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JANET MONACH PATEY (1842-1894)

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 913 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JANET MONACH See also:PATEY (1842-1894)  , See also:English vocalist, was See also:born in See also:London on the 1st of May 1842, her See also:maiden name being Whytock . She had a See also:fine See also:alto See also:voice, which See also:developed into a See also:contralto, and she studied singing under J . Wass, See also:Pinsuti and Mrs See also:Sims See also:Reeves . See also:Miss Whytock's first See also:appearance, as a See also:child, was made at See also:Birmingham, and her first See also:regular engagement was in 1865, in the provinces . From 1866, in which See also:year she sang at the See also:Worcester festival, and married See also:John See also:Patey, a See also:bass See also:singer, she was recognized as one of the leading contraltos; and on the retirement of Mme See also:Sainton-Dolby in 1870 Mme Patey was without a See also:rival whether in See also:oratorio or in ballad See also:music . She toured in See also:America in 1871, sang in See also:Paris in 1875, and in See also:Australia in 189o . She died at See also:Sheffield on the 28th of See also:February 1894 .

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