Josephine Troup 1853 - 1912

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Emily Josephine Troup Born Woodberry Down, North London, London  7.7.1853  Died Saltwood, Kent  11.4.1912

Josephine was the youngest of five children *, her father John Troup was a jeweller and watchmaker in the City of London.  She had an active interest in the Unitarian Church and subsequently the Sunday Evening Concerts in the South Place Chapel, London, where she performed as a violinist forty-nine times between 1889 and 1902.  She later joined the Ethical Movement which had evolved from the chapel congregation.  She studied music at the Royal Academy, London.  She compiled and edited three ethical hymn books which were designed to be uplifting.  She wrote a considerable amount of verse which she often set to music.  She introduced the violinist John Saunders 1867-1919, to the Ethical Society, where he played in 239 concerts.  Josephine founded a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, for girl students devoting themselves to composition, in particular, of orchestral works.

She is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.  Her estate was valued at £46,345 which at the time of her death was enough to purchase several English streets of houses.

Orchestral

'March of the Workers'  for soprano, bass solo, chorus and orchestra

Chamber

Romanza in C for string quartet
Six sketches for violin and piano   pub. by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd

Song

A little daisy showed it's head  words by H K Lewis  pub. by Novello & Co.
Bells of mercy  two part song  words by E B Lord  pub. by Novello & Co.
Be not swift to take offence  two part song  words by MacNaught  1897  pub. by Novello & Co.
Beautiful Faces  two part song  words by E P Allerton  pub. by Novello & Co
Come friends, the world wants mending  two part song  pub. by Novello & Co
Constancy  duet for contralto and tenor  1889   pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co
Country Courtship  words by J C Moseley   pub. by Cary & Co
Cradle song  words by W C Bennett  1878  pub by Leonard & Co and Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co
Daisy, pretty Daisy  two part song  words by E Walton  pub. by Novello & Co
Echoes  two part song  words by E Walton   pub. by Novello & Co
Evening Song  words by E J Troup   pub. by Novello
Give  vocal duet  words by A Proctor   1889   pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co
Help one another  two part song   pub. by Novello & Co
I bring a garland for your head  words by E Gosse   pub. by Weekes & Co
I cannot fing thee !  words by E Scudder  1878   pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co
I live for those who love me  two part song  words by G L Banks   pub. by Novello & Co
I wake this morn  two part song   pub. by Novello & Co
I'd make my life a little light  two part song  words by M B Edwards   pub. by Novello & Co
If I can't be a sunbeam  two part song
If I were a voice  words by C Mackay   pub. by Novello & Co.
If you cannot on the ocean  words by Mrs Gates   pub. by Novello & Co
In love, if love be love  words by A L Tennyson
It is said that truth is gold   pub. by Novello & Co
Lightly, brightly, cheerily go   pub by Novello & Co
Little by little  words by L Herbert   pub. by Novello & Co
Marching Song   pub. by Novello & Co#
Morning is shining   pub. by Novello & Co
Oh! Would you be a sunbeam   pub. by Novello & Co
One little star in a stary night   pub. by Novello & Co
One step at a time   pub. by Novello & Co
On a faded violet  words by P B Shelley   pub. by Leonard & Co
Portuguese love song  words by J. de Vasconcellos  1884   pub. by Leonard & Co
Raise your Standard, brothers   pub. by Novello & Co
Ring out, wild bells
Serenade - Standchen  words by E Busse  1878   pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co
Sing, let us sing  words by E J Troup   pub. by Novello & Co
Splendour of the morning  words by F Adler   pub. by Novello & Co
Spring Showers  words by R Buchanan 1884   pub. by Leonard & Co
Spring Song  words by E J Troup   pub. by Novello & Co
Sweetheart  words by E Croasdaile   pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co
Sweet is the pleasure  words by J S Dwight   pub. by Novello & Co
The City of light  words by F Adler   pub. by Novello & Co
The Day is done  words by J V Blake   pub. by Novello & Co
The Fountain  words by J R Lowell   pub. by Novello & Co
The Incoming tide  words by M Russell   pub. by Cary & Co
The Owl that lived in a hollow tree   pub. by Novello & Co
The Singers  words by Longfellow   pub. by J B Cramer
Three worlds   pub. by Novello & Co
Today  words by Thomas Carlyle   pub. by Novello & Co
Together, to be  words by G Spiller   pub. by Novello & Co
True Worth   pub. by A Cary & Co
Unless  words by E B Browning   pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co
Vivien's Song  words by A L Tennyson  1880   pub. by Harper & Brothers
We hold our lives like lily flowers  words by F Adler   pub.  by Novello & Co
Welcome   pub. by Novello & Co
What can I do today  words by H K Lewis   pub. by Novello & Co
What is the law of thy Beauty   pub. by Novello & Co
When love doth pace  words by W A Gibbs   pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co
When love draws near  words by L Whitehead   pub. by Novello & Co
When o'er the hill  duet   words by R Burns pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co
Would you gain the best in life  words by C R Blackwell  pub. by Novello & Co
You are coming, years are going  words by G Spiller   pub. by Novello & Co
The Jumblies - nonsense song  pub. by Leonard & Co
The Duck and the Kangaroo  nonsense song   pub. by Leonard & Co
The Daddy longlegs and Floppy Fly  words by Edward Lear  1885   pub. by Leonard & Co
An Apparation  song cycle for baritone  words by S Phillips  1877   pub. by Boosey & Co

Part songs for female voices:
1. Hark, hark, the Lark  from Shakespeare's Cymbaline  1887   pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co.
2. It was a lover and his lass  from 'As you like it'  trio for female voices   pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co
3. Song by the River  words by M Collins  1888  pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber
4. The Rose is weeping  from Bailey's Festus   pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber
5. Sweet Chloe  1888   pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co

Prayer - imitated from the Persian by Robert Southey  1878 pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co

Later addresses Essex Lodge Clapton Road 1881
141 Upper Clapton Road London  N16   1901


*
Jane Marion Troup  1838-1921
Susanna Mary Troup  1845-
Alexander James Troup  1846-1930
Frederick William Troup  1848-
Emily Josephine Troup  1853-1912