Emily Josephine Troup (7 July 1853, Clapton, London – 11 April 1912, Saltwood, Kent) was an English composer of songs and works for piano and violin. A scholarship was established in her name at the Royal Academy of Music, in London.
Troup was noted for children's songs. Selected works include:
The Daddy Longlegs (Text: Edward Lear)The Duck and the Kangaroo (Text: Edward Lear)The Jumblies (Text: Edward Lear)In love, if love be love (Text: Lord Alfred Tennyson)On a faded violet (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley)On a faded violet (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley)The Daddy Longlegs (from Nonsense Songs) (Text: Edward Lear)The Duck and the Kangaroo (from Nonsense Songs) (Text: Edward Lear)The Jumblies (from Nonsense Songs) (Text: Edward Lear)Today (Text: Thomas Carlyle)