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Ruth Gipps

Born: 20th February 1921, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK

Died: 23rd February 1999, Fremfield, East Sussex, UK

Nationality: English

Ruth Dorothy Louisa ("Wid") Gipps was an English composer, oboist, pianist, conductor and educator. She composed music in a wide range of genres, including five symphonies, seven concertos and many chamber and choral works. She founded both the London Repertoire Orchestra and the Chanticleer Orchestra and served as conductor and music director for the City of Birmingham Choir. Later in her life she served as chairwoman of the Composers' Guild of Great Britain.

She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1981 Birthday Honours for services to music.

Further Reading: Gipps

  • Ruth Gipps from Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic

    This third volume of the British composer's orchestral works on Chandos features the world premiere recordings of Symphony No. 1, the Coronation Procession from 1953 and the elegy Ambarvalia, plus the Horn Concerto and Cringlemire Garden.

  • Elgan Llŷr Thomas on Unveiled

    In the wake of the release of his debut album featuring a bold new translation of Britten's Michelangelo Sonnets (plus music by Tippett, Gipps and Thomas himself), the Welsh tenor discusses queer representation in opera and song - and why he feels that 'it's about time we started adding other stories into the mix'...

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