Philip Phile (German: Pfeil) ( c. 1734–1793) was a German-American [1] composer and violinist. His year of birth is uncertain, but believed to be approximately 1734. [2] [3] His works include a lost Violin Concerto (1787), but he is best known for " The President's March", written and performed at the inauguration of President George Washington.
Joseph Hopkinson arranged the piece with lyrics and titled it " Hail Columbia". It was first performed by at the Chestnut Street Theatre on April 25, 1798. It is best known under this title and was once a strong candidate for U.S. national anthem, though today it has, unlike other candidates, such as " America the Beautiful", been largely forgotten, although it continues to appear in films set in the United States during the nineteenth century.
References
- ^ "Hail Columbia".
- ^ http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/keffer/phile.html Penn Library
- ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American Composer Timeline
External links
- Free scores by Philip Phile in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Free scores by Philip Phile at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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Philip Phile (German: Pfeil) ( c. 1734–1793) was a German-American [1] composer and violinist. His year of birth is uncertain, but believed to be approximately 1734. [2] [3] His works include a lost Violin Concerto (1787), but he is best known for " The President's March", written and performed at the inauguration of President George Washington.
Joseph Hopkinson arranged the piece with lyrics and titled it " Hail Columbia". It was first performed by at the Chestnut Street Theatre on April 25, 1798. It is best known under this title and was once a strong candidate for U.S. national anthem, though today it has, unlike other candidates, such as " America the Beautiful", been largely forgotten, although it continues to appear in films set in the United States during the nineteenth century.
References
- ^ "Hail Columbia".
- ^ http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/keffer/phile.html Penn Library
- ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American Composer Timeline
External links
- Free scores by Philip Phile in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Free scores by Philip Phile at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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| This article about a United States composer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |