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HICKSON, Mr. (? Hugh, or Thomas)

Musician, flute player (Band of the 63rd Regiment)

Active Hobart Town, VDL (TAS) 1831 (regiment in Australia 1829-33)
Died by November 1834

See also Band of the 63rd Regiment

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Colonial Times (28 September 1831), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8646089

[News], The Hobart Town Courier (14 November 1834), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4182447

The sickness of the 63rd, we are happy to say, had nearly subsided - Major Briggs and Capt. Gibbons were returning to England; and Surgeon Russel had gone to Penang on sick leave. Hickson, the flute-player of the band, had died.

HID, Mr. (Mr. HID)

Musician, violinist

Active Bendigo, VIC, c. 1860

Documentation:

"THE PHILHARMONIC ONCE MORE. TO THE EDITOR", Bendigo Advertiser (12 March 1860), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87942305

HIGGINSON, Joseph (Joseph HIGGINSON)

Bellman, bellringer

Active Sydney, NSW, 1838

Documentation:

"A LUNATIC", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (21 April 1838), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2550802 

On the evening before last, a young man whose intellects are subject to derangement, and who earns a scanty existence by ringing "those evening bells" that enliven the streets at night, entered the house of Mr. Farrell, the publican, of George-street, between the hours of 7 and 8 o'clock. Knowing the man's affliction, Mr. F. ordered him out, and he went. At 9 o'clock he again returned, and was forcibly put out by Mr. Farrell. At 10 o'clock Mr. F. perceived, from his parlour, the front folding doors gradually and slowly open, and a head cautiously intruded through the opening. Anxious to see the end of the affair, he suffered the party to steal softly and unobserved (as he supposed) up to the counter, when he unexpectedly darted forth and seized - to his inexpressible surprise - the same deranged visitor. He was sent to the watch-house for protection. - Joseph Higginson is the name of the unfortunate, whom we recommend as a fit object of charity to the Committee of the Benevolent Asylum; he is perfectly harmless and inoffensive.

HIGGINS, Thomas William (Thomas Wilson HIGGINS; T. W. HIGGINS; Captain HIGGINS)

Amateur vocalist, pianist, sheep farmer 

Active Port Elliot, SA, by 1861
Died Currency Creek, SA, 9 August 1915, aged 75

HIGGINS, Mrs. T. W.

Amateur musician, pianist

Summary:

The song The bushman, first published in Adelaide in 1845, was still popular in South Australia in the 1860s. It was evidently a favorite of Higgins, a grazier, who sang it several times at public dinners, where the press variously referred to it as "The bushman's life" and "The bushman's song", and positively identified it by its chorus: "[Then] Hurrah! for a bushman's life".

Mrs. T. W. Higgins was also a regular performer at musical events in the Port Elliot region.

Documentation:

"PORT ELLIOT, GOOLWA, AND ENCOUNTER BAY RACES", The South Australian Advertiser (21 March 1860), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1203419 

"PORT ELLIOT", South Australian Register (20 May 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50018407

"OPENING OF THE INMAN AND HINDMARSH BRIDGES", The South Australian Advertiser (3 August 1863), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31826415

"GOOLWA CAVALRY", South Australian Weekly Chronicle (24 February 1866), 2 supplement

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94747886 

"DEATH", Southern Argus (12 August 1915), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96983331

HIGHAM, Frederick (Frederick HIGHAM)

Musicseller's assistant

Active Melbourne, VIC, 1856

Documentation:

"POLICE. CITY COUTY (Friday)", The Argus (15 December 1856), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7141622

Frederick Higham was charged with picking pockets. Mr. Isaac Barnet heard a noise in the back part of his premises early in the morning, and saw two men, one of whom was the prisoner, rifling the pockets of a third, who was drunk. Mr. Chapman, the music-seller, of Swanston-street, said that the prisoner was in his employ, and that he and the drunken man were shipmates. The latter was present, and said that he had been up the country before with prisoner, and had always found him very honest. There did not appear to have been any dishonest intention on the part of the prisoner, and he was discharged.

ASSOCIATIONS: George Chapman (musicseller)

HILE, Madame von (Madame von HILE; alias of Mrs. HODGES)

Vocalist

Active Adelaide, SA, 1850

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Madame+von+Hile+c1850 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

"LOCAL INTELLIGENCE", South Australian Register (23 May 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38442088 

Mr. Wallace gave a "Grand Concert" at the Exchange last evening, which was honoured by a very numerous audience, including his Excellency Sir Henry Young, Lady Young, and suite, with all the elite of Adelaide society. The Governor arrived at 8 o'clock, when the national anthem was tastefully performed by the band, the assemblage rising simultaneously. The principal novelty of the evening was the appearance of a fair debutante, a Madame Von Hile, a vocalist of of whose powers no little expectations were formed. We fear her friends must have been a little disappointed in the debut, for although we stood within a dozen yards of the accomplished songstress, we could scarcely hear a note distinctly. Madame Von Hile whispered divinely no doubt, but nobody could hear anything except the accompaniment, save the fiddlers . . . We maintained our seat with mingled pleasure and pain throughout the performance, until Madame Von Hile struck up the rather personal enquiry, "Why are you wandering here I pray?" of which we only stayed long enough to admire the sweet intonation . . .

"LOCAL NEWS", South Australian (24 May 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71626314 

. . . The lady who made her first appearance under the name of Madame Von Hile, was evidently nervous to a painful degree, and her timidity prevented her voice rising to a pitch sufficiently high to fill a room so much larger than any she can have been accustomed to sing in. She has a sweet and highly cultivated voice, and her singing is truly that of a lady. All she requires is a little more confidence, which custom alone can give her. Ja her third song, "Why are you wandering here I pray?" she had somewhat recovered her self-possession, and being warmly encored, repeated it with increased effect. Those who were near to the orchestra heard enough to convince them that she is a singer of no ordinary merit, and to feel assured that they are not yet able fully to estimate her powers . . .

"MR. WALLACE'S CONCERT", South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal (25 May 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195940018 

. . . Madame Von Hile is evidently a highly accomplished vocalist, and that taste is to be condemned which could not make reasonable allowance for any lady's first appearance at a public concert. Notwithstanding her timidity, she was warmly and deservedly encored in her song, "Why are You Wandering Here" . . .

[Advertisement], South Australian (21 October 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71627441 

MRS. HODGES Better known to the Musical World as MADAME VON HILE, IS prepared to receive a few YOUNG LADIES as DAY PUPILS, at her present residence, near the East End of Rundle-street. Terms, including French, £10 per Annum. Music, Singing, and Drawing, each £2 per Quarter.

"MR. WALLACE'S CONCERT", South Australian (28 October 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71627474 

The long interval which has elapsed since Mr. Wallace last catered for the entertainment of the musical world of Adelaide, owing to the imperfect state of his health, and the promise of his published programme, gave to his concert of Tuesday evening last considerable interest . . . Of the performances generally we have only space to remark, that Mr. Wallace's violin performances were admirable, and we think superior to his previous displays of taste, accuracy, and execution - their only fault being their length and number. Mrs. Murray, as usual, did herself much credit, and a similar remark may apply to Miss Lazar in her difficult pieces. Madame Von Hile only wants confidence to become a fine singer; her voice is particularly sweet, and she has evidently had every advantage which education can give; - but the difficulty a lady must experience in singing before a public company when she has only been accustomed to gratify a circle of friends in the drawing-room, may well account for that nervous feeling which paralyses energy and almost restrains utterance . . .

HILL, Mr. (Mr. HILL; Charles HILL)

Musician, violinist, vocalist

Active Melbourne, VIC, 1853; 1856

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Argus (25 April 1853), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4791941 

OPEN EVERY EVENING. COLLINGWOOD HARMONIC HALL, Studley Arms, Wellington-street, Collingwood.
Principal Singers. Mr. Cumming, the favorite tenor of the Melbourne Concerts.
Mr. Levison, bass, will sing Henry Russell's admired songs.
Mr. Charles Hill, alto, from the Bristol Concerts.
Mr. Labern, comic, will give "advice gratis."
Mr. Wright, comic, will sing the Jolly Gold digger.
Mr. Graham, comic, from the Queen's Theatre.
Mr. Trevor, pianist, from the Bristol Concerts.
Concert to commence each evening at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission One Shilling.

[Advertisement], The Argus (6 May 1853), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4792342 

COLLINGWOOD HARMONIC HALL. Studley Arms, Wellington-street, Collingwood.
GRAND CONCERT On Saturday May 7th instant.
PROGRAMME. PART I.
Glee - See our Oars.
Mr. Hill - The Slave - Pell
Mr. Laberne (comic) - The Deluded Emigrant - Thatcher.
Mr. Levison - Man the Life Boat - Henry Russell.
Mr. Wright (comic) - Black Jack, the Digger - Wright.
Mr. Cumming - Let me like a Soldier fall - Wallace
Mr. Trevor - The Flying Dutchman - John Parry.
PART II.
Mr. Hill - Little Nell - Linley.
Mr. Laberne (comic) - The Lively Flea - Ross.
Mr. Levison - Some love to roam - Henry Russell.
Mr. Wright (comic) - Kind Relations.
Mr. Cumming - Shells of Ocean - Calcott [sic]
Pianist and Musical Director, Mr. Trevor.
Violin - Mr. Hill.
Cornet - Mr. Wright
F. Jackson, Manager. Concert to commence at half past 7 o'clock. Admission 1s.

[Advertisement], The Argus (11 March 1856), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4832765 

HAVE you heard the unrivalled Concertina Player, Mr. H. Lamont, at the Napoleon III. Hotel.
IMMENSE ATTRACTION at the Napoleon III. Hotel. Mr, Linsey, the admired Pianist, has been engaged.
IF you wish to Enjoy a good Evening's Amusement, go to the Napoleon III.

NAPOLEON III. - Great Attraction. Free Concert. Conductor, Mr. Linsey; Pianist, Mr. Lamont; Violinist, Mr. Hill.

HILL, Mrs. (Mrs. HILL)

Vocalist

Active Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 1845

Documentation:

"SOIREE MUSICALE", The Courier (2 August 1845), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2947804 

"This is the only Concert I have attended in the colony" - such was the almost general exclamation during and after this entertainment on Thursday evening last. For ourselves we must echo the same words, and join in the general feeling of gratification that they are intended to convey. The greatest care and attention in both departments, vocal and instrumental, pervaded the whole performance. The vocal department embraced only four performers, Madame Gautrot, Mrs. Hill, Mr. Packer and Mr. Duly; but the selections were so chaste and pleasing, so well arranged, and withal so extremely well executed, that the ear as well as the mind were kept in one constant source of delight. And here it is our duty to notice the debut of Mr. Packer, of whom we were led to expect something of a high order, and which was amply verified . . . We had nearly forgotten to mention the trio, Sadak and Kalasrade, by Madame Gautrot, Mrs. Hill, and Mr. Packer; it was admirably sung, and met its due share of approbation. We have not further space at present to enlarge on the performances, but trust the success of his first attempt will induce Mr. Russell to repeat these soirée musicales.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Wilkins Russell (event organiser); Charles Sandys Packer (convict, vocalist, pianist, composer)

HILL, Agnes (Agnes HILL)

Amateur musician, pianist, governess

Active Darebin Creek, VIC, 1852

Documentation:

"SUPREME COURT. CRIMINAL SITTINGS. Wednesday, 25th August . . . PERJURY", The Argus (26 August 1852), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4786917 

. . . Wm. Pender, sworn - Resides at the Darebin Creek . . . on the night of the 7th June . . . Mrs. Pender was in the drawing room whilst my governess was playing some new music . . .

Agnes Hill: Am governess in Mr. Pender's family . . . Never pursued any other profession in this country but my present . . . Mr. Pender was in the room all the night; I remember it well, as I was playing on the piano all night, some new music, operas, &c.; Mr. Pender did not sing "Agnes I love thee as my life" . . .

HILL, Alfred (Alfred Francis HILL; Alfred HILL)

Violinist, conductor, teacher, composer

Born Richmond, VIC, 16 December 1869 (not 1870)
Died Sydney, NSW, 30 October 1960

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-783689 (NLA persistent identifier)

THIS ENTRY IS A STUB ON PERSONNEL FIRST ACTIVE IN AUSTRALIA AFTER 1860

Bibliography and resources:

Andrew D. McCredie, "Hill, Alfred Francis (1869-1960)", Australian dictionary of biography 9 (1983)

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hill-alfred-francis-6667

John Mansfield Thomson, "Hill, Alfred Francis", Dictionary of New Zealand biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand

https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2h35/hill-alfred-francis 

Hinemoa (cantata, Wellington, NZ, 1896)

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/speech/191/hills-cantata-hinemoa

HILL, Arthur (Arthur HILL)

Amateur vocalist, actor, publican (Rose and Crown, Castlereagh-Street), printer, publisher

Born England, 1784
Active Sydney, NSW, by 1826 (Sydney Amateur Concerts)
Died Sydney, NSW, 23 March 1834

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Arthur+Hill+d1834 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

"MR. EDWARDS'S BENEFIT", The Monitor (25 August 1826), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31757768

. . . "I'm Parish Clerk and Sexton here", was sung with much humour by Mr. Hill, but the want of those essential requisites to give such songs effect-namely dress and music [i.e. instrumental accompaniment]-greatly detracted from its comicality. The former we understand was objected to by the Directors upon some principle of Etiquette.

"THE ANNIVERSARYDINNER", The Monitor (27 January 1827), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31758157

A Patriotic song by Mr. Hill, and Dulce Domum by Mr. Blanch were greatly applauded, the style of singing of each being well adapted to his subject. 

