Louis Campbell-Tipton (November 21, 1868 – May 1, 1921) was an American
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
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Biography
He was born in
Chicago, Illinois on November 21, 1868. Other sources cite 1877 as his birth year.
Louis Campbell-Tipton studied in
Boston and
Leipzig, and was an instructor in theory at the
Chicago Musical College
Chicago Musical College is a division of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.
History
Founding
Dr. Florenz Ziegfeld Sr (1841–1923), founded the college in 1867 as the Chicago Academy of Music. The institution h ...
from 1900 to 1905.
He then moved to
Paris. He felt that the prospects for performance of large-scale American works in the United States were bleak, and claimed that he had never wished to sacrifice the energy needed to complete a large work. Even so, at his death a number of pieces for
orchestra were found among his manuscripts, as were two
operas. During his life he was known mainly for his
chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...
; he also taught theory for a time in Chicago. One of his songs, "A Spirit Flower", was recorded by the Swedish tenor
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He died in Paris on May 1, 1921.
His last composition was titled "Day's End".
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Works
Amongst other compositions, he wrote the following tone poems:
# Beside the Sea. (Op.3 No.1).
# The Sea Shell. (Op.3 No.2).
# Confession. (Op.3. No.3).
# Summertide. (Op.3. No.4).
# Longing. (Op.3. No.5).
# Night Musings. (Op. 3. No. 6).
References
Further reading
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1877 births
1921 deaths
American male composers
American composers
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