| 48135: | the pseudonym of " Alfred Stella " he has |
| 48136: | written a number of songs and pf. pieces. |
| 48137: | |
| 48138: | Patey, C. A., author of "An Elementary |
| 48139: | Treatise on the Art of Playing the Violin, |
| 48140: | with Scales, Exercises, etc.," Loudon, n.d. |
| 48141: | |
| 48142: | Patey, Janet Monach 312-R-6 Patey, Janet Monach, horn Whytock, Patey, Janet Monach, born Whytock, |
| 48143: | contralto vocalist, born in London, j\lay 1, |
| 48144: | 1842, her father being a native of Glasgow. |
| 48145: | Studied singing first with John Wass, and on |
| 48146: | August 20, 1860, made her first public appear- |
| 48147: | ance at James Stimpson's Monday Evening |
| 48148: | Concerts, Town Hall, Birmingham, as Miss |
| 48149: | Ellen Andrews. Became a member of Henry |
| 48150: | Leslie's Choir, and studied under Mrs. Sims |
| 48151: | Reeves and Pinsuti. In 1865 she toured with |
| 48152: | the Lemmens' Concert Party, and in 1866 |
| 48153: | married Mr. Patey (noticed below). That |
| 48154: | year she made her Festival di:hut at Worcester, |
| 48155: | I and sang at the Birmingham Festival, 1867 ; |
| 48156: | Norwich, 1869 ; and Leeds, 1874. On the re- |
| 48157: | tirement of Madame Sainton-Dolby, in 1870, |
| 48158: | she succeeded to the position of first English |
| 48159: | contralto. Toured in America, singing in |
| 48160: | " Elijah," New York, October .31, 1871. Sang |
| 48161: | in Paris, in 1875, in performance of the |
| 48162: | " Messiah," and at the Conservatoire, being |
| 48163: | presented with a medal by the Directors in |
| 48164: | commemoration of the event. Sang at all the |
| 48165: | important concerts in the United Kingdom, |
| 48166: | and was identified with the greatest composi- |
| 48167: | tions produced at the different festivals, etc. |
| 48168: | In 1890 she undertook a long tour in Aus- |
| 48169: | tralia, commencing with a concert at Sydney. |
| 48170: | Re-appeared at the Crystal Palace, October |
| 48171: | 11, 1891. Decided to retire in 1898, an i began |
| 48172: | a farewell tour in the winter, but it was |
| 48173: | brought to a tra'^jic close by her sudden death, |
| 48174: | February 28, 1894. She had sung at a con- |
| 48175: | cert at the Albert Hall, Sheffield, the pre- |
| 48176: | vious evening, and after singing " The Banks |
| 48177: | of Allan Water " in response to the encore, |
| 48178: | fainted as she left the platform, and died at |
| 48179: | her hotel early next morning, without regain- |
| 48180: | ing consciousness. |
| 48181: | |
| 48182: | Patey, John George 312-R-45 Patey, John Qeorge, husband of the Patey, John George, husband of the |
| 48183: | above, bass vocalist, born at Stonehouse, |
| 48184: | Devonshire, in 1835. Intended for the medi- |
| 48185: | cal profession, but gave it up for music. |
| 48186: | Studied at Paris and Milan, and made his ^f6»^ |
| 48187: | at Drury Lane, as Plunket, in Flotow's opera |
| 48188: | " Martha," 1858. Sang for several seasons |
| 48189: | in English opera at Covent Garden, etc., and |
| 48190: | visited New York in 1871, taking part in a |
| 48191: | performance of " Elijah," October 31. Toured |
| 48192: | in the English provinces up to 1876. Was |
| 48193: | for some time a member of the choir at Lin- |
| 48194: | coln's Inn Chapel. From 1888 a music pub- |
| 48195: | lisher in London |
| 48196: | |
| 48197: | Paton, James Crooks 312-R-59 Paton, James Crooks, organist, com- |
| 48198: | poser, and violoncellist, was born at Edin- |
| 48199: | burgh, March 28, 1855. He was organist of |
| 48200: | St. Leonard's Parish Church, and of Dalkeith |
| 48201: | Parish Church, and from 1881 was conductor |
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