The Coronation Procession, Op. 41, was composed by Ruth Gipps on January 22, 1953, several months before the actual Coronation Ceremony on June 2, 1953.
Composer Biography
Ruth Gipps studied composition with Vaughan Williams and Gordon Jacob, and oboe with Leon Goossens, at the Royal College of Music.
Composition History
Ambarvalia, Op. 70, is a 1988 memorial tribute by Ruth Gipps to her colleague, composer Adrian Cruft, who died in February 1987.
Critical Reception
After the premiere of her First Symphony, critic Eric Blom praised it, asking, 'When in musical history has such a symphony been written by a girl of 21 - or for that matter, by a boy?'.
Composition History
Ruth Gipps's First Symphony, dated September 17, 1942, was written during World War II, a time when many British composers wrote 'war' symphonies.
Composition History
Ruth Gipps wrote her Horn Concerto in 1968 for her son, Lance Baker, who gave its first performance in 1969 with the London Repertoire Orchestra.
Composer Biography
Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) was a child prodigy pianist who, at 16, won the Caird Scholarship and was accepted by the Royal College of Music in London.
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