assistance and encouragement to many young musicians has been outstanding."

In 1994, she attained VIP status at the Second Australian Composing Women's Festival and Conference and the Composer-of-Honour commendation from the School of Music-Conservatorium at Monash University with a concert of her music in her presence.[2]

As part of her 100th birthday celebrations, ABC Classic FM sponsored a concert on 6 June 1999 focusing on four of her instrumental scores. It was presented by Mairi Nicolson. The performers were Robert Chamberlain (piano), Isin Cakmakcioglu (violin), Rachel Atkinson (cello) and Anne Gilby (oboe) A large audience filled the ABC's Iwaki Auditorium in Melbourne.[2]

Personal life edit

Linda Phillips married (Adolph) Maurice Kauffmann (17 March 1887 – 6 January 1945) on 4 July 1924. They had one daughter. Linda Phillips died in 2002, aged 103.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Linda Phillips : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "A passion unbowed by sexism – smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. 25 November 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Trove Australia". Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b Melbourne, National Foundation for Australian Women and The University of. "Phillips, Linda – Woman – The Australian Women's Register". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Music Archive of Linda Phillips". Monash University Library. Monash University Library.

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This article s use of external links may not follow Wikipedia s policies or guidelines Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references November 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Rosalind Phillippa Phillips OBE 8 June 1899 8 October 2002 known as Linda Phillips was an Australian composer pianist and music critic Linda Phillips in about 1933 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Compositions 4 Discography 5 Honours 6 Personal life 7 ReferencesEarly life and education editLinda Phillips was born in Melbourne in 1899 to Joseph Phillips 1859 6 April 1929 who was born in Lithuania of Russian descent and became a naturalized Australian in 1891 and Augusta Polack 25 December 1872 Melbourne 12 October 1940 1 She was the eldest child and had three brothers Linda Phillips attended Lauriston Girls School 2 She then studied piano at the University of Melbourne s Conservatorium of Music under Edward Goll and subsequently composition at the private Albert Street Conservatorium in East Melbourne Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music where she studied under the English composer and conductor Fritz Hart 3 4 Career editPhillips was a popular composer and performer on Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio but was most well known as the music critic for The Sun News Pictorial or Sun Melbourne newspaper 1949 1976 She was Chief Adjudicator for the annual Sun Aria Contest where she helped launch the careers of many singers including Dame Kiri Te Kanawa who won the Contest in 1966 4 The Sun Aria now Herald Sun Aria is Australia s oldest and most prestigious prize for emerging opera singers It forms the aria section of the Royal South Street Eisteddfod Compositions editPhillips compositions have been divided into two main styles work in the English Pastoral style and compositions influenced by ancient Judaic music She wrote the lyrics of many of her songs 2 Her interest in poetry as a child led her to publish a collection of her poems in 1922 From a City Garden Her compositions were performed by Dame Joan Sutherland 1 Dame Joan Hammond and Sylvia Fisher Her compositions include Songs with lyrics from the poetry of James Joyce Strings in the Earth and the Air The Twilight Turns from Amethyst Golden Hair Apple Trees Who Goes Amid the Greenwood Winds of May Bright Cap and Streamers Go Seek Her Out All Courteously Arise My Dove Monotone The Charioteers lyrics from I Hear an Army from Chamber Music Instrumental and chamber Rhapsody Sonata in G for violin and piano Piano Suite Sea Impressions Waves Mermaid and Harp and The Dancing Sunlight Cradle Song Serenade for Violin and Piano Two Moods for Clarinet and Piano Grave and Giocoso The Golden Bird Plum Tree Daydreams Bracken Brown Bush Evening Iris Marshes Shadow Dance Evening Canticle Serenade Festival Trio in D Minor Music from Lamentations for violin cello and piano Exaltation Chassidic Air and Dance quartet for oboe violin cello and piano Purim Ash Trees Two Hebrew SongsHer papers were donated to Monash University and these included her vocal music piano music and chamber music works 5 Discography editRecording made by the Australian Broadcasting Commission and processed by Columbia Gramophone Australia Pty Ltd 78 r p m In each piece