Josephine Troup

Emily Josephine Troup (7 July 1853, Woodberry Down, London – 11 April 1913, Saltwood, Kent) was an English composer of songs and works for piano and violin. She founded a scholarship for female students studying orchestral composition at the Royal Academy of Music, in London, in 1905.

Family and early life Josephine was the youngest daughter of Susanna and John Troup, a jeweller and watchmaker, of Essex Lodge, Clapton, England. According to her obituary,Her early years were spent among Unitarian surroundings where it is thought she probably acquired the habit of industry that led her to develop so fully her exceptional musical and literary gifts, and the keen sense of duty that made her ever anxious to use them as a means of social service.

Career Troup was an active member of the South Place Ethical Society, contributing to its newsletters and participating in fundraising activities, and among the earliest members of the West London Ethical Society.

Selected works Orchestral

'March of the Workers' for soprano, bass solo, chorus and orchestra.

Chamber

Romanza in C for string quartet Six sketches for violin and piano pub. by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd Kleines Wiegenlied (1909) Portuguese Love Song Spring Showers

Children's songs Selected works include: The Daddy Longlegs (Text: Edward Lear) The Duck and the Kangaroo (Text: Edward Lear) The Jumblies (Text: Edward Lear) In love, if love be love (Text: Lord Alfred Tennyson) On a faded violet (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley) Today (Text: Thomas Carlyle)