Amanda Aldridge

Today's Doodle honours Amanda Aldridge, a British composer, teacher, and opera singer who performed in the 19th and 20th centuries under the alias Montague ...

She trained human rights leader Paul Robeson and Marian Anderson, one of America’s first great opera singers, in addition to her creations. Her mother was a Swede named Amanda Brandt, and her sisters were Rachael and Luranah Aldridge, a great operatic contralto who was on the verge of becoming the first artist of African descent to appear at Bayreuth Opera House before sickness forced her to cancel. Aldridge’s singing career was cut short due to a throat injury, but her abilities as a vocal coach, pianist, and composer only grew.

Google's latest Doodle celebrates a pioneering opera singer who released over 30 songs and composed dozens of instrumental tracks.

Under the pseudonym Montague Ring, she published about 30 songs in this style, as well as instrumental music in other styles, and as a vocal coach, pianist and composer, her talents continued to develop. Parlour music was intended to be played at home with a piano — a common feature in middle-class homes — and accompanied by vocals. On this day in 1911, Amanda Aldridge delivered a piano recital at Queens Small Hall, the original home of the BBC Symphony and London Philharmonic Orchestras, and London’s pre-war principle music venue.

Read to know why Google chose June 17 to celebrate the renowned Black British singer and composer Amanda Aldridge.

Aldridge was known for using West African drumbeats and black poetry to inspire her parlour music compositions. With a family lineage in music, Aldridge started exhibiting her own musical acumen since a young age. Amanda Aldridge Google Doodle: Today on 17th June, Google Doodle is celebrating the renowned Black British composer, singer, and teacher Amanda Aldridge who released dozens of instrumental tracks, parlour music, and more than 30 songs under the pseudonym Montague Ring. Aldridge was born to Ira Aldridge who was a Black American Shakespearean actor and Swedish opera singein 1866.

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Google are celebrating th life of Amanda Aldridge with a new Google Doodle. The world's most popular search engine often changes its face to show off famous ...

The day of June 17 was not a random choice for having Amanda as the face of the company's site, but was actually chosen in honour of a a piano recital she gave on this day in 1911. The Google Doodle today is Amanda Aldridge, a Black British musician who wrote dozens of pieces of music, was an accomplished opera singer and helped to teach the next generation of musicians. The pioneer musician is the face of Google today and follows in the footsteps of a long list of impressive people to have been honoured this way.

Black British composer, teacher and opera singer Amanda Aldridge, who used the pseudonym Montague Ring, is being celebrated by Google Doodle.

"Little Brown Messenger," words by F. G. Bowles. London: G. Ricordi & Co., 1912. The Google image for Friday, June 17 features a pairing of Aldridge with a doodle of musical treble clefs on either side. "The Bride," words by P. J. O'Reilly. London: Chappell & Co., 1910. In addition to her compositions, she taught civil rights activist Paul Robeson and one of America's first great opera singers, Marian Anderson. "Blue Days of June," words by F. E. Weatherly. London: Chappell & Co., 1915. "An Assyrian Love Song," words by F. G. Bowles. London: Elkin & Co., 1921.

Aldridge was an Afro-British opera singer and teacher, who composed under the pseudonym Montague Ring.

Its popularity was due to record players not yet being widely available. Her career was curtailed by a throat injury caused by laryngitis, but she was able to make her name as a teacher, piano player and composer. When she grew up Aldridge went on to study voice under Jenny Lind and George Henschel at the Royal College of Music, before pursuing a career as a vocalist at London’s Royal Conservatory of Music.

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Aldridge composed love songs, sambas, and orchestral pieces into her old age, garnering international attention for her fusion of musical styles. Aldridge composed love songs, sambas, and orchestral pieces into her old age, garnering international attention for her fusion of musical styles. At 88, Aldridge appeared for the first time on television on the British show “Music for You,” introducing a new generation to her classic compositions.