The British Musical Biography

[E] Phipps, Alexander James, composer
and conductor, of Liverpool. Studied under
W. H. Holmes and C. Steggall, at R.A.M.
Has given chamber concerts in that city, and
is conductor of Opera and Oratorio Societies.
Organist of St. James', Swansea, 1866 ; now
of St. John's, Bootle, in which Church was
produced his " Meditation on the Passion,"
for chorus and organ, 1893. He has composed
an oratorio, " The Ten Virgins " ; an opera,
" Thea, or Solomon's Treasure ' ; songs, and
other works. Author of " Comprehensive
Guide to the study of Music," Loudon [1874] .

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