"Theatre", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (22 June 1833), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2212561

We understand that our respectable fellow-colonist, Mr. Arthur Hill, is engaged by the Proprietor of the Sydney Theatre, for the next season, to sustain a line of characters for which report states he is eminently qualified. We have never seen Mr. Hill "on the boards", and therefore cannot speak from our own knowledge.

[News], The Sydney Monitor (25 September 1833), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32144567

Mr. Arthur Hill, of the old school of legitimate Comedy, we are glad to hear, is engaged for the peculiar characters in which he is known to excel.

"DIED", The Australian (24 March 1834), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42005722

"DIED", The Sydney Monitor (25 March 1834), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32145900

"THE THEATRE", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (3 July 1834), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2216522

The comedy of The Rivals was the first piece, and with the exception of some two or three of the inferior characters, was creditably performed . . . The Sir Lucius of Mr. Simmons though a tolerable performance, was not equal to the representation that we have seen of it by the deceased Mr. Arthur Hill.

Bibliography:

"Hill, Arthur", Obituaries Australia

http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/hill-arthur-14051

HILL FAMILY OF MILITARY MUSICIANS

HILL, Arthur Silvester (Arthur Silvester HILL; A. S. HILL)

Musician, flautist, bandsman, bandmaster (Band of the 99th Regiment), composer

Born ? Ireland, c.1829/30
Active Sydney, NSW, 1848; Hobart, TAS, 1849-55
Married Ann Sophia HOPKINS, St. Joseph's, Hobart, TAS, 17 April 1854, aged 24
Died Cork, Ireland, 7 May 1865

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Arthur+Silvester+Hill+d1865 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

ASSOCIATIONS: Band of the 99th Regiment (military)

Summary:

Hill's The Australian grand waltzes ("A New Year's Gift . . . composed and arranged for the Piano Forte, by Arthur S. Hill, 99th Regiment") were published in Sydney in 1848 (no copy identified), and his The Wivenhoe quadrilles and Geelong schottisch respectively in Henry Butler Stoney's Tasmanian lyre and Delacourt bouquet in Hobart in 1854/55.

Hill regularly appeared in Hobart as a concert flautist. In April 1854, at St. Joseph's Church, Hobart, he married Ann Sophie Hopkins, daughter of the former Hobart dancing master Gattey Hopkins.

He was not regimental bandmaster in Australia (the master was Robert Martin), although he may have been later. He died at Cork, Ireland, in 1865.

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Sydney Chronicle (1 January 1848), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31754931

"NEW MUSIC", The Sydney Morning Herald (5 January 1848), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12892339

[Advertisement], Colonial Times (6 March 1849), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8764541 

VERY GREAT ATTRACTION; FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY,
AT THE MUSIC HALL, COLLINS-STREET. GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT,
TO TAKE PLACE On Tuesday 6th March, 1849,
Under the immediate patronage of His Excellency SIR T. DENISON & LADY DENISON.
ON WHICH OCCASION The full Military Band will attend.
FIRST PART. Overture - "Guy Mannering" - Full Orchestra . . .
SECOND PART . . . Grand Fantasia. - Flute on Paganini's air "The witch dance." (by a gentleman formerly of Jullien's Band London.) . . .

"CONCERT", The Courier (10 March 1849), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2966527

"MUSICAL. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", The Courier (27 January 1853), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2241378

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", The Courier (2 July 1853), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2246121

"ATTENTION", The Courier (5 April 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2248670

"MARRIED", The Courier (18 April 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2248067

Marriages in the district of Hobart; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:848552; RGD37/1/13 no 688

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-13p269j2k 

[Advertisement], The Courier (13 November 1854), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2242514

[Advertisement], Colonial Times (9 March 1855), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8779478

[Advertisement], The Courier (6 April 1855), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2482016

"DEATHS", The Mercury (13 September 1865), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8834945

HILL, Bernard (Bernard HILL)

Bandsman (Band of the 99th Regiment)

Died Sydney, NSW, August 1845

Documentation:

"INCAUTIOUS USE OF MEDICINE", The Sydney Morning Herald (23 August 1845), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12881718

Bernard Hill, once a bandsman in the 99th regiment, aged about 26 years, and who had lately been employed as an assistant in a druggist's shop, in George-street, but had latterly been unemployed, feeling himself unwell on Thursday afternoon, got some medicine (supposed to be laudanum) which he took, and shortly after became insensible till mid-day, yesterday, when he expired in the room of his father, Serjeant Hill, of the 99th regiment.

HILL, John (John HILL)

Musician (theatre band), formerly bandsman & drum-major (Band of the 99th Regiment)

Active Sydney, NSW, 1858

Documentation:

"DREADFUL MURDER", The Sydney Morning Herald (12 March 1858), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13007456

"SHOCKING TRAGEDY", Empire (13 March 1858), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60423614

. . . a woman named Margaret Hill, aged 30 years, was lying dead at Paddington, from the effects of a wound received from her husband . . . The husband, John Hill, is a musician, and was formerly drum-major of the 99th Regiment . . . The prisoner, who is a man of about 40 years of age, was, as before stated, formerly drum-major in her Majesty's 99th Regiment, and has been in receipt of a pension. He has also been in the city police, from which he was discharged some time ago. He obtained a livelihood by playing with one of the bands at the theatre. He is of average height, and has a thin and anxious expression of countenance . . .

[News], Freeman's Journal (10 April 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115560910

HILL, Barnard (Barnard HILL)

Musician, violin player, fiddler, sawyer

Arrived Van Diemen's Land, by 1825
Active Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 1833-46
Died Huon Valley, TAS, 9 August 1858, aged "80"

Summary:

The Statistical view of Van Diemen's Land (1832) lists "Bernard Hill, violin player" as living at 12 Goulburn-Street, Hobart in 1831.

"Sawyer and violin player" Barnard Hill's selection as a jury member in Hobart in 1833 became a subject of satire in the press.

According to a police report, Hill was still playing the violin semi-professionally for Robert Fowler's "dancing school" in 1846. He was an elector in Franklin in 1856.

His descendent Anne Wilson kindly informed me (January 2014) that he died in a boating accident in 1858, aged 80.

Documentation:

"McCABE", Hobart Town Gazette (29 October 1825), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8790808

Statistical view of Van Diemen's Land (1832), 163

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=G8gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA163

[Editorial], The Hobart Town Courier (19 July 1833), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4191215

We are sure on this occasion Mr. Barnard Hill, with whom we have the honour to be personally acquainted, he having recently cut some rafters for our fowl-house at Knocklofty, and whose exquisite Paganini touches on the violin we so frequently have the pleasure to hear, urging, as we pass the corner, the fantastic toes of the ladies and gentlemen who frequent Mr. Walford's ball-room, at the King George - we are sure he will excuse us for once, for paying that we fear he would not think himself fairly tried in a dispute about cutting rafters or the price of an hour's catgut scraping by such men as Mr. Meredith or Major Schaw, any more than the latter gentlemen would fancy their rights and privileges, especially as regards the intricate points of literature and libel, fairly confided and adjusted by his unbiassed decision.

"SCHAW v. MEREDITH", The Hobart Town Courier (19 July 1833), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4191218

"SCHAW v. MEREDITH", Colonial Times (23 July 1833), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8647120

[Letter] To the Editor", Colonial Times (30 July 1833), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8647128

[Editorial], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (17 August 1833), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2213458

"THE LAWS OF LIBEL", The Hobart Town Courier (31 January 1834), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4187435

"POLICE", The Courier (1 August 1846), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2945130

[Advertisement], The Courier (10 June 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2504232

"DIED", The Hobart Town Daily Mercury (11 August 1858), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3249851

"FATAL ACCIDENT", Launceston Examiner (12 August 1858), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38992758

HILL, John (K.S., R.A.M.; John Thomas HILL; in England and USA after 1880, known as John HILLER, and John Sebastian HILLER)

Musician, pianist, organist, conductor, professor of the pianoforte and singing, violinist, composer

Born London, England, 5 August 1843
Arrived Sydney, NSW, by February 1865
Married Ilma de MURKSA, NZ, 1876
Departed Melbourne, VIC, 1877 (with Ilma De MURSKA)
Died New York, USA, 9 February 1920

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Hill+KS+RAM (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

THIS ENTRY IS A STUB ON PERSONNEL FIRST ACTIVE IN AUSTRALIA AFTER 1860

Summary:

Hill succeeded George Loder as conductor of the Sydney opera season in 1866.

A friend and colleague of Alfred Anderson, a decade later John Hill also played in the Ilma De Murska concerts, and within months of Anderson's death, he notoriously married the recently bereaved singer in a ceremony on tour in New Zealand.

Curiously, according to the recollections of Murska's manager De Vivo (1897), at the time of Anderson's death Murska had "detested" Hill. By 1881, he was conducting under the name John Hiller, and was still active in London in 1899.

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (8 February 1865), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13102074

"MUSIC AND DRAMA", The Sydney Morning Herald (18 February 1865), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13107828

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (13 March 1865), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13106637

"MR. JOHN HILL'S FIRST CONCERT", The Sydney Morning Herald (14 March 1865), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13108034

"MUSIC AND DRAMA", The Sydney Morning Herald (21 March 1865), 13

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13103600

On Monday, the 13th instant, Mr. John Hill, lately from London, pianist and organist of considerable abilities, gave his first concert at the Australian Library, which was fashionably and well attended. The principal feature of the concert was the performances of Mr. Hill on the pianoforte and harmonium, which created a marked impression of his powers on both these instruments. In the Fantasie sur l'Opéra Lurline de Wallace, by Ascher, Mr. Hill displayed fine capabilities as a solo pianist, his enunciation being clear and distinct. A fine instrumental effect was a duet for harmonium and pianoforte, by Mr. Hill and Mr. Frederic Ellard, which was admirably performed by both those gentlemen. The overture to William Tell, also performed by Mr. Hill on the harmonium, was a brilliant effort. These were decidedly the pieces de resistance of the evening. Mr. Hill afterwards performed Boulanger's celebrated Impromptu polka.

"NEW SOUTH WALES", South Australian Register (24 July 1865), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41030687

"AMUSEMENTS", The Sydney Morning Herald (5 May 1866), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13130690

"AMUSEMENTS", The Sydney Morning Herald (23 May 1866), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13131573

Register, no. 665, the Letland Lodge of Australia, Sydney, New South Wales; Museum of Freemasonry

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60620/images/43970_ugl%5El%5E582%5E%5E667-00231 (PAYWALL)

[Admission] 1867 January 8 . . . / Hill / John Thomas / 30 / Sydney / Prof. of Music . . .
1867 July 9 . . . / Jackson / John Dettmer Dodds / [Sydney] / Piano Forte [Maker] . . .

"ST. ANDREW'S ORGAN", Empire (13 August 1867), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60843607

"MUSIC AND THE DRAMA", The Sydney Morning Herald (8 September 1869), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13190643

"DEATHS", Evening News (2 October 1871), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129972073 

On the 25th June, at his late residence, Maida Vale, of consumption, Julius Henry Hill, aged 24 years, brother of John Hill, K.S., R.A.M.

"Musical and Dramatic Review", Australian Town and Country Journal (6 January 1872), 23

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70499496

"MR. GUENETT'S CONCERT", The Argus (17 February 1873), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5848339

"MUSIC", The Australasian Sketcher (9 August 1873), 90

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60606860

[News], The Argus (29 November 1873), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5876423

"THE DE MURSKA CONCERTS", The Argus (26 January 1876), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7430508

[News], The Argus (15 May 1876), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7439145

"NEW ZEALAND", The Argus (16 May 1876), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7439253

"MUSICAL", The Mercury (10 October 1879), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8982180

"Merry-go-Round", The Entr'acte (6 November 1880), 4-5

Harry Paulton should cut out that portion of his text in "Les Mousquetaires" which refers to marrying a prima donna, for if I [5] mistake not, the conductor, M. Hiller, is Mr. John Hill, who has married a prima donna in the shape of Mdlle. Ilma de Murska. The passage becomes personal, and people who know of the circumstance at once stare at M. Hiller, much as to say, "That's a rub for you, old man!" Speaking of M. Hiller, I had not seen him for many, many years until within the last week. When last we shook hands he was Jack Hill, and so youthful that it was a work of difficulty for him to convince his friends that he possessed a moustache. He dallied with the fiddle at this time, and when the late Alfred Mellon gave Promenade Concerts at Covent Garden, Jack was, I think, a second violin, and played the pianoforte accompaniments for the vocalists. I lost sight of him for a long time, and when I next heard of him, he had gone to Australia, and in Sydney he used to charm some friends of mine with his organ performances, and where he was always ready make one in a quartet for strings. Then I heard that had married Mdlle. Ilma de Murska, and the other night I saw a face at the conductor's desk at the Globe, which puzzled me. I looked at the programme, and I read "Director of the Music and Conductor, M. Hiller." I knew the face, but not under that name. Who could it be? thought I. And then it dawned upon that it was Jack Hill. But he has grown into a man, something like Mons. Faure, the baritone. John is an excellent conductor, and uses his baton, not like some of the puling and uncertain time-beaters whom we see at the theatres; but like man who thoroughly understands his business. He was always clever. He is the nephew of Mr. Weist Hill, and I always thought he would make a considerably bigger man than his uncle.

"BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS", The Mercury (19 February 1881), 1s

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8993758

"THE LOVES OF A CANTATRICE", Kalgoorlie Western Argus (11 March 1897), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32343749

"MUSIC AND MUSICIANS", London Daily News (7 July 1899), 6

The Mr. John Hiller who will conduct Messrs. Sousa and Klein's "El Capitan" at the Lyric on Monday, will perhaps be better known here as Mr. John Hill, and was husband of the prima donna Ilma de Murska. He was a cousin of the late Weist Hill, first principal of the Guildhall School of Music. Nearly forty years ago he was a member of the opera orchestra, and later on he conducted during one of the autumn seasons; but for many years he has chiefly resided in the United States.

