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Philip
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Royal baby names in classical music
9. Philip
As well as being named after Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, it could well be that the new Prince of Cambridge has a musical role model in one of the most influential American composers of the 20th century, Philip Glass. He's written a whole host of operas, symphonies, songs, and quartets, steeped in the principles of Minimalism.
