The British Musical Biography

[E] Sainton = Dolby, Charlotte Helen,
born Dolby, composer and contralto vocalist,
born at London, May 17, 1821. She studied
at the R.A.M. from 1832 under J. Bennett,
Elliott, and Crivelli, and gained the King's
Scholarship in 1837. Member of R.A.M.
She first appeared as a public singer abotit
1840, and sang at a Philharmonic Concert in
1841. She also sang in oratorio and ballad
music till 1846, when she appeared at a
Gewandhaus concert in Leipzig, in Mendel-
ssohn's "Elijah," the contralto part of which
was specially written for her voice. She
afterwards made concert tours in France and
Holland. In 1860 she married M. Prosper
Sainton. From thence onwards to 1870,
when she retired, she appeared at all the
most important concerts in Britain, and
became one of the most popular and successful
contraltos of her period. She established in
London a Vocal Academy, 1872, in which
many promising vocalists have been trained.
Her last public appearance as a vocalist was
made at her husband's farewell concert, in
Jime, 1883. She died at London, February
18, 1885.

[W] Works. — Cantatas: Legend of St. Dorothea,
London, 1876 ; Story of the Faithful Soul,
1879 ; Florimel, female voices, 1885. Songs :
A stream of golden sunshine ; A-sailing we
will go ; Bonnie Dundee ; Coming home ;
Charlie yet ; Come forth, my love ; Drummer's
song; The G.L.O.V.E. ; Heigho ! Janet; In
August ; Is it for ever ? ; I love her ; Lady's
yes ; My Donald ; Marjorie's ahnanack : My
love he stands upon the quay ; Never again ;
Watching and waiting ; While I listen to thy
voice. Tutor for English Singers, a complete
course of practical instructions in singing,
London, n.d.

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