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Amanda Aldridge

Amanda Aldridge was a British music educator, composer and singer (1866–1956). She was born at Upper Norwood and died at Cane Hill Hospital.

Also recorded as Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge; Amanda Ira Aldridge; Montague Ring; .Amanda Aldridge.

Amanda Aldridge in brief

Born
1866
Died
1956
Known for
music educator, composer and singer
Place of birth
Upper Norwood
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Identity and origins

Amanda Aldridge was recorded at birth as Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldrige. She also worked under the name Montague Ring. The authorities additionally record the headings Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge, Amanda Ira Aldridge, Montague Ring and .Amanda Aldridge. Her recorded language was English.

She was the child of Ira Aldridge and Amanda von Brandt.

Formation and teaching

Amanda Aldridge studied at Royal College of Music. She trained under Jenny Lind.

As a teacher, Amanda Aldridge is recorded in connection with Ruth Reese, Roland Hayes, Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Identity

Amanda Aldridge is recorded at birth as Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldrige. Amanda Aldridge is recorded as music educator, composer and singer. Amanda Aldridge is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Amanda Aldridge may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Amanda Aldridge is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q4739591.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Aldridge, Amanda Ira, Oxford Music Online, 2017. Aldridge, Amanda Ira, African American Studies Center, 2007. Aldridge, Amanda Christina Elizabeth [pseud. Montague Ring] (1866–1956), singer and composer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Black Heritage and English Song: Amanda Ira Aldridge, ‘Domestic’ Music, and Transatlantic Networks (1866–1956), Music & Letters, 2025.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 22 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1866Amanda Aldridge born at Upper Norwood.
  2. 1866Amanda Aldridge was born in 1866 at Upper Norwood.
  3. 1956Amanda Aldridge died at Cane Hill Hospital.
  4. 1956Amanda Aldridge died in 1956 at Cane Hill Hospital.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Aldridge, Amanda Christina Elizabeth [pseud. Montague Ring] (1866–1956), singer and composer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

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  2. 2.

    Aldridge, Amanda Ira, African American Studies Center, 2007

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  3. 3.

    Aldridge, Amanda Ira, Oxford Music Online, 2017

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  4. 4.

    Black Heritage and English Song: Amanda Ira Aldridge, ‘Domestic’ Music, and Transatlantic Networks (1866–1956), Music & Letters, 2025

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  5. 5.

    PubMed, United States National Library of Medicine, records for “Amanda Aldridge”

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  6. 6.

    Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Amanda Aldridge.

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q4739591: Amanda Aldridge

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  8. 8.

    “Amanda Aldridge”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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