Ellen Riley Wright
Illustration — Ellen Riley Wright Ellen Riley Wright (24 December 1859 – 3 August 1904) was an English composer of music for popular songs.
Ellen Riley Wright
Anonymous Unknown author · Percy Cross Standing (Apr–Sep 1903) "Lady Composers of the Twentieth Century", The English Illustrated Magazine p. 58, Hutchinson and Co., London · Public domain
- Full name
- Riley.
- Born
- 1859 · London.
- Died
- 1904
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- composer
- Teachers
- Henry Gadsby
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Ellen Riley was born in London, the daughter of American engineer George Riley, and married an attorney. She began to compose with no instruction and published her first songs in 1891. Encouraged by her success, she studied harmony with Henry Gadsby and orchestration with Francis William Davenport and expanded her career as a composer.
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Ellen Riley Wright (1859 – 1904) is described as a composer in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Ellen Riley Wright was born in 1859 and died in 1904.
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Her compositions include: • "Lovesight" (Text: Dante Gabriel Rossetti) • "Morgens send' ich dir die Veilchen" (Text: Heinrich Heine) • "Violets" (Text: Julian Fane after Heinrich Heine) • "She Walks in Beauty" • "Queen of My Days" • "Had I but Known" • "Love's Entreaty" • "The Dawn of Life," with orchestral accompaniment
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