Edward Loder

Edward Loder (1813 Bath-1865 London) was an English composer and conductor. He was sent to Frankfurt in 1826 to study under Ferdinand Ries who was an old friend of the family. He came back to England in 1828 and embarked on a succesfull career as an opera conductor in London and Manchester. His compositions include operas, cantatas, string quartets, and many songs. Today he is most remembered for his opera Raymond and Agnes (1855) which was revived in Cambridge, 1966.

Sources

• The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (1992), ISBN 0-333-73432-7 and ISBN 1-56159-228-5