Ellen Dickson

Ellen Dickson (1819 – 4 July 1878) was an English composer who also used the pseudonym Dolores Dickson. She was born in Woolwich, England and died in Lyndhurst, England.^[1]

Works

Dickson composed mainly parlor music.^[2] Selected works include:

• Good night, beloved (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
• Old clock on the stairs (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
• The bridge (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
• The brook (Text: Lord Alfred Tennyson)
• The open window (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
• Turn, fortune, turn (Text: Lord Alfred Tennyson)
• Vivien's song (Text: Lord Alfred Tennyson)

References

1. Greene, Frank (1985). Composers on record: an index to biographical information.
2. Bowers, Jane; Tick, Judith (1987). Women making music: the Western art tradition, 1150-1950.