"MUSIC AND DRAMA", The Brisbane Courier (4 September 1899), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3700902

"J. L. F.", "A DISTINGUISHED CRITIC AND MUSICIAN. SOME PERSONAL REMINISCENCES", The Mercury (10 April 1901), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12837321

"ARTISTS IN AUSTRALIA. HISTORY: OLD AND NEW", The Daily News (19 October 1925), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84186687

Musical works:

The royal arrival galop (Sydney: [?], [ ])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16280121 

The Sicilian Vespers quadrille ("arranged by John Hill") (Sydney: J. R. Clarke, [1869])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7608257 

The Lorne highland schottische (arranged by John Hill, K.S., R.A.M.") (Sydney: Elvy & Co., [?])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7579026 

Love among the roses schottische (Sydney: Elvy & Co., [?])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/13594482 

Kismet waltz (Melbourne: [C. Troedel], [1873])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/14653380 

Mollie darling (morceau de salon) (Melbourne: W. H. Glen & Co., [??])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/43838677 

The Choo Choo Bar (ballad), music by John Sebastian Hiller, K.S., R.A.M. (Cincinnati, 1896)

http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/057/061 

Bibliography and resources:

Lea-Scarlett 1971, 166

Rushworth 1988, 373

Hill was appointed organist and choirmaster of St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, in 1870, in succession to W. J. Cordner; he was himself succeeded by John Delany, first as choirmaster in 1872, and as organist in 1874.

Many thanks: To Kurt Ganzl (2017) for biographical information.

HILL, Peter (Peter HILL)

Musician

Active Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 1837
Active Melbourne, Port Phillip District, NSW (VIC), by July 1839

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The True Colonist Van Diemen's Land Political Despatch . . . (10 November 1837), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203146673 

MR. PETER HILL, MUSICIAN. Upper Goulbourn-street, HOBART TOWN. Music provided for Balls or Parties.

[Advertisement], Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (29 July 1839), 5 supplement

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228129201 

MUSIC provided for BALLS & QUADRILLE PARTIES. MR. P. HILL begs to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Melbourne, that he will he happy to attend upon any occasion that his services may be required, and trusts from his long experience, to give every satisfaction to those who may honor him with their Patronage. - Applications to be made at the Patriot Office.

HILL, Richard (Richard HILL; Rev. R. HILL; Parson HILL)

Anglican cleric, St. James's church (Sydney)

Born London, England, c. 1782
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 18 June 1819 (per Hibernia)
Died Sydney, NSW, 30 May 1836

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-583092 (NLA persistent identifier)

HILL, Samuel (Samuel HILL)

Musician

Active Bathurst, NSW, 1850

Documentation:

"MAL-APPROPRIATION", Bathurst Free Press (21 December 1850), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62214668

Constable Finnerty's ears were assailed in the dead of the night of Saturday last by the screaming of fowls from the henroost of Mr. Minehan, of the Crooked Billet. From the nature of the sound and the time of night, he conceived that all was not correct, and upon nearing the place he observed a man named Samuel Hill crossing Rankin-street, and after a little searching about Mr. Minehan's yard, found the notorious Daniel Torpy, alias Lippey, comfortably esconced [sic] underneath a cart with a fowl under his arm, which had got there by mistake . . . Mr. Minehan was called, - who said that he could not swear that he had lost any fowls. Hill, he stated, was a musician in his service, and lived in one of his cottages . . . The bench condemned [Torpy] to six months' imprisonment as a common vagrant. The prisoner Hill was discharged.

HILL, Samuel (Samuel HILL)

Musician

Active New Ballarat, VIC, 1859

Documentation:

"Indigo Police Court", Ovens and Murray Advertiser (14 May 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117927137

Samuel Hill, sworn, deposed: Am a musician and live at New Ballarat.

Robert Spires was brought up charged with using abusive language to Rebecca Rae . . . Samuel Hill, sworn, deposed: Am a musician and live at New Ballarat. On the Sunday before last, the defendant came to the plaintiff's place. I was having tea at the time. They had a dispute; he called her a wh-re, and a prostitute. He said that she had written letters to him asking if he would marry her . . .

HILL, Samuel Prout (Samuel Prout HILL; Samuel Prout HILL)

Amateur poet, songwriter

Born Devon, England, 16 Dec 1819; baptised Independent Chapel, Devonport, 16 April 1820 (son of James HILL and Elizabeth PROUT)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, by mid 1841
Married Louisa ODELL (widow), Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 19 April 1849
Died Hobart, TAS, 23 October 1861, aged 41 [sic]

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Samuel+Prout+Hill (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-612822 (NLA persistent identifier)

HILL, Louisa (Louisa ODELL; Miss ODELL; Mrs. Samuel Prout HILL)

Teacher of music, singing, and painting

Arrived Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), by May 1847
Died Hobart, TAS, 19 May 1871, in the 68th year of her age

Summary:

Accountant and public servant, amateur artist and poet, Samuel Prout Hill was a son of James Hill and Elizabeth Prout, The English artist Samuel Prout (1783-1852) and the NSW colonist Cornelius Prout (1793-1855) were his mother's brothers, and another brother, John (1782-1865) was father of his cousin, the colonial artist John Skinner Prout.

His "Stanzas on the recent death of a beautiful and accomplished young lady" was one several poetic eulogies to appeared in the Sydney press following the death of Rosetta Nathan in April 1843, and was reprinted the following month in his collection Tarquin the proud and other poems (Sydney: D. L. Welch, 1843). In July 1844, the Herald published his "Song of a Aborigines", written to the tune of Isaac Nathan's popular Byron setting Tambourgi, and a spirited defence of Nathan and Eliza Dunlop's positive characterisation of Indigenous people in their 1842 productions, The Aboriginal mother and The eagle chief.

Documentation:

"STANZAS. On the recent sudden death of a beautiful and accomplished Young Lady", The Colonial Observer (5 April 1843), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226361300 

"ORIGINAL POETRY . . . SONG OF THE ABORIGINES", The Sydney Morning Herald (23 April 1844), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12409847 

[Advertisement], The Courier (19 May 1847), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2971881

[Advertisement], The Courier (26 May 1847), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2971832

"MARRIAGE", The Courier (21 April 1849), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2966189

[Advertisement], The Mercury (14 November 1863), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8822377

"DEATHS", The Mercury (20 May 1871), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8868684

Bibliography and resources:

Harry Buckie, "Hill, Samuel Prout (1821-1861)", Australian dictionary of biography 1 (1966)

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hill-samuel-prout-2183

"Samuel Prout Hill", Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO)

http://www.daao.org.au/bio/samuel-prout-hill

HILL, Walter (William Walter HILL; Walter HILL; Mr. W. HILL)

Actor, comedian, comic vocalist, songwriter

Born London, England, c. 1827
Married Julia JAMES, England, by 1855
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 24 October 1855 (per James Baines, from Liverpool, 5 August, aged "28")
Died Christchurch, NZ, 21 June 1879, aged "49"

HILL, Julia (Julia JAMES; Mrs. Walter HILL)

Actor

Born England, c. 1835
Married Walter HILL, England, by 1855
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 24 October 1855 (per James Baines, from Liverpool, 5 August, aged "21")
Died Melbourne, VIC, 30 November 1919

Julia Hill

Documentation:

"COPPIN'S OLYMPIC. THE BAYADERE", The Argus (27 October 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4821857 

. . . Mr. Coppin has succeeded in retaining the services of Mr. and Mrs. Hill, formerly of the Olympic Theatre, and of Mr. Murray, an actor of considerable reputation, for some time engaged in the York circuit.

"LIKE A BIRD", Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (5 February 1859), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59870052

[News], The Argus (26 June 1879), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5948331 

A private telegram received from New Zealand announces the death of Mr. Walter Hill, at the age of 52 years. Mr. Hill was a comedian, and some 20 years ago or more was a great favourite with the playgoing public in Melbourne and the provinces. He met with a serious accident some years ago, which for a considerable time incapacitated him from following his profession. He had not played in this colony for many years.

"MRS. WALTER HILL", The Lorgnette (8 November 1890), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212729392 

"MUMMER MEMOIRS", Truth [Perth, WA] (2 April 1910), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207406226 

HILLCOAT, John William (John William HILLCOAT; J. W. HILLCOAT)

Musicseller, music retailer, music publisher

Born c. 1829
Active Maitland, NSW, 1860s
Died Sydney, NSW, 17 February 1907, aged "78"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+William+Hillcoat+d1907 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

See also:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Maitland+Musical+Bijou (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Summary:

Hillcoat had been a sheep farmer and cattle dealer at Stradbroke in South Australia for several years when he was declared insolvent in October 1856. His case dragged on until March 1859, and in September that year a Mrs. Hillcoat, with references from the Lord Bishop of Adelaide, advertised that she would open a school for young ladies in Maitland, NSW.

In April 1861 she was intending to hold dancing classes, while her husband advertised that, since he was:

not fully occupying his time, offers his services to tradesmen to WRITE UP THEIR BOOKS and to MAKE OUT THEIR ACCOUNTS.

In August 1862, J. W. Hillcoat first advertised that he was selling music from his home, and in November opened a new shop, as "J. W. HILLCOAT, MUSIC SELLER, High-street, West Maitland".

On 4 March 1863, he issued the first number of his series THE MAITLAND MUSICAL BIJOU, the Night parade waltzes by Marmaduke Hentry Wilson, who was to compose the whole set.

No. 2 was I'm saddest when I sing (April 1863); no. 3 The Singleton railway galop (May); and no. 4 Royal wedding polka (June).

A new song, The echo was advertised for 1 July, but in the event no. 5 was The Aberglasslyn schottische (July 1863).

He advertised that the August number was not going to be ready until the arrival of the English mail. In the event, neither nos. 6 nor 7 can be identified.

In mid-November a new Wilson song Good bye appeared, possibly no. 8, and in December, the unattributed Christmas polka mazurka, was possibly no. 9.

In February 1864, Hillcoat's creditors held a meeting, but in June he and Wilson announced that they had completed the series with no. 10 Australia, the land of my birth.

No. 11 was Varsovianna [sic]; and no. 12 the Anambah polka.

Hillcoat and Wilson next instituted a new twice-monthly series, "The young pianist's repertoire" ("published on the 1st and 15th of every month; price 1s, to be completed in twelve numbers"). The first number, according to the Mercury, was "a selection from the opera L'Elisir d'Amore, arranged and marked for fingering by Mr. M. H. Wilson"). But although the first three numbers had appeared by early July, it faltered thereafter.

Probably Hillcoat and Wilson then produced nothing new until the appearance of their last joint effort, the Nervous cures quadrilles in 1867.

Documentation:

"INSOLVENCY NOTICES", South Australian Register (3 October 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49758976

"INSOLVENCY COURT", South Australian Register (7 July 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49210668

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (17 September 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18657594

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (13 April 1861), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18681266

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (9 November 1861), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18685013

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (23 August 1862), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18690182

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (22 November 1862), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18692120

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (3 March 1863), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18694077

"THE MAITLAND MUSICAL BIJOU", The Maitland Mercury (5 March 1863), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18694094

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (28 March 1863), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18694547

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (5 May 1863), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18695264

"THE MAITLAND MUSICAL BIJOU", The Maitland Mercury (7 May 1863), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18695279

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (2 June 1863), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18699499

"THE MAITLAND MUSICAL BIJOU", The Maitland Mercury (6 June 1863), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18710175

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (27 June 1863), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18713423

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (30 June 1863), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18701351

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (1 August 1863), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18713273

"NEW SONG", The Maitland Mercury (17 November 1863), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18702993

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (5 December 1863), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18700832

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (16 February 1864), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18708087

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (29 April 1864), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13091934

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (29 April 1864), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13091934

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (11 June 1864), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18696600

"MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS", The Maitland Mercury (11 June 1864), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18696618

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (2 July 1864), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18705316

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (16 December 1865), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18712473

"THE NERVOUS CURES QUADRILLES", The Maitland Mercury (4 May 1867), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18722499

"DEATHS", The Brisbane Courier (5 March 1907), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19500933

HIME, Charles E. (Charles E. HIME)

Piano tuner and maker (from Broadwood and Sons, London, and Hime and Son, Liverpool)

Active Melbourne, VIC, by 1852

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Argus (16 September 1852), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4787192

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (3 June 1858), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13013376

"BIRTHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (18 June 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13019217

"CENTRAL POLICE COURT", The Sydney Morning Herald (6 January 1863), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13072049

HINCHCLIFF, John (John HINCHCLIFF; HINCHCLIFFE)

Bass vocalist

Active Geelong, VIC, by 1859
Died Mortlake, VIC, 4 February 1871

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Hinchcliff+d1871 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

"THE LATE MR. HINCHCLIFF", Geelong Advertiser (9 February 1871), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150656446 

