Kate Fanny Loder, later Lady Thompson, (21 August 1825 – 30 August 1904) was an English composer and pianist. [1]
Kate Loder was born on 21 August 1825, [1] on Bathwick Street, Bathwick, [2] within Bath, Somerset where the Loder family were prominent musicians. Her father was the flautist George Loder. According to Grove, her mother was a piano teacher born Fanny Philpot, who was the sister of the pianist Lucy Anderson. [3] However, genealogical research suggests Kate's mother was Frances Elizabeth Mary Kirkham (1802–50), [4] daughter of Thomas Bulman Kirkham (1778–1845) and Marianne Beville Moore (c.1781 – 1810). [2] Frances Kirkham's step-mother was Jane Harriett Philpot (1802–63), second wife to Thomas Bulman Kirkham and sister of the Lucy Philpot who married the violinist George Frederick Anderson, becoming Lucy Anderson. [5] [6] [7] Kate was also the sister of conductor and composer George Loder, [1] and the cousin of composer Edward Loder. [8]
Kater Loder studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Her performance of Mendelssohn's G minor piano concerto at the Hanover-square Rooms on 27 May 1843, when she was aged 17, may have been her public debut. [9] The following year, in 1844, aged just 18, she became the first female professor of harmony at the Royal Academy. [10] [11] [12] On 16 December 1851 at St Marylebone Church, Westminster, she married Sir Henry Thompson [13] and soon afterwards, at her husband's insistence, gave up her public performing career. She remained active in music, continuing to compose, and taught pupils including Sarah Louisa Kilpack [14] who nowadays is better known as an artist.
On 10 July 1871, [15] the first British performance of the German Requiem of Johannes Brahms took place privately at Loder's home, 35 Wimpole Street, London. It was performed using a version for piano duet accompaniment which became known as the "London Version" (German: Londoner Fassnung) of the Requiem. [16] Brahms based it on an 1866 arrangement for piano of his first, six-movement version of the Requiem. [17] The pianists were Kate Loder and Cipriani Potter (who was then 79 years old; he died that September). [15]
She died on 30 August 1904 at Headley Rectory, [18] Headley, Surrey. [1]
Selected works include: [8] [19] [20]
Kate Fanny Loder, later Lady Thompson, (21 August 1825 – 30 August 1904) was an English composer and pianist. [1]
Kate Loder was born on 21 August 1825, [1] on Bathwick Street, Bathwick, [2] within Bath, Somerset where the Loder family were prominent musicians. Her father was the flautist George Loder. According to Grove, her mother was a piano teacher born Fanny Philpot, who was the sister of the pianist Lucy Anderson. [3] However, genealogical research suggests Kate's mother was Frances Elizabeth Mary Kirkham (1802–50), [4] daughter of Thomas Bulman Kirkham (1778–1845) and Marianne Beville Moore (c.1781 – 1810). [2] Frances Kirkham's step-mother was Jane Harriett Philpot (1802–63), second wife to Thomas Bulman Kirkham and sister of the Lucy Philpot who married the violinist George Frederick Anderson, becoming Lucy Anderson. [5] [6] [7] Kate was also the sister of conductor and composer George Loder, [1] and the cousin of composer Edward Loder. [8]
Kater Loder studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Her performance of Mendelssohn's G minor piano concerto at the Hanover-square Rooms on 27 May 1843, when she was aged 17, may have been her public debut. [9] The following year, in 1844, aged just 18, she became the first female professor of harmony at the Royal Academy. [10] [11] [12] On 16 December 1851 at St Marylebone Church, Westminster, she married Sir Henry Thompson [13] and soon afterwards, at her husband's insistence, gave up her public performing career. She remained active in music, continuing to compose, and taught pupils including Sarah Louisa Kilpack [14] who nowadays is better known as an artist.
On 10 July 1871, [15] the first British performance of the German Requiem of Johannes Brahms took place privately at Loder's home, 35 Wimpole Street, London. It was performed using a version for piano duet accompaniment which became known as the "London Version" (German: Londoner Fassnung) of the Requiem. [16] Brahms based it on an 1866 arrangement for piano of his first, six-movement version of the Requiem. [17] The pianists were Kate Loder and Cipriani Potter (who was then 79 years old; he died that September). [15]
She died on 30 August 1904 at Headley Rectory, [18] Headley, Surrey. [1]
Selected works include: [8] [19] [20]