Goddard, ARABELLA, pianist, was born near St Malo, in Brittany, in 1836, and received lessons from Kalkbrenner, Thalberg, and Macfarren. She made her début at the Grand National Concerts in London in 1850, and in 1854-56 performed with great success in the principal cities of France, Germany, and Italy. In 1860 she married Mr Davison (1813-85), Times musical critic. After her farewell to the British public in 1873, she made a tour in the United States, returning to England in 1876.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 269
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