The following particulars have come to hand relative to the late Mr. John Hinchcliff. It will be understood that he has been residing at Mortlake with two bachelor brothers, Dr. Hinchcliff and Mr. Joseph Hinchcliff. On Friday evening, Feb. 3rd, the three brothers were at Caramut, at a distance of twenty-three miles from Mortlake. At this place a concert was held for a charitable object, when Mr. Hinchcliff took a leading part. It must be observed that this lamented gentleman had latterly improved considerably in his health, having lost the symptoms of an asthmatic cough with which he was troubled when resident in Geelong. Of tubercular disease there never had been any trace. His looks, too, betokened the improvement, for he was as brown as a gipsy, and received on all sides congratulations on his good looks. This gave him a corresponding elation of spirits, and at the Caramut concert he seemed to feel as one who was rejoicing in the restoration of his former strength, and as one who was present, remarked, sang magnificently, and in a style worthy of his best days. Such efforts could not fail to rouse the most phlegmatic audience, and the encores evidently extended the programme. Twenty-three miles had to be traversed afterwards, and it was half past four before the over-taxed vocalist retired to rest. He then confessed, as might well be expected, to a feeling of fatigue. His brother Joseph was engaged on Saturday as one of a Mortlake eleven to play at a cricket match at Terang, when John was to officiate as scorer. This involved a ride of fifteen or sixteen miles in a direction opposite to Caramut, and at six in the morning Joseph Hinchcliff, with a consideration that does him credit, left his brother to his unbroken slumbers and proceeded alone to the cricket match. At eight o'clock the intended scorer opened his eyes to the fact that he had been left behind, an arrangement in which he was not disposed to acquiesce. A hasty cup of tea sufficed for the breakfast, and by nine he was mounted on a fast trotting pony en route to the cricket match. When a mile and a-half from Mortlake, his cap, which was not one he usually wore, flew off and the unfortunate man, who was no adept in equestrianism, pulled up so suddenly as nearly to throw the horse upon his haunches. He was not prepared for the sudden stoppage, and his momentum sent him over the head of the animal, at a place where the road been newly metalled. A farmer's wife was standing at the door of a cottage, by the ride of the road, and chanced to watch the whole proceeding. She at once with characteristic promptness, ran to his assistance, bathed his head, which was bleeding profusely from a deeply incised scalp wound. He faintly said "That will do, thank you," and then passed into a state of coma, which with one slight exception continued till his death, which took place at 6 p.m. the same day. Most unfortunately, Dr. Hinchcliff had been compelled to remain at Caramut by a professional engagement; but Dr. Rodd, of Mortlake, was in attendance, and found that besides the scalp wound there was congestion of the brain, from which the patient never rallied. He had been brought back to his brother's house when the untoward absence of the family - for an unmarried sister who usually resides with them was on a visit in Melbourne - was compensated by the unremitting attentions of Dr. Rodd and the Rev. J. M. Donaldson, till Dr. Hinchcliff could be sent for. The rev. gentleman mentioned remained till the last struggle, and attended the brothers on their melancholy journey to Geelong. We may add that on Sunday morning the accomplished organist, Mr. F. W. Towers will play the Dead March in Saul, in Christ Church here, in connection with this event. Other appropriate marches, hymns, &c., will be played in the evening.

HINCHY, James Joseph (James Joseph HINCHY; J. J. HINCHY; Jim HINCHY)

Tenor vocalist

Born Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1849
Active Sydney, NSW, by 1875
Died Darlinghurst, NSW, 21 January 1896

Documentation:

"Music Notes", The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (27 February 1875), 270

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162493190

"CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS", The Sydney Morning Herald (26 December 1878), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13427044

A sacred musical festival was given last night at the Victoria Theatre, which was well attended in every part. The piece de resistance was a Mass Solennelle, No. 3, by Signor P. Giorza, which possesses some merit, but is by no means equal to many similar compositions. The principals were Miss Bessie Harrison, Signora Fabris, a lady amateur, Mr. Hinchy, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Flynn, and all of them acquitted themselves with more or less success . . . Mr. Hinchy's tenor is a little thin, but he rendered his parts with considerable care and success . . .

"THE MUSIC AT THE GARDEN PALACE", The Sydney Morning Herald (1 December 1879), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13443981

. . . The arrangements were not good, the seats were in front and behind a platform, on which the pianos were so placed that scarcely a dozen visitors could see the hands of the players, and the vocalists were obliged to turn their backs on one portion of the audience; Mr. Hinchy's gallantry would not allow him to be guilty of such apparent rudeness, and he refused under the circumstances to sing.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (26 March 1880), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13456731

"BACH'S PASSION at the UNIVERSITY", The Sydney Morning Herald (19 April 1880), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28385952

The first performance in the colony of a work as great as it is unique, no matter how crude such a performance in itself may be, marks a new era in the musical history of New South Wales . . . Mr. Hinchy, as the Evangelist, had a very difficult, long, and unsatisfactory part. He began fairly well, but was so evidently overweighted, that long before the close it was painful to listen to him. The programmes announced that "in order to ensure the success of the performance, Mr. [Sydney] Moss will preside at the pianoforte." To the conductor of the Musical Union, therefore, fell the task of accompanying the recits.; and, probably with the best intentions, this gentleman, finding the tenor uncertain in the musical text, very frequently played the correct notes on the piano. The effect of the two versions being heard simultaneously can be imagined.

"AN IMPORTANT ADDRESS ON THE EDUCATION QUESTION", Advocate (28 November 1885), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170312325

Mozart's Twelfth Mass, with organ accompaniment, was sung by the cathedral choir, Mr. Hallewell conducting, and Mr. Banks at the organ, the brilliant Gloria, having a particularly good effect. At the Offertory, Mr. James Hinchy, with exquisite sweetness, sang Aulagnier's "O Salutaris."

"DEATH OF MR. JAMES HINCHY", Freeman's Journal (25 January 1896), 15

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111102144

HINCHY. - January 21, at his residence. 142 Burton street, Darlinghurst, James Joseph Hinchy, aged 46 years (late Accountant and Chief Inspector of the Treasury). R.I.P. This announcement in the morning papers of Wednesday must have given a shock to the many hundreds in the city who knew and esteemed 'Jim' Hinchy. When he was a boy at Lyndhurst College, with Mr. J. A. Delany as one of his class-fellows, he was a favourite, and everybody, priests and all, called him Jim. It was the same when be ran his course as a cricketer in the days of the victorious Warwicks. Jim Hinchy (big-hearted, bright-witted Jim) he continued during his rise in the Treasury from a junior ship to the second highest position in the department. And during all the five and twenty years he appeared on concert and oratorio platforms in Sydney as our most accomplished amateur tenor, few ever spoke of him save as Jim. This was not disrespect, it was an affectionate recognition of his fine qualities and his genial nature. He was a true type of the educated, courteous, and manly Australian native. He never deserted a friend, and never made an enemy. For some months past he had been in failing health, but it was not till shortly before Christmas that he showed symptoms of Bright's disease. It was not a long struggle. His medical advisers, Dr. Jarvie Hood and Dr. Marshall, ordered him to keep to his room a fortnight ago, and he died on Tuesday night. From the hands of the Very Rev. Dr. Carroll, V.G., he received the last Sacraments, and all the clergy of the cathedral staff visited him during his last hours. He leaves a widow and four children, the eldest a boy of 19, and the youngest a mere baby.

For many years past Mr. Hinchy has been best known, musically, by his connection with St. Mary's Cathedral as principal tenor. With comparatively brief intervals, he was a member of the choir for a quarter of a century. He sang in the Te Deum to welcome Archbishop Vaughan 1873, and he took part in the Archbishop's Requiem in 1883. He also sang in the Requiem of Archbishop Polding in 1877. He was one of the principal soloists at the opening of the new Cathedral in 1882, and his voice rang out in the Te Deum, both when the Cardinal arrived as Archbishop in 1884 and when his Eminence returned from Rome with the red hat in 1885. Mr. Hinchy was also a singer in the Cathedral ceremonies of the two Plenary Councils, 1885 and 1895. He was in his place on Christmas Day and sang the solos in Gounod's 'Messe Solennelle,' and his last appearance in the choir was on the Sunday following Christmas.

Among those who followed the remains to the grave on Wednesday afternoon were Mr. William Hinchy (son of the deceased), Messrs. Fred and John Bede Hinchy (brothers), the Hon. George Reid, Premier and Colonial Treasurer; Mr. Kirkpatrick, Under-Secretary for Finance and Trade; Mr. A. Fraser, Under-Secretary for Justice; Mr. Green, Accountant Justice Department; Mr. J. A. Delany (organist and choirmaster of the Cathedral), Mr. F. J. Hallewell, Mr. J. H. Rainford, Mr. R. Daly, Mr. W. E. Byrne, C.P.S., Balmain; Mr. Victor Cohen, Accountant Lands Department; Mr. W. Byrne, B.A., Mr. D. Mullins, Mr. D. Clancy, Mr. W. P. O'Halloran, Mr. W. O'Gorman Hughes, Mr. John Donelan, Mr. Charles Huenerbein, M. Napoleon Boffard, Mr. John See, M.P., ex-Colonial Treasurer; Mr. James Kidman, and a number of Treasury officers. The remains were interred in the Catholic portion of the Waverley Cemetery.

"SNAP SHOTS", Freeman's Journal (22 October 1898), 16

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115384450 

Later De Vivo brought out Carlotta Patti. He had struck up a friendship with poor Jim Hinchy in Sydney, and admiring his voice and style engaged the jovial tenor to sing at the brilliant Patti concerts, which were given in the Theatre Royal.

HINCKESMAN, Maria (Maria HINCKESMAN; Miss HINCKESMAN; HINCKESMANN)

See main page:

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/hinckesman-maria.php

HITCHCOCK, George Michelmore (George Michelmore HITCHCOCK; George M. HITCHCOCK; G. M. HITCHCOCK)

Musical amateur

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=George+Michelmore+Hitchcock+1831-1912 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HITCHCOCK, Walter Michelmore (Walter Michelmore HITCHCOCK; Walter M. HITCHCOCK; W. M. HITCHCOCK)

Musical amateur

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Walter+Michelmore+Hitchcock+1832-1923 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

ASSOCIATIONS: Geelong Harmonic Society (association); Geelong Philharmonic Society (association)

HITCHINS, Fortescue (Fortescue HITCHENS)

Musician, professor of music, pianist, guitarist, painter

Active Maitland by c. 1855
Died Maitland, NSW, 1870, aged "47"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Fortescue+Hitchins+d1870 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1485506 (NLA persistent identifier)

HOARE, Mr. (Mr. HOARE)

Musician, bassoon player (Sydney theatre)

Active Sydney, NSW, 1835

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Sydney Herald (4 May 1835), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12852073 

Theatre Royal, SYDNEY . . . The Lessees have succeeded in engaging all the first-rate Musical Talent in Sydney to form their Orchestra, which consists of the following gentlemen - Leader of the Band, Mr. Clarke; Violins, Messrs. Spyers, Johnson, Dyer, and Scott; principal Flute, Mr. Stubbs; Violincello and Grand Piano Forte, Mr. Cavendish; Clarionets, Messrs. Turner and Sharp; Bassoons, Messrs. Hoare and Ball; Bugle, Mr. Pappin; Drums, Mr. Vaughan . . . The Musical Department will be considerably improved, and under the direction of Mr. Cavendish.

HOARE, Mr. (Mr. HOARE)

Musician, violinist, violin and viola player

Active Sydney, NSW, and Melbourne, VIC, 1860s

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Empire (17 April 1865), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60569541 

LYSTER'S ROYAL ITALIAN AND ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY.
PRINCE OF WALES OPERA HOUSE. SUBSCRIPTION SEASON FOR 1865 OF TWENTY-FOUR NIGHTS.
Commencing MONDAY, May 1st, 1865 . . .
Conductor and Composer - MR. G. LODER.
Leader - M. FLEURY.
ORCHESTRA. 1st Violins: M. Eigenschenck; Mr. Hall; Mr. Hoare; 2nd Violins: Mr. Jager; Mr. Putman; Viola: Mr. Rice; Violoncello: Mr. Hart; Double Bass: Mr. Brown . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (27 March 1866), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13128679 

LYSTER'S ROYAL ITALIAN AND ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY.
PRINCE OF WALES OPERA HOUSE. Subscription Season for 1866 OF TWENTY-FOUR NIGHTS.
Conductor and composer - Mr. George Loder.
Leader - Mr. J. Hall.
ORCHESTRA. 1st Violins: M. Eigenschenck; Mr. Isaacs; Mr. Hoare; 2nd Violins: Mr. Jager; Mr. Devereaux; Viola: Mr. Rice; Violoncello: Mr. Hart; Double Bass: Mr. Brown . . .

HOARE, Edward (Edward HOARE)

Musician, vocalist (St. James's Church, Sydney), conductor of the psalmody (St. Philip's Church, Sydney)

Born ? UK, 10 December 1802
Arrived Sydney, NSW, ? 1821 (free per Speke)
Active Sydney, 8 September to 7 December 1825; 1829

Summary:

Edward Hoare's first musical notice was in the payment accounts for the government Ecclesiastical Establishment for "conducting the psalmody, on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons" at St. Philip's Church, Sydney, between 8 September and 7 December 1825. In this task, he succeeded John Onions, a convict servant of Edward Smith Hall.

An Edward Hoare was appointed a constable in 1826, but dismissed in April 1828 "for highly improper conduct".

From a family history website (created by descendent Malcolm Kenneth Perrins: http://mcmliii.net/ancestors0001.HTM):

Edward Hoare was born in the UK on 10 December 1802, the son of John Hoare (b.1860), originally of Lostwithiel, Cornwall. Edward and his wife, Sarah Marsden, had children baptised at St James (William Edward, 1824), St Philip's (George Frederick, 1826; Henry, 1829), and again St James (Samuel, 1830; Edward 1832).

