A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Woodyatt, Emily

by Alexis Chitty

WOODYATT, Emily, daughter of a confectioner, at Hereford, was taught singing by Sir G. Smart, and first attracted public attention in Jan. 1834, at a concert of the Vocal Association, and later at Hereford Festival of same year. She became a favourite singer of the second rank at the various festivals, oratorio and other concerts. In 1839 she became a member of the Female Society of Musicians, on its foundation, and in 1840 was elected an Associate of the Philharmonic Society at the instance of Sir G. Smart, Cramer, and Edward Loder. On Oct. 27, 1841, she married William Loder the violoncellist, who died in 1851, and retired soon after her marriage. [See Loder.] The dates of neither her birth nor death have been ascertained.

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