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Eliza Flower (1803 – 12 December 1846) was a British musician and composer. In addition to her own work, Flower became known for her friendships including those with William Johnson Fox, Robert Browning, John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor. ==Biography== Flower was born at Harlow, Essex in 1803 to radical journalist Benjamin Flower and philanthropist Eliza Gould.〔 〕 Her younger sister was the poet Sarah Fuller Flower Adams.〔 〕 From the age of four, Eliza Flower showed a promising aptitude for music and composition. Flower, her father and her sister were all regular contributors to Unitarian minister William Johnson Fox's periodical the ''Monthly Repository''.〔 〕 Following Benjamin Flower's death, Eliza and Sarah lived with Fox as his wards until Sarah's marriage in 1834 to William Bridges Adams, and Eliza's death in 1846. Fox was married (and separated) and his friendship with Eliza Flower, and their living arrangements, though platonic, brought rumour and social ostracism towards her.〔〔 〕 Flower and Fox were friends with unmarried couple, politician and philosopher John Stuart Mill and women's rights advocate Harriet Taylor.〔 Flower's first published musical work was ''Four Musical Illustrations of the Waverley Novels'' in 1831, setting to music several of Sir Walter Scott's romantic songs.〔 She later wrote music for works by her sister, including her hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee", which formed part of a collection by Fox called ''Hymns and Anthems''.〔 Flower died on 12 December 1846 from consumption while at Hurstpierpoint, near Brighton.〔http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/9762〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eliza Flower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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