Documentation:

"DISBURSEMENTS. ESTABLISHMENT . . .", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (3 October 1825), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2184477

"Government Notice", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (3 June 1826), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2185908

"COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (4 June 1827), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2188352

"SYDNEY. [Constables] Dismissed", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (9 June 1828), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2190531

Colonial Secretary LC, Cash vouchers 1829, State Archives NSW, 4/296 (transcr. Rushworth 1988, 363)

[St. James's Church], Chaplain Hill, £250 [per annum]; Clerk, 20; Collector of Pew Rents, 5; Sexton, 20; Beadles (2), 15 each; Pew openers (2), 10 each; Teacher of the Choir and Organist, Mr. Pearson, £26; ditto, for tuning the organ, 8; Singers, Harriet Edmonds, 10; Ann Lancaster, 5; E. Hoare, J. Parton, G. Shepherd, Wm. Aldis, R. Cooper, S. Pawsey, 5 each; Organ blower, Geo. Mills, 4 6s 8d; Watchman, 13; Grave Digger, 13.

HOBART, William (Mr. W. HOBART; William HOBART; HOBBARD; HOBBART; ? William Henry, or Henry William)

Musical instrument maker, organ builder, watchmaker

Born Dunton cum Doughton, Norfolk, England, 21 January 1789
Arrived Launceston, VDL (TAS), 20 August 1836 (immigrant with family per Amelia Thompson, from London, 28 April)
Active Adelaide, SA, 1845-46

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=William+Hobart (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

Mr. [Henry, sic] and Mrs. Hobbard, arrival, per Amelia Thompson, 20 August 1836; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:436811; CSO1/1/872/18447

Henry William Hobbart, son of William and Ann, baptised, St. John's, Launceston, 28 December 1837; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1085706; RGD32/1/2/ no 8033

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD32-1-2-p413j2k 

[Advertisement], Launceston Examiner (11 June 1842), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36248829 

"ORGAN", The Cornwall Chronicle (27 August 1842), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66018726 

"CHURCH ORGAN", The Cornwall Chronicle (21 January 1843), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66018189 

"MUSIC HATH CHARMS", Launceston Examiner (24 May 1843), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36233607 

[Advertisement], Launceston Examiner (4 November 1843), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36235099 

"LOCAL INTELLIGENCE", Adelaide Observer (3 April 1847), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158924100 

Bibliography and resources:

"William HOBART (HOBBARD)", Wikitree, by Mark Hamilton

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hobart-507 

"Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Launceston", Historical and Technical Documentation by John Maidment, OHTA

http://www.ohta.org.au/organs/organs/HolyTrinityLaunceston.html 

HOBBS, John (John HOBBS)

Drum major (102nd Regiment, later, not in Australia)

Active Sydney, NSW, to 1814 (with 73rd Regiment)

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (3 May 1834), 1s

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2216051

. . . [lot] No. 241. By Joshua Holt, gentleman, George-street, Sydney, to 2 Rods 13 Perches, promised to one John Hobbs, then a Serjeant of His Majesty's 73d regiment, and subsequently drum-major in the 102d, described as follows: situate on the east side of George-street, in the township of Sydney. . .

HOBDAY, Joseph (Joseph HOBDAY)

Musician, professor of music, organist

Active Geelong, VIC, by 1861 or earlier
Died Caulfield, VIC, 27 September 1888, aged "67"

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (5 April 1861), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148697533 

ORGAN PERFORMANCE. On FRIDAY EVENING, April 5th, 1861. Grand opening of the New Organ recently erected in the McKillop-street Congregational Church. Several Ladies and Gentlemen have kindly promised to sing some Anthems during the Evening; and the following Organists have consented to take part in the proceedings: -
Mr. John Russell, Melbourne
Mr. B. J. Downing, St. Mary's
Mr. H. B. Moore, Trinity Church
Mr. H. Plumstead, Christ Church
Mr. J. Hobday, Wesleyan Church
Mr. W. Meeson, St. Paul's . . .

HOBSON, Mr. (Mr. HOBSON)

Musician, clarionet / clarinet player

Active Melbourne, VIC, 1852

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Argus (4 September 1852), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255611987 

QUEEN'S THEATRE. Saturday Evening Concerts.
MR. MEGSON has the honor to announce to the Public of Melbourne and its Vicinity, that he has succeeded in obtaining the Theatre for the above Weekly Entertainments. The Sixth Concert will take place this Evening, September, 4 . . .
Principal Instrumental Performers Violins: . . . Flautist: - Mr. Cooze . . . Clarionett: - Mr. Hobson; Leader and Conductor: - Mr. Megson . . .
Programme. Part I. 1. Overture - Bohemian Girl, Band - Balfe . . .

HOCKIN, William (William HOCKIN; W. HOCKIN; Mr. HOCKIN)

Hotelier, licensed victualler, publican, venue proprietor

Born England, c. 1812
Active Melbourne, VIC, by 1853
Died Boaslands, Kent, England, 22 December 1874, aged "62/63"

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Argus (9 May 1853), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4792420 

SELECT FULL DRESS SUBSCRIPTION QUADRILLE ASSEMBLY.
Mr. Hockin's (late Passmore's), Commercial Hotel. This evening 9th Inst. . . .
Admission will be by ticket only, to be obtained of Mr. Hockin at the Hotel,
Mr. Denning, 186, Great Bourke-street, east, Mr. Tuck, Confectioner, Elizabeth-street, and of Mr. Reed, Musican, Great, Brunswick-street, Collingwood.
The Band will inclule the most eminent Musicians in the colony. Mr. Denning, conductor.

"Deaths", The Argus (10 March 1875), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11513439 

HOCKIN. - On the 22nd December last, at the residence of W. Goble, Esq., Boaslands, Kent, England, in the 63rd year of his age, William Hockin, of Melbourne.

HODGE, Sebastian (Sebastian HODGE; "Bass" HODGE)

Musician, bandsman (Band of the 11th Regiment), clarinettist, clarinet and saxophone player, publican

Born (into 11th Regiment) Isle of Zante, Mediterranean, c. 1833; son of William HODGE (d. Gundagai, NSW, 1863) and Mary Ann GUTRIDGE (d. Gundagai, NSW, 1877)
Arrived (1) (with father, 11th Regiment), Sydney, NSW, 1846
Enlisted (11th Regiment), Sydney, NSW, by October 1848
Married Harriet SMITH, Scots Church, Sydney, NSW, 1855
Departed (with headquarters 11th Regiment) Sydney, NSW, 23 October 1857 (per Palmerston, for England)
Arrived (2) Sydney, NSW, 3 January 1862 (per Tiptree, from Plymouth, 3 October 1861)
Died Sydney, NSW, 21 April 1889, aged "56"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Sebastian+Hodge+d1889 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

See also Band of the 11th Regiment

HODGE, William Bass

Musician, composer

Born Sydney, NSW, 27 December 1855; baptised St. James, Sydney, 20 January 1856; son of Sebastian HODGE and Harriet SMITH
Died Sydney, NSW, 16 April 1942

Summary:

William Hodge (c. 1811-1863), a corporal in the 11th Regiment, aged 21, married Mary Ann Gutridge (d. 1877, reportedly aged "54"), the very young daughter of sergeant William Guttridge, on the island of Lefkada (Santa Maura), on 15 April 1832. Their son, Sebastian was born on Zakynthos (Zanta), probably in 1833.

Sergeant William Hodge and his family arrived in Australia with the 11th Regiment in 1845. No record has been found of Sebastian's enlistment in the regiment; however it was probably only shortly before his name first appeared in the October-December 1848 paylist, aged about 15. Hodge then served in the Band of the 11th Regiment.

Having married in Sydney in 1855, he and his wife, Harriet, and son William, sailed for Britain with the regiment in October 1857.

Hodge was still in the regiment, living with his family at Portsmouth in April 1861, and shortly after must have taken his discharge, for he and wife and three children took passage from Portsmouth for Australia on 3 October 1862.

"By kind permission" of W. S. Lyster, in whose opera company orchestra he was probably regularly engaged, Hodge appeared in Eliza Wallace Bushelle's concert in October 1863, and played an obligato to Anna Bishop in 1868. A prominent freemason and publican, Hodge went by the nickname "Bass". He continued playing in Sydney theatre orchestras, and in 1883 was master of a new incarnation of the City Band.

His son William Bass was composer of the patriotic song by She who gives her son ("words by Stephen Raffo, music by W. Bass Hodge") published in March 1915, active in Sydney into the 1930s. Note his 1933 recollections of old time singers (including the Bushelles).

Sebastain Hodge, soldier and musician, is not to be confused with Sebastian Hodge (1829-1895, also "Bass" Hodge), of Bathurst, a capenter and timber worker, who arrived in NSW as an immigrant in 1855.

Documentation:

England census, 6 June 1841, 11th Regiment, Barnstaple Barracks, Devon; UK National Archives, HO107/203/3/2/12/18

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/16151565:8978 (PAYWALL)

. . . William Hodge / 30 / Serg't 11th Regt Foot / [born in county]
Mary Hodge / 20 [sic] // Sebastian / 8 // Emily / 4 // Sarah / 1 . . .

Paylist, 11th Regiment, 1 October to 31 December 1848; Australian Joint Copying Project, from UK National Archives, WO12/2879

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1688154217 (DIGITISED)

PRIVATES . . . 2517 / Hodge Sebastian . . . [band not indicated]

Paylist, 11th Regiment, 1 April to 30 June 1849; Australian Joint Copying Project, from UK National Archives, WO12/2880

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1688371978 (DIGITISED)

PRIVATES . . . 2517 / Hodge Sebastian . . . [band not indicated]

Paylist, 11th regiment, 1 April to 30 June 1851; Australian Joint Copying Project, from UK National Archives, WO12/2883

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1689241720 (DIGITISED)

SERJEANTS . . . 599 / Hodge William / . . . On furlo awaiting discharge . . .

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1689253022 (DIGITISED)

PRIVATES . . . 2517 / Hodge Sebastian . . . / Band

Paylist, 11th regiment, 1 July to 30 September 1857; Australian Joint Copying Project, from UK National Archives, WO12/2890

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1691453497 (DIGITISED)

PRIVATES . . . 2517 / Hodge Sebastian . . . / Band

England census, 1861, 11th Regiment, Portsmouth Barracks, Hampshire; UK National Archives, RG9/639/84/12

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/7850911:8767 (PAYWALL)

. . . Hodge Sebastian / [Soldier] / Married / 27 / Private [11th Regiment] / [born] Isle of Zante, Mediterranean, Brit. subject
Hodge Harriet / Wife / [Married] / 27 / - / [born] Ireland
Hodge William / Son / 6 / - / [born] New South Wales Sydney
Hodge Mary / Daughter / - / 3 / - / [born] Kent Dover . . .

"SHIPPING. ARRIVALS, JANUARY 3", The Sydney Morning Herald (4 January 1862), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13065362

Tiptree, ship, 629 tons, Captain Pinel, from Plymouth, 3rd October. Passengers . . . Sebastian [sic], Mr. and Mrs. Hodge, and three children . . .

"BIRTHS", Empire (24 September 1863), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60548785

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (21 October 1863), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13093101

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (12 December 1868), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60830061

"DOUBLE BAY ANNUAL REGATTA", Australian Town and Country Journal (3 November 1883), 35

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71005237

"Deaths", The Sydney Morning Herald (22 April 1889), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13731029

"CABLEGRAMS", The Northern Miner (24 April 1889), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76970282

WE notice by our telegrams the death of an old Sydney identity, Mr. Sebastian Hodge, a gentleman who was originally attached to one of Her Majesty's regiments in the capacity of band master, and who since the Imperial troops left New South Wales had been well known as the proprietor and landlord of the Commercial Hotel in King Street, one of the most respectable hosteleries in Sydney. Mr. Hodge was also a good and enthusiastic musician, a splendid performer on the clarionette, and a specialist on that rarely played instrument, the saxophone, which had a telling effect in an orchestra, supplying the gap between the oboe and the bassoon. He was frequently engaged by the late W. S. Lyster in operatic orchestras, and his loss will be keenly felt in professional and private circles. Mr. John Hodge of the Bank of New South Wales, Charters Towers, is a son of the deceased gentleman under notice.

"OBITUARY", Australian Town and Country Journal (27 April 1889), 43

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71117965

Everybody in Sydney who wanted to know anything about brass bands or military music had only to apply to Mr. Sebastian Hodge, at the Commercial Hodge, at the Commercial Hotel in King-street. He prided himself upon knowing these subjects perfectly; and his pride was well founded. We have now to record his death, which occurred last Sunday evening after the operation had been performed for the removal of a carbuncle on his neck. Mr. Hodge came to Australia many years ago as bandsman in the 11th Regiment; and after his term of service in the army he was appointed drill-sergeant at the Sydney Grammar School. Subsequently, he took over the well-known Commercial Hotel, of which he was the proprietor at the time of his death. Mr. Hodge was the founder of the once popular city band, and as a clarionet and saxophone player had not been excelled in Australia. He was president of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, and a staunch Mason. He was 56 years of age, and left a wife and several children. The remains were buried in the Waverley Cemetery with Masonic honors.