the pianist is Linda Phillips The Wattle Tree William Herbert tenor ABX 235 Bird Call from Four Bush Songs William Herbert tenor ABX 236 Bracken Brown William Herbert tenor ABX 237 Where the Coloured Parrot Flies from Four Bush Lyrics William Herbert tenor ABX 238 The Charioteers Sylvia Fisher ABX 240 Monotone and Sea Child Sylvia Fisher ABX 241 Arise My Dove Sylvia Fisher ABX 242 Waves ABX 243 The Dancing Sunlight ABX 244 Ash Trees Thea Phillips Soprano ABX 253 Cradle Song Thea Phillips Soprano To a Singing Bird and Cherry Blossom Nance Osborne soprano ABX 287 The Swallows Nance Osborne soprano ABX 288 Recording made by the Australian Broadcasting Commission and processed by Columbia Gramophone Australia Pty Ltd 78 r p m Rhapsodie Sonata for violin and pianoforte Parts 1 to 4 Lloyd Davies Violin and Clemens Leske Piano Three Songs of the Outback Droving Song Charles Skase Baritone and Linda Phillips Piano The Settlers Charles Skase Baritone and Linda Phillips Piano Bourree for Flute and Piano Richard Chugg Flute and Linda Phillips Piano Rail Workers Charles Skase Baritone and Linda Phillips Piano Recording made by the Australian Broadcasting Commission Songs by Australian Composers 33 1 3 r p m Bush Ballads The Wattle Tree Bird Call Bracken Brown Where the Coloured Parrot Flies Cradle Song and Sea Child Recording 78 r p m of Orchard Zephyr Music and lyrics by Linda Phillips Kathleen Goodall Soprano and Linda Phillips Piano Australian Light Classics Performed by Leonard Dommett violin Eugene Danilov clarinet Muriel Luyk mezzo contralto and Linda Phillips piano Repose lullabies and cradle songs by Australian composers 1890 1999 1999 Cradle Song Performed by Linda Thompson soprano and Deviani Segal piano Recital Australian art song 2002 Cradle Song and Plum Tree Performed by Merlyn Quaife AM soprano and Michael Kieran Harvey piano The Red of a Woman s Heart Australian Art Songs 2014 Ash Trees and The Golden Bird Performed by Lisa Harper Brown mezzo soprano and David Wickham piano Women of Note Volume 2 A Century of Australian Composers 2020 Exaltation Chassidic Dance and Air Performed by Anne Gilby oboe Isin Cakmakcioglu violin Rachel Atkinson cello and Robert Chamberlain piano Composers Series The Volume 7 Piano Solos Phillips 2020 Researched edited and recorded by Jeanell Carrigan AM 19 piano solos What Secret hath the Rose A Linda Phillips Anthology 2022 Jeanell Carrigan AM piano Goetz Richter AM violin James Kortum flute Julie Jong Eun Barber soprano and Lewis Barber tenor 19 pieces Honours editLinda Phillips was one of the four selected composers to celebrate the Victorian Jubilee Year in 1951 A recital of her works was held including chamber music part songs instrumental solos and songs She was an invited delegate at The International Conference of Women held in Venice in 1956 representing women composers in Victoria Australia and was sponsored by the Press Arts and Letters Sub Committee of the National Council of Women in Victoria Phillips was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE on 14 June 1975 for services to music 2 The citation is In recognition of her long and continued services in the field of music As an artist composer and critic she has made a great contribution to Australia Her assistance and encouragement to many young musicians has been outstanding In 1994 she attained VIP status at the Second Australian Composing Women s Festival and Conference and the Composer of Honour commendation from the School of Music Conservatorium at Monash University with a concert of her music in her presence 2 As part of her 100th birthday celebrations ABC Classic FM sponsored a concert on 6 June 1999 focusing on four of her instrumental scores It was presented by Mairi Nicolson The performers were Robert Chamberlain piano Isin Cakmakcioglu violin Rachel Atkinson cello and Anne Gilby oboe A large audience filled the ABC s Iwaki Auditorium in Melbourne 2 Personal life editLinda Phillips married Adolph Maurice Kauffmann 17 March 1887 6 January 1945 on 4 July 1924 They had one daughter Linda Phillips died in 2002 aged 103 References edit a b Linda Phillips Represented Artist Profile Australian Music Centre www australianmusiccentre com au Retrieved 11 May 2018 a b c d e A passion unbowed by sexism smh com au www smh com au 25 November 2002 Retrieved 11 May 2018 Trove Australia Retrieved 11 May 2018 a b Melbourne National Foundation for Australian Women and The University of Phillips Linda Woman The Australian Women s Register www womenaustralia info Retrieved 11 May 2018 Music Archive of Linda Phillips Monash University Library Monash University Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Linda Phillips musician amp oldid 1130842624, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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