Janet Monach Patey
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Janet Monach Patey (1 May 1842 - 28 February 1894) was an English contralto.
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[edit] Early life
She was born Janet Monach Whytock in London in 1842.
[edit] Career
She had a fine alto voice, which developed into a contralto, and she studied singing under J. Wass, Ciro Pinsuti and Mrs Sims Reeves (i.e. Emma Lucombe). Miss Whytock's first appearance, as a child, was made at Birmingham, and her first regular engagement was in 1865, in the provinces.
From 1866, in which year she sang at the Worcester festival, and married John Patey, a bass singer, she was recognized as one of the leading contraltos; and on the retirement of Mme Helen Sainton-Dolby in 1870 Mme Patey was without a rival whether in oratorio or in ballad music.
She toured in America in 1871, sang in Paris in 1875, and in Australia in 1890.
[edit] Later life
She died at Sheffield on the 28 February 1894 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
