Janet Monach Patey
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Janet Monach Patey (née Whytock; 1 May 1842 – 28 February 1894) was an English concert and oratorio contralto.
She was born Janet Monach Whytock in London in 1842. She had a fine alto voice, which developed into a contralto, and she studied singing under John Wass, Ciro Pinsuti and Emma Lucombe (wife of Sims Reeves). Whytock's first appearance, in 1860, was made at Birmingham under the name Ellen Andrews.[1]
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 Helen Sainton-Dolby in 1870 Patey was without a rival whether in oratorio or in ballad music.[2] She toured in America in 1871, sang in Paris in 1875, Australia in 1890,[3] and New Zealand in 1891.
She died at Sheffield on 28 February 1894[3] and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. Her daughter was Ethel Patey, the artist, who under her married name, Ethel Jackson, gave a portrait of her mother to the Tate Gallery.
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