"RECEIVED", Nepean Times (6 March 1915), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86171285

"NEW MUSIC", The Sydney Morning Herald (31 July 1915), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15580050

"PERSONAL", Sunday Times (9 January 1916), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121332276 

Mr. William Hodge, professionally known as William Bass-Hodge, who attained his 60th birthday on December 27, was born in Victoria Barracks, Sydney. His father, the late Sebastian Hodge, who formed the City Band in 1882, was then in the band of the 11th Regiment, which was the first to occupy the Barracks. William was taken to England with the regiment in 1857, in one of the old sailing ships, and returned to Sydney with his parents in the early 'sixties. He was educated at William-street Public School and the Sydney Grammar School, and then took up the profession of music. At the age of 14 he was appointed organist at Penrith. Early in the 'seventies Mr. Hodge became music-master and organist at Oaklands School, Mittagong. Since then he has held several positions in the musical world, and is well known in Sydney and many parts of the State

[News], The Sydney Morning Herald (4 February 1926), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16280379

"PERFORMING RIGHTS", The Sydney Morning Herald (24 September 1932), 17

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16894527

"OLD-TIME SINGERS. TO THE EDITOR", The Sydney Morning Herald (12 December 1933), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17031676

Sir, - I feel sure that there was no more pleased musician than myself to read in the "Herald" of the 24th and 28th November last, under the above heading, the grand list of "Old Musicians and Famous Singers," and to know that these were not quite forgotten. The time was the early sixties, or possibly before. But there are some corrections needed. One very great omission is Madam Wallace Bushell, who was the founder of vocalisation in Sydney. Madam had two sons, John and Vincent ("Toby") Bushell; there was no Wallace Bushell, but John had a very fine baritone voice. Vincent Wallace, of "Maritana" fame, was a brother of Madam Wallace Bushell. Then Leon Caron did great work in Sydney and Melbourne for 25 years, as did Cordener and John Delaney, and Florence Young. The writers of the letters referred to will possibly agree with me when I say that we never had two finer artists in grand opera than Lucy Escot (Mrs. Squires) and Squires, Lucy Escot's rendering and acting of the Jewel Song from "Faust" have never been excelled.
I am, etc., W. BASS HODGE. Sydney, Dec. 8.

"THE ANZAC MARCH. TO THE EDITOR", The Sydney Morning Herald (26 April 1934), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17061151

Bibliography and resources:

Barrie and Maregaret Chapman, Sergeant William Hodge, Australia's redcoat settlers (archived at NLA Pandora)

https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20110615173348/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/100162/20110616-0041/freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/_garter1/hodgewill.html

http://thehistoryofmatt.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/obituary-of-sebastian-hodge-1833-1889.html

http://thehistoryofmatt.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/other-sebastian-hodge-of-barnstaple_31.html

HODGE, Thomas (Thomas HODGE; T. HODGE; Mr. HODGE)

Theatre proprietor, vocalist, publican

Active Melbourne, NSW (VIC), by 1841

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Port Phillip Gazette (3 April 1841), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225008068 

THE ROYAL PAVILION SALOON
WILL open on MONDAY EVENING, April 12, with a VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT,
Programme.
PART I.
Opening Chorus - "God save the Queen" - By the whole Company.
Overture - "A la Melbourne" - Monsieur Gautrot and Band.
Song - "Blue Violets" - Mrs. Avins.
Song - Madame Gautrot.
Comic Song - "The Nervous Appeal." - Mr. W. Miller.
Comic Song - "Cherry-cheek'd Patty." - Mr. Hodge.
BETWEEN THE PARTS,
Overture - Monsieur Gautrot and the Band
And a variety of Entertainments,
PART II.
Overture - Monsieur Gautrot and Band.
Song - Classical delineations of the Grecian Statues - Mr. Miller.
Song - "Curly-headed Ploughboy" - Mr. Hodge.
Song - Madame Gautrot.
Song - "Away to the Mountain's Brow," - Mrs. Avins.
Duet - "The Charity School Boy" - Mrs. Avins and Mr. Miller.
Overture - Band.
Finale - "Rule Britannia," by the whole strength of the Company.
Doors open at half-past 7, and Performances to commence at 8 o'clock.
Tickets of admission to be had of Mr. T. Hodge, At the Box Office, from 10 till 3 o'clock every day, Sundays excepted - Box Tickets, 10s 6d; Pit 7s; Gallery, 4s.
MONSIEUR GAUTROT, Leader of the Band.
MR. W. MILLER, Stage Manager.
MR. T. HODGE, Proprietor.
VIVAT REGINA!

HODGETTS, Mrs.

Teacher of music

Active Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 1831

Documentation:

The Van Diemen's Land almanack, for the year of our lord 1831 (Hobart Town: Edited and printed by Henry Melville, 1831), 253

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=k51jAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA253 

. . . Hodgetts, Mrs. Teacher of Music, Liverpool-street . . .

HODGES, Mr. (Mr. HODGES)

Teacher of dancing, ? actor

Active Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 1829

HODGES, Mrs. (? Jane GIBBONS; "Mrs. GIBBONS")

Dancer, teacher of dancing, actor, ? vocalist

Active Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 1829-34
Active Sydney, NSW, from December 1834
? Died Sydney, NSW, 5 December 1836

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Jane+Gibbons+d1836 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Hobart Town Courier (25 July 1829), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4215468 

DANCING.
MR. and Mrs. HODGES most respectfully inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Hobart town, and its vicinity, that they have commenced teaching the above elegant accomplishment at their residence, corner of Murray and Bathurst streets, where cards of terms may be procured.
July 23, 1829.

[Advertisement], The Tasmanian (2 July 1831), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article233097551 

Seminary for Young Ladies,
DAVEY-STREET.
MISS BAMBER is requested "by her Friends" to explain every Branch of Female acquirement, as expressed on her Card, viz: - Spelling, Reading, Poetry, Geography, Orthography, Grammar, Parsing, History, Modern and Ancient; Magnail's Scriptural and Historical Questions; Writing, Arithmetic, French; plain and all kiuds of Fancy Work.
Music - £8 8 0 - Mr. Reichenberg
Drawing - £ 8 8 0 - Mr. Thompson
Dancing - £6 6 0 - Mrs. Hodges . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Reichenberg (music master); William Thomson (d. 1832; drawing master)

[Advertisement], Colonial Times (28 September 1831), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8646089 

ADVERTISEMENT . . . The following are the details of the proceeds of the Concert on the 21st of Sept., 1831, viz:-
Amount received for tickets sold £38 17 0
Paid Mr. J. E. Cox for refreshment for performers and band £6 5 6
Paid Mrs. Hodges 2 2 0
Do. Mr. Williams, Master of the band 2 2 0
Do. 3 men from do. 1 10 0 . . .
JOHN P. DEANE . . .

"Domestic Intelligence", Colonial Times (7 January 1834), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8647349 

We have been given to understand that Colonel Leahy is passionately fond of dancing, and with the aid of his Scotch piper is determined to get up that delightful amusement for himself and friends. Mrs. Hodges has been already engaged, we hear, and we have no doubt that with her able assistance, a young corps will formed, capable of rivalling the first dancers in any country.

ASSOCIATIONS: Colonel Leahy (commander of the 21st Regiment) and his bagpiper

"Domestic Intelligence", Colonial Times (21 January 1834), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8647378 

. . . You saw nothing in our little notice to give offence - we merely stated, that Colonel Leahy had engaged the able assistance of Mrs. Hodges, the famous dancer. "Evil be to him who evil thinks," is the royal motto - and a famous one it is. We beg to ask the Editor of the Colonist, if the nobility, gentry, clergy, army and navy, do not patronize all the dancers at the Opera House and all the Theatres? and we must say that it is abominable, imputing indecent personality to us, because Colonel Leahy chooses to spend his fortune in promoting the fine arts, and in patronizing "dancing, bugle-blowing, bagpiping, or any other innocent recreation."

"TRADE AND SHIPPING", The Hobart Town Courier (5 December 1834), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4182396 

On Sunday the brig Hind sailed for Sydney with part of her import cargo; passengers Mrs. Hodges and Mrs. Mackay, to augment, we learn, Mr. Levey's dramatic force at Sydney.

"SHIPPING INTEELLIGENCE", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (13 December 1834), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2217744 

From Calcutta and Hobart Town, on Thursday, having sailed from the former place the 3d September, and the latter the 1st instant, the brig Hind, Captain Wyatt. Lading, merchandise Cabin passengers Mrs. Jane Gibbons, Mrs. Frances Mackay, Mr. Barnet Levey, and Mr. John White. Steerage - Mr. William Oxberry, Mrs. Jane Oxberry and 2 children, James Brown, and John Kenny.

"Domestic Intelligence", The Sydney Times (20 January 1835), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252811344 

On Saturday evening at the Theatre we witnessed the performance of a new ballet entitled "The Rival Lovers," got up under the superintendence of Mr. Oxberry. The piece does credit to his taste, and drew the applause of a well-filled house. Mrs. Gibbon, from the Derwent, who has undertaken the line of characters so respectably supported last season by Mrs. Larra, danced with great elegance and spirit, but we must strongly object to her juvenile style of dress in elderly characters. Perhaps this lady is afraid of becoming old before her time? We trust this hint will suffice.

"THEATRE", The Sydney Monitor (28 January 1835), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32148137 

. . . A ballet under the title of the Rival Lovers has also been brought out, in which Messrs. Simmons, Oxberry and Fitzgerald, and Mrs. Gibbons sustained the principle characters. Although Mr. Oxberry cannot take a character where he has to speak, the tone of his voice being such, that the whole of the house is in a titter while he is talking; he sustained his dancing characters tolerably. Mrs. Gibbons dances well . . .

"THEATRICALS", The Australian (13 February 1835), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42006628 

. . . A Ballet, entitled the Indian Maid followed - report attributes it to the prolific brain of Mr. Levey, but he, from a pure sense of modesty, witholds his name as the author; a greater piece of trash and absurdity was never thrust on the public. Mrs. Jones introduced the Indian Maid, which she sang very prettily, but as for the dance, whether they were the war dances of the Caribbees, Otaheitian, &c., or not, we cannot presume to state, but Mrs. Gibbons, the would be Taglioni of the Sydney Stage, looked more like an Indian Chief that an Indian Maid . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (18 April 1835), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2197889 

"DEATH", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (8 December 1836), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2208171 

On Monday, at the General Hospital, Sydney; Mrs. Gibbons, late of the Theatre Royal, Sydney.

HODGHON, Benjamin (Benjamin HODGHON)

Drum major (48th Regiment)

Arrived Sydney, 1817
Died Liverpool, NSW, 12 September 1862

ASSOCIATIONS: Band of the 48th Regiment (military)

Documentation:

[News], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (19 February 1827), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2187714

Mr. Sleight, the Superintendent of the Phoenix hulk, we understand, is removed, owing to some unpleasant circumstances connected with the trans-shipment of the male convicts on board the brig Wellington, who subsequently became pirates. We furthermore understand, that the Deputy Commissary general have recommended an old non-commissioned officer in the army, of the name Hodghon, who was for several years drum-major of the 48th, and has been confidentially employed in the Commissariat for the last four years under Mr. WEMYSS. The Master Attendant too, we hear, is favourable to Mr. Hodghon, which leads us to hope, in the event of a vacancy, that the GOVERNOR will be pleases to reward this faithful servant of the KING with a good birth. We can pledge ourselves as to his competency, and we believe he would make a famous disciplinarian.

Bibliography and resources:

B. and M. Chapman, "Drum Major Sergeant Benjamin Hodghon (c. 1787-1862)", Australia's red coat regiments (archived at NLA Pandora

https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20200609044838/http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~garter1/history/benjaminhodg.htm 

HODGSON, Arthur Thomas (Arthur Thomas HODGSON)

Musical amateur, bookseller, publisher, song book publisher (The Melbourne vocalist)

Born Southwark, Surrey, England, 9 November 1827; baptised St. George, Southwark, 5 December 1827; son of John HODGSON and Sarah ?
Active Melbourne, VIC, by 1853
Married Matilda Victoria BANNISTER (Mrs. FOX), VIC, 1863
Died Adelaide, SA, 28 March 1903, aged "76"

Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of St. George the Martyr Southwark in the county of Surrey in the year 1827; register 1823-38, page 40; London Metropolitan Archives, P92/Geo/152

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/4006511:1558 (PAYWALL)

No. 314 / [1827 December] 5th / born 9 Nov'r 1827 / Arthur Thomas Son of / John [and] Sarah / Hodgson / Severn Street Dover Road / Cabinet Maker . . .

[Advertisement], The Banner [Melbourne, VIC] (1 November 1853), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179481783 

NEW SONG BOOK,
JUST PUBLISHED, Price 6d., No. 1, of
THE MELBOURNE VOCALIST,
Melbourne: A. T. HODGSON, 2, Eastern Market.

[Advertisement], The Argus (30 June 1856), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7132315 

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. Notice. -
The firm of Slater, Williams, and Hodgson, or Slater, Williams, Hodgson, and Co., is this day Dissolved by mutual consent.
George Slater and William Henry Williams are authorised to receive debts due to the said firm in Melbourne and elsewhere, excepting Castlemaine.
And Arthur Thomas Hodgson is authorised to collect debts due to the said firm in Castlemaine and its neighborhood.
G.Slater will continue to carry on the Bookselling and Stationery branch of the business at 94 Bourke-street;
W. H. Williams will carry on the Printing branch, also at 94 Bourke-street;
and A. T. Hodgson will carry on the business at Castlemaine.
(Signed) GEO. SLATER,
W. H. WILLIAMS.
ARTHUR T. HODGSON,
Witness to all the signatures (Signed) Rob. Meikle.
Melbourne, 14th June, 1856.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Henry Williams (partner); George Slater (partner)

[Advertisement], Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (19 November 1862), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197095553 

"ITEMS OF NEWS", Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (13 April 1903), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201391721 

Intelligence has been received of the death at Adelaide of Mr. A. T. Hodgson at the age of 73 years [sic], who had been a resident there for several years. In the early days of Castlemaine he had a stationer's shop in Market Square, and was one of the first among the founders of the Pioneers and Old Residents Association, holding the office of secretary for many years. He was a member of the old Philharmonic Society in its palmy days, and his wife excelled both as a pianist and vocalist. In musical circles both were esteemed for their abilities and for their geniality. Little has been heard of Mr. Hodgson since he took up his abode in Adelaide, but his death is attributed to weakness caused by excessive frugality.

HODGSON, John (John HODGSON)

Occasional music importer and retailer, speculator, merchant, politician

Born ? 1792; ? Wadsworth, Yorkshire, 1799
Arrived Port Phillip, NSW (VIC), 1835
Died Kew, VIC, 2 August 1860

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Hodgson+d1860 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Summary:

In Melbourne in November 1838, Hodgson advertised for sale one of the earliest documented large shipments of music and instruments to arrive in the new settlement.

