Hope Temple

Hope Temple, née Dotie (Alice Maude) Davis (1859–1938) was an Irish songwriter and composer. She was also known as Mrs. André Charles Prosper Messager and Dottie Davis.

Alice Davis was born in Dublin, Ireland and was known professionally as Hope Temple. She assisted French conductor and composer André Messager with the opera Mirette and then became his second wife in 1895.^[1][2]

Works

Hope Temple was known primarily for popular songs. Selected works include:

• Auf Wiederseh'n (Text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
• I love thee (Text by Thomas Hood)
• The poet's song (Text by Lord Alfred Tennyson)
• Tis all that I can say (Text by Thomas Hood)
• In Sweet September (Text by Frederic E. Weatherly)
• An Old Garden (Text by Helen Marion Burnside)
• My Lady's Bower (Text by Frederic E. Weatherly)
• Colin Deep (Text by William Akerman)
• Mirette opera comique, with Andre Messager, Frederic E. Weatherly, Harry Greenbank and Adrian Ross ^[3]

References

1. ^ Coles, Clifton. "Gilbert and Sullivan Archive:Mirette Introduction". http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/other_savoy/mirette/intro.html. Retrieved 14 October 2010. 
2. ^ Hubbard, William Lines; Andrews, George W.; Dickinson, Edward (1908). The American history and encyclopedia of music. http://books.google.com/books?id=21Q5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA51&dq=Hope+Temple+music&hl=en&ei=jefcTN-mJsP88AbY_YCACg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Hope%20Temple%20music&f=false. Retrieved 12 November 2010. 
3. ^ "Gilbert and Sullivan Archive:Mirette". http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/other_savoy/mirette/mirette_home.html. Retrieved 14 October 2010. 

Persondata
Name	Temple, Hope
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	1859
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	1938
Place of death