Aldridge, Amanda Ira [ Amanda Christina Elizabeth; Ring, Montague ] ( b London , March 16, 1866; d London , March 5, 1956 ). English composer , singer and teacher. An important member of London’s black community, Amanda Ira Aldridge was the daughter of the famous tragic actor Ira Aldridge. In 1883 she won a scholarship to the RCM. A pupil of Jenny Lind, her successful career as a contralto was ended by damage to her throat caused by laryngitis. She then established a distinguished career as a teacher, with pupils that included Marian Anderson and
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Aldridge, Amanda Ira
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Hare, Maud Cuney
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incidental music by Clarence Cameron White and Montague Ring (pseudonym for Amanda Ira Aldridge). Besides Six Creole Folk Songs (New York, 1921 ), several unpublished songs by Hare are held at the Clark-Atlanta University archives. Works ed., Six Creole Songs , with original Creole and translated English text (New York, 1921) Antar of Araby , four-act play [with suggested incidental music by Clarence Cameron White and Montague Ring (aka Amanda Ira Aldridge) (Boston, 1929) (published in Plays and Pageants from the Life of the Negro