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Port Phillip Gazette (17 November 1838), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225006264 

EX FRANCES.
PIANOFORTES, &c.
One mahogony cabinet six and a half octave, with metalic plate, &c.
One rosewood ditto, six octave, ditto ditto
One mahogany square six and a half octave ditto ditto
Rosewood and other Guitars, with and without cases
Clarionets
Flutes of variuous kinds
Accordions by the first makers
Hunting and other Horns
Flute Walking Sticks with a Compass
An assortment of Pianoforte Music and Songs
Apply to
JOHN HODGSON.
Melbourne, November 15.

Bibliography and resources:

John Hodgson (Australian politician), Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hodgson_(Australian_politician)

"John Hodgson 1799-1860", Collingwood Notables Database

http://collingwoodhs.org.au/resources/notable-people-2/collingwood-notables-database/entry/275 

HODSON, George Alfred (George Alfred HODSON; G. A. HODSON; usually misidentified as George Alexander HODSON: "HODSON, G. A. (George Alexander)", "d. 1863 (?)")

Musician, vocalist, actor, pianist, composer, musicseller, and publican (never came to Australia)

Born England, c. 1790
Married Catharine BENSON (1786-1844), St. Nicholas, Bristol, Gloucester, England, 15 September 1815
Arrived Dublin, Ireland, by December 1815
Arrived London, England, by 1832
Died London, England, 4 August 1855, aged "65"

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-920754 (NLA persistent identifier)

https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Hodson,_George_Alexander (IMSLP)

https://imslp.org/wiki/Hodson (IMSLP)

https://dublinmusictrade.ie/node/207 (DMT)

THIS ENTRY ON A PERSON WHO NEVER CAME TO AUSTRALIA BUT WHOSE OFFSPRING DID

HODSON, Georgia (Georgina Rosa HODSON [sic]; Georgina Rose; Miss G. HODSON; Miss Georgia HODSON; [1] Mrs. John SHARP; [2] Mrs. John ROBERTSON; Mrs. William S. LYSTER)

Musician, professor of singing, contralto vocalist (Lyster's company)

Born Dublin, Ireland, c. 1828; daughter of George Alfred HODSON and Catharine BENSON (d. 1844)
Married [1] John William SHARP, London, England, by 1847
Married [2] John ROBERTSON, St. Dunstan in the West, London, England, 28 June 1855 (divorced 1866)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 1 March 1861 (per Achilles, from San Francisco)
Married [3] William Saurin LYSTER, ? San Francisco, CA, USA, 1869
Died Melbourne, VIC, 13 September 1901, aged "74" [sic]

THIS ENTRY IS A STUB ON PERSONNEL FIRST ACTIVE IN AUSTRALIA AFTER 1860

HODSON, Fanny (Fanny HODSON; Mrs. Thomas MUSGROVE)

Actor

Born Dublin, Ireland, c. 1829; daughter of George Alfred HODSON and Catharine BENSON (d. 1844)
Married Thomas John Watson MUSGROVE (1824-1881), St. Anne, Soho, London, England, 12 August 1848
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 3 February 1863 (per Edmund Graham, from London and Falmouth, 27 October 1862, aged "33")
Died Sydney, NSW, March 1915

THIS ENTRY IS A STUB ON PERSONNEL FIRST ACTIVE IN AUSTRALIA AFTER 1860

Summary:

The dual purpose of this entry is, first, to record the family background of Georgina Hodson ("Miss Georgia Hodson", Mrs. William Saurin Lyster) and her sister Fanny Hodson (Mrs. Thomas Musgrove, mother of George Musgrove), and, second, to correctly identify, for the first time in the musical literature, their father, the musician, actor, and popular song composer, G. A. Hodson, as being not, as usually given after Baptie 1889 and Brown and Stratton 1897, "George Alexander" Hodson ("d. 1863") but George Alfred Hodson, born not in Ireland, but (by his own account in the 1841 census) in England, c. 1790, and who died in London, probably on 4/5 August 1855 (buried 6 August), reportedly aged "65". George married Catharine Benson, daughter of the actors Robert Benson and Susannah Satchell, in Bristol in September 1815, and by December 1815, as Mrs. Hodson, she was appearing as an actor and vocalist at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, where George was probably also engaged in the orchestra. her maternal aunt, Elizabeth Satchell, was wife of the actor Stephen Kemble, brother of Sarah Siddons. George and Catherine's son was the "Irish comedian and vocalist", George Alfred Hodson junior (1822-1869), for whom, as piano accompanist, George senior was last reported appearing in public at a concert in Chertsy in March 1855.

Documentation:

Ireland and England:

[Advertisement], Gloucester Journal [England] (19 April 1813), 3

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000532/18130419/013/0003 (PAYWALL)

CONCERT OF MUSIC. D. CORRI respectfully informs the Public of Gloucester, and its Vicinity, that he intends to have the honour of giving a
Grand Concert of MUSIC, on MONDAY, the 19th of April, 1813, at the BELL ASSEMBLY-ROOM, Gloucester, when will be performed a
Miscellaneous SELECTION of Sacred, Serious, Bravura, Ballad, and Comic Music,
consisting of Songs, Duets, Trios, Catches, Glees, and Chorusses, from the Works of the most eminent Composers, as sung at the London Theatres and Concerts.
VOCAL PERFORMERS - Sopranos - Mrs. CORRI, from Drury-Lane Theatre . . .
Tenors, Mr. JONES, Bass - Mr. HODSON - [both] From Drury-Lane.
D. CORRI will preside at the pianoforte . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Domenico Corri (musician); the concert was repeated in Leeds (30 April)

Marriages solemnized in the parish of St. Nicholas, Bristol, in the year 1815; register 1813-25, page 45; Bristol Archives, P/St.N/R/3/c

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1258136:61686 (PAYWALL)

No. 134 / George Alfred Hodson of the parish Batchelor and Catharine Benson of this parish Spinster
were married in this Church by Licence this [15 September 1815] . . .

[Advertisement], Saunders's News-Letter [Dublin, Ireland] (7 September 1818), 3

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001057/18180907/015/0003 (PAYWALL)

TO THE PUBLIC. FROM the kindness and support which Mr. HODSON has received from the liberality of the Citizens of Dublin, since he appeared before them, he feels himaelf called upon to explain the cause of his not appearing on Saturday, in the Character of Harman, for which he was advertised, and to contradict the notice which was posted in the Theatre on that evening, stating, - "That he had suddenly withdrawn himself from the Theatre." He begs to assure the Public that it was not his voluntary act, but in consequence of the notice he took of a pointed insult which Mrs. Hodson received from Mr. Frederick Jones, jun. who desired him, in the most insolent manner, to quit the Theatre. - After such ungentlemanly conduct he considered an apology from Mr. Jones necessary, before he entered into any re-engagement under his Management, or, before he could have the honor of again appearing before the Public.
G. A. HODSON. 5, Dame-street.

See also later letters from both George and Catherine ("C. HODSON"), [Advertisement], Saunders's News-Letter (9 September 1818), 3

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001057/18180909/009/0003 (PAYWALL)

And a full report, "THEATRICAL TUMULT", Morning Herald [London] (12 September 1818), 2

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002408/18180912/009/0002 (PAYWALL)

[Advertisement], Dublin Morning Register (28 April 1831), 1

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000819/18310428/013/0001 (PAYWALL)

AUCTION Of Musical Instruments, Household Furniture . . . &c.,
The Property of Mr. G. A. Hodson, RETIRING FROM BUSINESS . . .
THE Musical Instruments consist of Piano-Fortes, by the first Makers, with the latest improvements; single action Harp; Guitars, Flutes, &c. . . .

[Advertisement], Morning Herald [London, England] (30 October 1832), 1

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002408/18321030/054/0001 (PAYWALL)

DOUBLE -ACTION ERARD'S HARP. -To be SOLD, a very fine-toned INSTRUMENT, the property of a Lady leaving London. Price 50 guineas. Apply to Mr. G. A. Hodson, the Bedford musical repository, Store-street, Bedford-square.

[Advertisement], Weekly Dispatch [London, England] (28 August 1836), 4

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/18360828/017/0004 (PAYWALL)

APOLLO SALON, YORKSHIRE STINGO, NEW-ROAD. Licensed Pursuant to Act of Parliament.
OPEN EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.
TO-MORROW, AUGUST 29, a CONCERT of Vocal and Instrumental Music, consisting of Overtures, Songs, Duetts, Glees and Choruses, from the most esteemed ancient and modern Composers. Leader of the Band, Mr. Solley . . .
In the course of the Evening will be performer the Musical Vaudeville of OTHELLO.
And the Petit Ballet of FLOR AND ZEPHYR. Flora, Miss G. Hodson. - Zephyr, Miss F. HODSON . . .
The whole under the immediate direction of Mr. G. R. Hodson, Proprietor. [sic]

ASSOCIATIONS: Yorkshire Stingo (Marylebone venue)

"COURT OF RELIEF FOR INSOLVENT DEBTORS", The London gazette (6 August 1839), 1563

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19757/page/1563 (DIGITISED)

George Alfred Hodson, late of No. 17, Caroline-place, Saint John's-wood, Middlesex, Licensed Victualer, out of business - In the Queen's Bench Prison.

"COURT OF RELIEF FOR INSOLVENT DEBTORS",, The London gazette (17 September 1839), 1789

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19770/page/1789 (DIGITISED)

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7BdKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1789 (DIGITISED)

George Alfred Hodson, formerly of the Yorkshire Stingo, Newroad, Middlesex, Licenced Victualler, then of No. 17, Caroline-place, Saint John's-wood, Middlesex, out of business, then of the Spread Eagle, Whitecross-street, and of Caroline-place aforesaid, Victualler, and late of Caroline-place aforesaid, out of business.

"BOWER SALOON", Morning Advertiser [London] (18 July 1840), 3

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001427/18400718/020/0003 (PAYWALL)

"Will you come to the Bower." - MOORE.
This very elegant and popular place of retort, fitted-up under the auspices of its late proprietor, Mr. Phillips, so much distinguished as a scene-painter among the most successful of his contemporaries, has been lately transferred to hands of Mr. G. A. Hodson, long known to all lovers of pure British melody by a multitude of excellent and favourite songs, among which, "O give me but my Arab steed," deservedly holds no subordinate station. The entertainments ere of a peculiarly miscellaneous kind, and supported, we do not hesitate to say, in every material point with considerable ability. The dramatic pieces, which often amount nightly to three in number, belong to both the serious and comic order, the first taking, at this time, the most decided lead, owing to the docility and expertness of "Bruin," a wonderful canine performer, who practically realises the preceptive law, or dog-ma, laid down by Hamlet, that -
"Let Hercules himself do what he may.
The cat will mew, the dog will have his day."
In the Treacherous Indian, a novelty arranged expressly for the powers of this sagacious animal, achieves feats which are fairly vaunted to lie beyond the verge of all canine competition; while his fellow-actors on two feet, to their praise be it said, co-operate most cordially in encircling so bright a dog-star with its appropriate lustre. The dancing of Miss James, who unites a very agreeable person to talent of no common order, is warmly and justly admired; and the "concert" exhibits Miss Byfield, whether in or out of costume, as a vocalist not easily surpassed for her full, sweet tones, expressive force, and brilliant execution. The embodiment of Dick Turpin, dressed "in his habit as he lived," about a century back, does credit to Mr. G. Jones; and the characteristic song, called "My bonny Black Bess," composed expressly for him by Hodson, with so much vigour and spirit, affords ample proof of the honours he may one day promise himself in a wider sphere. The saloon is supplied with refreshments of the best kind, at extremely moderate charges. The audience is generally both numerous and genteel; and the "Bower," to sum up, advances every claim, in its class, that can be preferred upon public approbation.

England census, 6 June 1841, St. Mary, Lambeth, Surrey; UK National Archives, HO107/1057/5/9/18/31

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8978/images/SRYHO107_1057_1058-0210?pId=10172563 (PAYWALL)

Upper Marsh / George Hodson / 35 / Publican / [not born in county]
Catherine [Hodson] / 55 / - / [not born in county]
Helen / 25 // George / 15 [sic, 19] // Henry / 14 // Georgiana / 13 / [all born Ireland]
Henrietta / 25 // Henrietta / 1 [wife and daughter of George junior]

ASSOCIATIONS: Her father George Alfred Hodson (born c. 1790; died Harper Street, London, 4 August 1855, aged "65") was almost certainly the musician, theatrical performer, and composer generally misidentified as George Alexander Hodson ("d. 1863"); her brother George Alfred Hodson (1822-1869), theatrical performer", married Henrietta Elizabeth Noel at Bath on 18 April 1840, his father given as "George Alfred Hodson, Victualler"; Hodson senior took over the licence of the "Yorkshire Stingo", in New Road, Marylebone, in September 1835; in October 1840, in the Surrey sessions, he applied for the transfer of the theatrical and music licence previously granted to Philip Phillips, for the Duke's Head and Bower Gardens, Stangate, Lambeth; see Graham Storey et al. (eds), The Pilgrim edition, the letters of Charles Dickens, volume six, 1850-1852 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965), 94, note 1

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=vBB4ywGx_IoC&pg=PA94 (PREVIEW)

On George Alfred Hodson, junior, see Frederic Boase, Modern English biography . . . volume 1, A-H (Truro: Netherton and Worth, 1892)

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/55059/pg55059-images.html (DIGITISED)

See also "The Bower Saloon", The Era (23 May 1923), 5

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/19230523/073/0005 (PAYWALL)

There was - at the Westminster-road end of the Cut - a few yards down in Stangate, the famous twopenny gallery, fourpenny pit entertainment house, The Bower Saloon. This house was the original of "the Little Theatre in Stangate" . . . this little Lower Marsh playhouse . . .

