Google Doodle Celebrates Amanda Aldridge

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

Google Doodles often change the classic Google logo to incorporate a historical figure or special occasion relating to a specific date.

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

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The woman displayed is Aldridge, who is known for her work as a composer who released dozens of instrumental tracks, parlour music,

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and more than 30 songs under the pseudonym Montague Ring.

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

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