Philip Spratley (born 1942) is an English composer and writer on Essex folksong.
He won a scholarship to the Royal Manchester College of Music, where he studied composition with Thomas Pitfield.
He went on to work as a teacher, choirmaster and organist, including 19 years as director of music at Bourne Abbey.
On retirement, Spratley moved to Deeping St James in Lincolnshire and concentrated on composition, including the revision of many of his earlier works.
[2] Spratley's music, in the English tradition of Britten and Tippett, shows the influence of folk song, a subject on which he has written.