Miles, Philip Napier, 1865-1935

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Philip Napier Miles was born in 1865 to Philip William Skynner Miles, MP and Pamela Adelaide Napier Miles. He married Sybil Marguerite Gonne in 1899. He was an active composer, and wrote many pieces including 'Hymn before Sunrise' (1896), 'Westward Ho!' (1909) - a grand opera in three acts, 'Fantasia in C Major for Orchestra' (1923), 'O Captain, My Captain' (1905) and 'Good Friday' (1928). Philip Napier Miles died on 19 July 1935.

From the guide to the Philip Napier Miles Papers, 1884-1935, (University of Bristol Information Services - Special Collections)

Epithet: composer; landowner

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creatorOf Miles, Philip Napier, 1865-1932. The parting : op. 13, no. 4 / sonnet by Drayton ; set to music by P. Napier Miles. New England Conservatory of Music, Harriet M. Spaulding Library
creatorOf Philip Napier Miles Papers, 1884-1935 University of Bristol Information Services - Special Collections
creatorOf Miles, Philip Napier, 1865-1932. My master hath a garden : op. 13, no. 1 / words anonymous from "Corn from olde fields" ; set to music by P. Napier Miles. New England Conservatory of Music, Harriet M. Spaulding Library
creatorOf Miles, Philip Napier, 1865-1932. Overheard on a saltmarsh : dialogue for solo voice : op. 13, no. 3 / poem by Harold Munro ; music by P. Napier Miles. New England Conservatory of Music, Harriet M. Spaulding Library
referencedIn Philip Napier Miles Papers, 1884-1935 University of Bristol Information Services - Special Collections
creatorOf Ralph Vaughan Williams: Supplementary correspondence, 1911-1959 British Library
creatorOf Miles, Philip Napier, 1865-1932. Names : op. 13, no. 2 / words by S.T. Coleridge ; music by P. Napier Miles. New England Conservatory of Music, Harriet M. Spaulding Library
creatorOf Miles, Philip E. Alaska photographs, ca. 1910. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
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associatedWith Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 person
associatedWith Davies Henry Walford 1869-1941 person
associatedWith Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631 person
associatedWith Fellowes Edmund Horace 1870-1951 person
associatedWith Hadow William Henry 1859-1937 person
associatedWith Monro, Harold, 1879-1932. person
associatedWith Munro, Harold person
associatedWith Parry Charles Hubert Hastings 1848-1918 person
associatedWith Philip Napier Miles person
associatedWith Trend John Brande 1887-1958 person
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Death 1935-07-19

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