Elizabeth Stirling
Life
Born: 26 February 1819
Died: 25 March 1895
Biography
Elizabeth Stirling was born in Greenwich, London, England, and studied music at the Royal Academy of Music with Edward Homes, W.B. Wilson, J.A. Hamilton and Sir George Alexander Macfarren. In 1837 she performed a recital at St. Katherine’s Church, Regent’s Park, receiving a review by The Musical World. In 1839 she took a position as organist at All Saints’ Poplar Church. 1853, she passed the examination for the degree of Mus. Bac. at Oxford but did not receive the degree, for the University had never before conferred the degree upon a woman. She was considered one of the finest of the English organists and published many organ works and over fifty part-songs. Her part-song All among the barley won a prize offered by Novello & Co. in 1849, and became one of the most popular English part-songs at that time.
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List of choral works
Partsongs for Mixed Voices
Partsongs for Male Voices
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Publications
External links
- Works by Elizabeth Stirling in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)