Kate Loder

Kate Fanny Loder, later Lady Thompson, (21 August 1825 – 30 August 1904) was an English composer and pianist.[1]

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Biography

Kate Loder was born in Bath,[1] where the Loder family were prominent musicians. Her father was the flautist George Loder. Her mother, a piano teacher born Fanny Philpot, was the sister of the pianist Lucy Anderson.[2] Kate was the sister of conductor and composer George Loder,[1] and the cousin of composer Edward Loder.[3]

She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and made her debut in 1844, playing Mendelssohn's G minor piano concerto. In 1851 she married Sir Henry Thompson and soon afterward gave up her performing career due to illness. Loder became the first woman to work as a professor of harmony at the Royal Academy.[4][5][6]

She died in 1904 at Headley, Surrey.[1]

Works

Selected works include:[3][7][8]

Opera

Orchestral

Chamber

Piano

Songs

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. 
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ a b Burton, Nigel; Temperley, Nicholas (1994). "Loder, Kate (Fanny) (b. Bath 21 August 1825 d. Headley, Surrey 30 August 1904)". In Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian. New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. London: Macmillan. p. 285. ISBN 0-333-515986. 
  4. ^ Smith, Alice Mary Smith (2003). Symphonies. 
  5. ^ Warrack, John Hamilton; West, Ewan (1996) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The concise Oxford dictionary of opera. http://books.google.com/books?id=WbDbuLJPKBgC&pg=PA295&lpg=PA295&dq=Kate+Loder+(1825%E2%80%931904)&source=bl&ots=5jPINfqzAT&sig=uSYzknM4G4i-z3lAT2TaUi5bP3Q&hl=en&ei=PxIlTcXEJcT38Abj5vnDAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Kate%20Loder%20(1825%E2%80%931904)&f=false. Retrieved 5 January 2011. 
  6. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA286&dq=Kate+Loder+norton&hl=en&ei=pBAlTe3MFYKClAea3KCPAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Kate%20Loder%20norton&f=false. Retrieved 5 January 2011. 
  7. ^ Ballchin, Robert, ed (1983). "Loder, afterwards Thompson (Kate Fanny), Lady". Catalogue of Printed Music in the British Library to 1980. 36. London: K. G. Saur. p. 87. ISBN 0-86291-333-0. 
  8. ^ Fuller, Sophie (1994). Pandora Guide to Women Composers. London: Pandora. pp. 191–192. ISBN 0-04-440897-8.