Edward Loder

Edward James Loder (1813 – 5 April 1865) was an English composer and conductor. His best remembered work is the 1855 opera Raymond and Agnes.^[1]

1 Biography
2 Works
3 References
- 3.1 Sources
- 3.2 Notes

Biography

Born in Bath, Somerset, he was the son of John David Loder (1788–1846),^[1] a notable violinist and musical director of the Theatre Royal, Bath.^[2] Edward Loder was also the cousin of composer and conductor George Loder (1816–1868),^[1] and of George's sister, composer and pianist Kate Loder (1825–1904).^[3] Another family member was pianist Lucy Anderson, the maternal aunt of George and Kate Loder.^[4]

He was sent to Frankfurt in 1826 to study under Ferdinand Ries, who was an old friend of the family. He came back to England in 1828 and embarked on a successful career as an opera conductor in London and Manchester. His compositions include operas, cantatas, ballad operas, string quartets, and many songs. Today he is most remembered for his opera Raymond and Agnes (1855), which was revived in Cambridge in 1966.

He died in London in 1865.^[1]

Works

Black-Eyed Susan, or All in the Downs, melodrama by Douglas William Jerrold (18 November 1830, Theatre Royal, Bath)
Nourjahad, grand opera by Samuel James Arnold (21 July 1834, Lyceum Theatre, London)
The Widow Queen, historical drama by Thomas James Serle (9 October 1834, English Opera House, London)
The Covenanters, Scottish ballad opera by Thomas John Dibdin (10 August 1835, English Opera House, London)
The Dice of Death, melodrama by John Oxenford (14 September 1835, English Opera House, London)
The Foresters, or Twenty-Five Years Since, drama by Thomas James Serle (19 October 1838, Covent Garden Theatre, London)
Francis the First, opera by McKinlan (6 November 1838, Drury Lane Theatre, London)
The Deer Stalkers, or The Outlaw's Daughter, Scottish operatic drama by Mark Lemon (12 April 1841, English Opera House, London)
The Wilis, or The Night Dancers, romantic drama by George Soane (28 October 1846, Princess's Theatre, London)
The Sultana, comedietta, adaptation from Isaac Bickerstaff's The Sultan, or a Peep into the Seraglio^[5] (8 January 1848, Princess's Theatre, London)
The Andalusian, or the Young Guard, operetta by George Soane (20 January 1848, Princess's Theatre, London)
Robin Goodfellow, or the Frolics of Puck, ballad opera by Edward Loder (6 December 1848, Princess's Theatre, London)
The Island of Calypso, operatic masque by George Soane (14 April 1852, Exeter Hall, London)
Dick Whittington and his Cat, burletta by Mark Lemon (December 1852, Theatre Royal, Manchester)
Balcony Courtship, farce by Edward Loder (6 May 1853, Theatre Royal, Manchester)
Raymond and Agnes, romantic opera by Edward Fitzball (14 August 1855, Theatre Royal, Manchester)
Never Judge by Appearances, operetta by Henri Drayton (7 July 1859, Adelphi Theatre, London)
Saved by a Song, operetta by Henry Robert Addison (21 December 1868 (posthumous), Princess's Theatre, London)

References

Sources

The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (1992), ISBN 0-333-73432-7 and ISBN 1-56159-228-5
Brown, James D. (1897). British Musical Biography. Chadfield & Son, Ltd. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-40675-614-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=iDkZEPi4OPQC&pg=PA252. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
Nicoll, Allardyce (1930). A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800–1850. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=gnc3AAAAIAAJ. Retrieved 8 May 2009.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Temperley, Nicholas (2001). "Edward (James) Loder (b. Bath 1813 d. London 5 April 1865)". In Sadie, Stanley. New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 15. London: Macmillan. pp. 56–57. ISBN 0-333-60800-3.
^ Temperley, Nicholas (2001). "John David Loder (bap. Bath 14 August 1788 d. London 13 February 1846)". In Sadie, Stanley. New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 15. London: Macmillan. p. 56. ISBN 0-333-60800-3.
^ Temperley, Nicholas (2001). "Kate (Fanny) Loder (b. Bath 21 August 1825 d. Headley, Surrey 30 August 1904))". In Sadie, Stanley. New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 15. London: Macmillan. p. 59. ISBN 0-333-60800-3.
^ Temperley, Nicholas (2001). "George Loder jr (b. Bath 1816 d. Adelaide 15 July 1868)". In Sadie, Stanley. New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 15. London: Macmillan. p. 58. ISBN 0-333-60800-3.
^ "Provincial: Liverpool". The Musical World: a record of the theatres, concert room, music, litterature, fine arts, foreign intelligence, etc. – Issue 13, vol. XXIII (William Spencer Johnson at the Nassau Steam Press): p. 204. 25 March 1848. http://books.google.com/books?id=_PksAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA204&ci=501,681,448,57&source=bookclip. Retrieved 9 May 2009. "The performance concluded with the afterpiece of the Sultana which was altered from Isaac Bickerstaff's Sultan and adapted especially for Mdme. Thillon at the Princess's Theatre"

Persondata
Name	Loder, Edward James
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	1813
Place of birth	Bath, Somerset, England
Date of death	5 April 1865
Place of death	London, England