Louis Campbell-Tipton

Louis Campbell-Tipton (November 21, 1868 – May 1, 1921) was an American composer.

Biography He was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 21, 1868. Other sources cite 1877 as his birth year.

Louis Campbell-Tipton studied in Boston and Leipzig, and was an instructor in theory at the Chicago Musical College from 1900 to 1905.

Aged 24, he moved to Paris where he remained for the rest of his life. He felt that the prospects for performance of large-scale American works in the United States were bleak, and claimed that he had never wished to sacrifice the energy needed to complete a large work. Even so, at his death a number of pieces for orchestra were found among his manuscripts, as were two operas. During his life he was known mainly for his chamber music.

One of his songs, "A Spirit Flower", was recorded by the Swedish tenor Jussi Bjorling.

He died in Paris on May 1, 1921.

His last composition was titled "Day's End".

Rhapsodie (op. 32 no. 1), words by Walt Whitman , words by Arthur Symons (c1907)

Piano Music Solitude (1888) Sonata Heroic, piano sonata (1904) Romanza Appassionata, duo for violin and piano (c1903)

Tone Poems Amongst other compositions, he wrote the following tone poems: Beside the Sea. (Op.3 No.1). The Sea Shell. (Op.3 No.2). Confession. (Op.3. No.3). Summertide. (Op.3. No.4). Longing. (Op.3. No.5). Night Musings. (Op. 3. No. 6).

Opera Mercedes, opera in two acts, from the drama of Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1906)