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
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x000022
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Subjects:
- Chamber music
- Composition (Music)
- Hymns England
- Indians of North America
- Mineral industries
- Music
- Opera
- Orchestral music England
- Pueblo Indians
- Songs (High voice) with piano
- Songs (Medium voice) with piano
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Places:
- New Mexico--Tesuqua (as recorded)
- Bristol, England (as recorded)
- Alaska (as recorded)
- Leith Hill, Surrey, United Kingdom (as recorded)
