Ellen Dickson

Ellen Dickson (1819 – 4 July 1878) was an English composer who also used the pseudonym Dolores Dickson. She was born in Woolwich, England and died in Lyndhurst, England.[1]

Works

Dickson composed mainly parlor music.[2] Selected works include:

  • Good night, beloved (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
  • Old clock on the stairs (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
  • The bridge (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
  • The brook (Text: Lord Alfred Tennyson)
  • The open window (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
  • Turn, fortune, turn (Text: Lord Alfred Tennyson)
  • Vivien's song (Text: Lord Alfred Tennyson)

References

  1. ↑ Greene, Frank (1985). Composers on record: an index to biographical information.
  2. ↑ Bowers, Jane; Tick, Judith (1987). Women making music: the Western art tradition, 1150-1950.


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