Google Doodle Celebrates Amanda Aldridge: Who Was She and Why Today?

Black British composer, teacher and opera singer Amanda Aldridge is being remembered today as the latest Google Doodle celebrates her life and career.

The Google image for Friday, June 17 features a pairing of Aldridge with a doodle of musical treble clefs on either side.

The woman displayed is Aldridge, who is known for her work as a composer who released dozens of instrumental tracks, parlour music, and more than 30 songs under the pseudonym Montague Ring. 

She was born on March 10, 1866, in London. 

On this day in 1911, Aldridge gave a piano recital at London's pre-war principal concert venue, Queens Small Hall, the original home of the BBC Symphony and London Philharmonic Orchestras. 

Amanda Aldridge was the daughter of African-American actor and Swedish opera singer, Ira Aldridge. 

At the age of 88, Aldridge appeared for the first time on television on the British show Music for You, which introduced her classic compositions to a whole new generation.

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