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	An unidentified admirer sent Wainwright a poem about the British victory at Seringapatam (see [[Srirangapatna]]), and suggested that she set it to music. The chorus she composed based on this poem was also sold to her subscription list.		An unidentified admirer sent Wainwright a poem about the British victory at Seringapatam (see [[Srirangapatna]]), and suggested that she set it to music. The chorus she composed based on this poem was also sold to her subscription list.

	== Later ~~Years~~ ==		== Later years ==

	The Stewarts left India in 1811 and were living in Perth, Scotland, when John died in 1820. Wainwright eventually moved back to London, where she published ''Critical Remarks on the Art of Singing'' in 1836<ref name=":1">{{Cite book\|last=Cohen\|first=Aaron I.\|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16714846\|title=International encyclopedia of women composers\|year=1987\|isbn=0-9617485-2-4\|edition=Second edition, revised and enlarged\|location=New York\|oclc=16714846}}</ref> and her will was filed in 1843.<ref name=":0" />		The Stewarts left India in 1811 and were living in Perth, Scotland, when John died in 1820. Wainwright eventually moved back to London, where she published ''Critical Remarks on the Art of Singing'' in 1836<ref name=":1">{{Cite book\|last=Cohen\|first=Aaron I.\|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16714846\|title=International encyclopedia of women composers\|year=1987\|isbn=0-9617485-2-4\|edition=Second edition, revised and enlarged\|location=New York\|oclc=16714846}}</ref> and her will was filed in 1843.<ref name=":0" />

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'''Harriet Wainwright Stewart''' (c. 1766–1843) was a British composer,<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hixon|first1=Donald L.|last2=Hennessee|first2=Don A.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28889156|title=Women in music: an encyclopedic biobibliography|date=1993|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=0-8108-2769-7|edition=2nd|location=Metuchen, N.J.|oclc=28889156}}</ref> singer, and writer.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Norris, Gerald, 1938-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8079998|title=A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland|year=1981|isbn=0-7153-7845-7|location=Newton Abbot, Devon|oclc=8079998}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Stern, Susan, 1953-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3844725|title=Women composers : a handbook|date=1978|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=0-8108-1138-3|location=Metuchen, N.J.|oclc=3844725}}</ref> A musical entrepreneur, she developed a subscription list of several hundred people and sold at least two of her compositions (''Comala'' and ''Seringapatam'') to subscribers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Porter|first=James|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7WydDwAAQBAJ&q=harriet+wainwright+stewart+composer&pg=PA337|title=Beyond Fingal's Cave: Ossian in the Musical Imagination|date=2019|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=978-1-58046-945-6|language=en}}</ref>

== Early Years ==
Wainwright's father was Liverpool musician [[Robert Wainwright (composer)|Robert Wainwright]]. Her teachers included Dr. [[Richard Woodward (organist)|Richard Woodward]], organist of Christ Church, Dublin, and [[John Worgan]], a London organist known for his performances at Vauxhall Gardens. She moved to London in the 1780s,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Weber|first=William E.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1223095600|title=The Musician As Entrepreneur, 1700-1914 Managers, Charlatans, and Idealists.|date=2004|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-05775-4|location=Bloomington|oclc=1223095600}}</ref> where she socialized with music historian [[Charles Burney]], who commented that he knew of no female contrapuntist in Europe who could surpass Wainwright.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Moore|first=John Weeks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pkxJAQAAMAAJ|title=A Dictionary of Musical Information|date=1876|publisher=O. Ditson|language=en}}</ref>

Wainwright's opera ''Comala''<ref>{{Cite book|last=McVeigh|first=Simon|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26395717|title=Concert life in London from Mozart to Haydn|date=2 November 2006|publisher=|isbn=0-521-41353-2|edition=1st|location=Cambridge [England]|pages=|oclc=26395717}}</ref> was performed at [[Hanover Square Rooms|Hanover Square]] in London on 26 January 1792.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/974642215|title=The invisible woman : aspects of women's work in eighteenth-century Britain|last1=Baudino|first1=Isabelle|last2=Carré|first2=Jacques|last3=Révauger|first3=Marie-Cécile|isbn=978-1-351-88736-6|location=London|oclc=974642215}}</ref> [[Sophia Corri]] and [[James Bartleman (singer)|James Bartleman]] sang the leads. Six boys from the choir at Westminster Abbey were the chorus, coached by the Abbey organist Dr. [[Benjamin Cooke]]. Composer [[Ignaz Pleyel]] attended the performance and praised the opera.<ref name=":0" /> Wainwright sold copies of the score to her subscription list.

== India ==

Wainwright moved to Calcutta, India, in 1796. In 1801, she married Captain John Stewart of the East India Company's Bengal Army, who eventually became a lieutenant colonel.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=1801|title=Edinburgh Magazine|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Beyond_Fingal_s_Cave/7WydDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=harriet+wainwright+stewart+composer&pg=PA337&printsec=frontcover|journal=Edinburgh Magazine|volume=17|pages=489|via=}}</ref> She continued to publish her compositions under the name "Wainwright."

''Comala'' was performed in India with Wainwright singing the main role. Richard, [[Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley|Marquis of Wellesley]], Governor of India, published an "appreciation" of the work in the ''Calcutta Post'' on 27 April 1804.

An unidentified admirer sent Wainwright a poem about the British victory at Seringapatam (see [[Srirangapatna]]), and suggested that she set it to music. The chorus she composed based on this poem was also sold to her subscription list.

== Later Years ==

The Stewarts left India in 1811 and were living in Perth, Scotland, when John died in 1820. Wainwright eventually moved back to London, where she published ''Critical Remarks on the Art of Singing'' in 1836<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Cohen|first=Aaron I.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16714846|title=International encyclopedia of women composers|year=1987|isbn=0-9617485-2-4|edition=Second edition, revised and enlarged|location=New York|oclc=16714846}}</ref> and her will was filed in 1843.<ref name=":0" />

Wainwright's music was published by Cianchettini<ref>{{Cite web|title=Collections Online {{!}} British Museum|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG200149|access-date=2021-01-09|website=www.britishmuseum.org}}</ref> and William Napier. Several of her manuscripts are archived at the British Library.<ref name=":0" /> Her compositions included:

== Opera ==

*''Comala'' (text by [[Ossian]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ossian|url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000047070|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Grove Music Online|year=2001|language=en|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47070|last1=Porter|first1=James}}</ref>

*''Don Quixote''<ref name=":0" />

== Vocal ==

*''Collection of Songs: Duets, Trios & Choruses<ref name=":1" />''

*"Merrily, Merrily Passes the Day"''<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Brown|first1=James Duff|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V_U5AAAAIAAJ|title=British Musical Biography: A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors, and Composers Born in Britain and Its Colonies|last2=Stratton|first2=Stephen Samuel|date=1897|publisher=S.S. Stratton|language=en}}</ref>''

*''Seringapatam'' (chorus; text by unknown author)<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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