"ABDUCTION", Kentish Mercury (13 July 1844), 5

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000937/18440713/020/0005 (PAYWALL)

The following case of abduction has caused considerable sensation Gravesend and Lambeth, where the parties resided: - A young lady, who had barely attained her 16th year, the daughter of Mr. Hodgson, the proprietor of the Bower Saloon, in Lambeth, was staying with few friends Gravesend during the past week, when late on Friday she was suddenly missed, and enquiries being made for her it was ascertained that she had embarked on board the Sapphire steam-boat for Loudon in the early part of the afternoon, in company with Mr. J. W. Sharp, favorite comic singer and banjo player at Talley's Bazaar. On arriving at London-bridge they proceeded on board one of the iron steam boats, to the Southampton Railway station, where all trace of them has been lost. The police are making every endeavour to discover the retreat of the parties. They are supposed to be secreted in London, and a reward is offered for their apprehension.

"SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. HODSON OF THE BOWER SALOON", Sun [London] (31 December 1844), 11

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002194/18441231/116/0011 (PAYWALL)

Yesterday Mr. Carter held an inquest at the Bower Saloon, Lambeth, on the body of Mrs. Catherine Mary Hodson, landlady of the above house, whose death was awfully sudden. Miss Eleanor Hodson, a daughter of deceased, said that, on Christmas day last, between two and three o'clock in the afternoon, she went into the deceased's bedroom and found her mother apparently asleep. A short time previously witness had assisted to get the deceased into bed, in consequence of her being too ill to get in herself. She then complained of being very nervous, and shook as if she was cold. Mr. Berrell, a surgeon, had seen her that morning, and had sent her some medicine. A little after three o'clock, on witness going again to see how deceased was, she found her dead. She went out with her husband the previous evening, to Mr. Farebrother's printing-office, in Bow-street, to arrange about the play-bills for the followiug week, and on her return home she complained of sickness and feeling unwell. After hearing medical evidence, the jury returned a verdict of "Natural death, arising from a rupture of the brain."

"DOVER THEATRE", Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General Advertiser (25 January 1845), 8

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002044/18450125/073/0008 (PAYWALL)

. . . The performances this week have drawn fashionable audiences; and we have no doubt that the manager, Mr. G. Hodson, who has a talented company, including Mr. T. S. Atkins, the celebrated low comedian and singer; Mr. Cobham, Mr. Western, Miss Noel, Miss Fielding, and Mrs. Atkins, will meet with a prosperous season. This Monday, Feb. 3rd, the opera season commences, when Mr. G. A. Hodson, the well-known composer, and his daughter Miss G. Hodson, are announced to appear in the opera of La Somnambula.

"DOVER CATCH CLUB" and "THE THEATRE", Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General Advertiser (8 February 1845), 8

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002044/18450208/090/0008 (PAYWALL)

This club assembled on Thursday evening, under the presidency of Mr. Court. Among the performances of the evening were . . . Mr. Hodson sang "Some love to roam," which was encored . . . at the conclusion of the concert Mr. Hodson, and several of the operatic company, having kindly consented to remain, a convivial after-evening was passed, during which "the talent" was fully developed by the thrilling effect in which Burn's song, "Barley Brae" was sung as a duet by G. A. Hodson and Clarke . . . The singing of Messrs. G. Hodson, Atkins, and Stacey also greatly enlivened the festive scene till past the "witching hour" . . .

THE THEATRE. This place of amusement was crowded to an overflow on Monday evening, the performance being the patronage of our representatives, Sir John Rae Reid, and Edward Royd Rice, Esq., on which occasion Bellini's Grand Opera, "La Somnambula," was produced in a manner for which we were quite unprepared. The duet, "Take, this ring," by Mr. Clarke and Miss G. Hodson; Aria, "When I view those scenes so charming," by Mr. G. A. Hodson; Cavitana, "Sounds so joyful," by Mdlle. Pierrotti; and Finale, "Do not mingle," by Miss G. Hodson, were [rendered] most effectively, and drew forth repeated and unbounded bursts of applause - as did also the very excellent [singing and] acting of Mr. T. S. Atkins, in the character of the uxorious Alessio. The manner in which the choruses and orchestral performances were sustained reflect the greatest credit on the [? taste of Mr.] G. A. Hodson, (the respected sire of the lessee,) under whose direction the opera was produced. It will he seen, on reference to our advertising columns, that the opera season [continues] next week, when we trust that the spirited manner in Mr. Hodson has catered for the amusement of the townsfolk will be rewarded by crowded audiences.

[Advertisement], Freeman's Journal [Dublin, Ireland] (2 December 1846), 1

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000056/18461202/001/0001 (PAYWALL)

THE QUEEN'S ROYAL THEATRE . . .
Third Appearance of Mr. J. W. SHARP, the Celebrated Buffo Singer, from the Royal Vauxhall Gardens, and
Miss GEORGINA HODSON, the Unrivalled Contralto Singer, from the Lyceum Theatre, London.
ON THIS EVENING (Wednesday), Dec. 2d . . . Mr. J. W. SHARP, and Miss GEORGINA HODSON will appear in A NOVEL CONCERT, or, Illustrated Memoranda of Ireland, England, and America . . .
To be followed by the Celebrated Burlesque entitled NORMA TRAVESTIE . . .
Duet - The Gipsies, Mr. J. W. Sharp and Miss G. Hodson . . .

1848, marriage solemnized at the parish church in the parish of St. Anne [Soho] Westminster in the county of Middlesex;

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/90434676:61867 (PAYWALL)

No. 411 / August 12th 1848 / Thomas John Watson Musgrove / Full [age] / Bachelor / Clerk to an Ironmonger / Castle Street Marylebone / [son of] Tho's Timbrell Musgrove / Schoolmaster
Fanny Hodson / minor / Spinster / - / Carlisle Steret / [daughter of] George Alfred Hodson / Professor of Music . . .

England census, 30 March 1851, St. Pancras, Middlesex; UK National Archives, HO107/1498/451/2

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/148392:8860 (PAYWALL)

7 Hawley Rd. N. S. [Richmond Villa] / John W. Sharp / Head / Mar. / 34 / Comedian / [born] Middlesex Brompton
Georgina [Sharp] / Wife / Mar. / 22 / Professor of Singing / [born] Dublin Ireland
[Georgina] R. [Sharpe] / Daur / - / 3 / - / [born] Middlesex Soho . . .

1855, marriage solemnized at the parish church in the parish of St. Dunstan in the West in the City of London; register 1855-60, page 22; London Metropolitan Archives, P69/DUN2/A/01/MS 10354/9

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1450768:1623 (PAYWALL)

No. 43 / June 28th / John Robertson / full [age] / Bachelor / Officer in Her Majesty's Service / Fleet Street / [son of] George Robertson / Deceased
Georgina Rosa Hodson / full [age] / Spinster / - / Fleet Street / [daughter of] George Alfred Hodson / Professor of Music . . .

"CHERTSY. MR. HODSON'S ENTERTAINMENT", Windsor and Eton Express (24 March 1855), 3

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000413/18550324/068/0003 (PAYWALL)

On Thursday evening last, Mr. Hodson gave his popular entertainment at the Town Hall, entitled "My Irish Portfolio or Gems from the Emerald Isle," to a numerous and highly respectable audience . . . The characters and illustrations taken by Mr. Hodson were very cleverly sustained, and appeared to afford much amusement to the audience, who testified their approbation by repeated applause. Mr. G. A. Hodson presided at the pianoforte and contributed his share to the amusement of the evening . . .

NOTE: This is the last report anywhere of a public appearance by Hodson senior ("Mr. G. A. Hodson"), as piano accompanist to his son "Mr. Hodson" (George Alfred junior)

Burials in the parish of St. Martin in the Fields, in the county of Middlesex, in the year 1855; register 1854-56, page 248; City of Westminster Archives Centre, STM/PR/10/6

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1077586:61868 (PAYWALL)

No. 576 / Geo. Alfred Hodson / 1 Harper Street / [buried] Aug't 6 / [aged] 65 . . .

England census, 1861, Kingston, Surrey; UK National Archives, RG9/456/104/31

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8767/images/KENRG9_455_456-0612?pId=6934643 (PAYWALL)

1 Victoria Tavern / Thomas J. W. Musgrove / Head / Mar. / 37 / Licensed Victualler / [born] Jersey
Fanny / Wife / [Mar.] / 31 / - / [born] Dublin
Geogre / Son / 8 // Charles / Son / 4 / [both born London] //
Henry / 2 // Ellen / 1 // [both born Surrey Kingston] . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Geogre Musgrove (son)

Australia:

[News], The Argus (2 March 1861), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5698072

The ship Achilles, which arrived from San Francisco yesterday, has brought to these shores a "complete operatic troupe," comprising the names of Madame Lucy Escott, and Miss Rosalie Durand, sopranos; Miss Georgia Hodson, contralto; and Madame Ada King, as second donna. The tenor, Mr. Henry Squiers [Squires], is supported by Mr. Frank Trevor, as second tenor. The baritone is Mr. F. Lester [Lyster]. Mr. A. Reiff is the conductor; and the whole are under the supervision of Mr. W. L. Lester [W. S. Lyster]. The agent of the troupe is Mr. W. Lloyd. Arrangements are being made for the appearance of the new company at the Theatre Royal, and we understand they will produce both tragic and comic opera.

Names and descriptions of passengers per Edmund Graham, from London, 7 October and Falmouth 27 October 1862, for Melbourne,

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B22C80E-F96C-11E9-AE98-89E7890705F1?image=178 (DIGITISED)

. . . Tho's Jno. Watson Musrgrove / 38 / Builder // Fanny / 33 / Wife of [builder] //
George / 9 // Charles / 6 // Harry / 3 // Ellen / 2 // Thomas / 10 months . . .

[News], Punch [Melbourne, VIC] (26 September 1901), 25

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175389254 

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175389207 

Mrs. William Lyster, who died some days ago at the age of seventy-four, was the wite of William Saurin Lyster, the well-known opera impresario, whom she married at San Francisco in 1869. She was a Dublin girl, daughter of Alfred Hodson, the eminent Irish composer. She was one of three sisters, one of whom died whilst young; the other became the wife of Musgrove, the father of the present lessee of the Princess' Theatre. It was under William Lyster that George Musgrove learned the ethics of opera management. Mrs. Lyster, then Georgia Hodson, made her debut at the age of thirteen in "La Sonnambula." The Keeleys, then at the height of their fame, engaged her. She then sailed for America under contract to Wallack to play a season of burlesque and extravaganzas. She arrived in Melbourne from San Francisco with Lyster's Opera Company, which opened at the Royal in March, 1861, in "Lucia." She played on in opera for some years, and was associated with such artists as Lucy Escott, Squires, Farquharson, Rosalie Durand, F. Trevor, Fred. Lyster, Ada King, Beaumont, etc. Some of her most successful roles were Lazarillo ("Maritana"), Gipsy Queen ("Bohemian Girl"), Azucena ("Trovatore"), Anne ("Der Freischutz"), Urbano ("Huguenots"), Arsace ("Semiramide"), Fatima ("Oberon"). She was a beautiful woman, and was most successful in boys' parts, an American describing her as having "a head of a Venus on the body of a Diana." She played in countless burlesques, nearly always as the boy. She had a fair contralto voice, and her favourite song was "Alas! Those Chimes," which she made famous. She retired from the stage in 1873. She had lived in retirement for the last fourteen years in Glenferrie. Brougham, the composer, wrote the opera "Pocahontas" specially for her.

MUSIC: Po-ca-hon-tas; or, The gentle savage, a musical burlesque, by John Brougham, actor, husband of Emma Brougham (actor); see Po-ca-hon-tas; or, The gentle savage (playbook)

"MUSIC AND DRAMA", The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (14 November 1914), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15549606 

A venerable lady who forms a link with a notable theatrical past extending back to the days of the great Sarah Siddons, from whom she is descended, resides in Melbourne, in the person of Mrs. Fanny Musgrove, the mother of Messrs. George, Harry, and Frank Musgrove, the Australian theatrical managers, and of Dr. Charles Musgrove, of Buenos Ayres, South America. Mrs. Musgrove, whose many friends are aware that her health is rapidly declining, was born in 1827 [sic], and has therefore reached the great age of 87 years. She is a grand-niece of the great Mrs. Siddons, whom she strongly resembled, and the third daughter of George Hodson, an English composer, and sister of Mrs. Saurin Lyster, wife of the Australian grand opera impressario of the early 'Seventies. A fourth sister, Mary Hodson, played Juliet in England to the Romeo of James Cathcart (who eventually settled in Australia), but she married young and retired. All the sisters were noted for their beauty. A brother George Hodson was the father of the brilliant London acrress Henrietta Hodson, afterwards Mrs. Labouchere, whose husband was editor and proprietor of London "Truth." Mrs. Musgrove was trained as a dancer at Covent Garden Theatre by Glossop, a then famous manager of that house, whilst Mrs. Lyster studied singing with Mme. Peron (Mrs. Glossop). Mrs. Musgrove first made the acquaintance of Sir Augustus Harris, of Drury Lane Theatre, when he was a day old! On the stage as Fanny Hodson, whilst acting with Charles Matthews, it was recognised that she had inherited the dramatic fire of the Kemble family, but with it descended also a trait characteristic of all of them, from Sarah Siddons downwards - a love of home life and children. Accordingly, on her marriage with the scholarly Thomas Musgrave she withdrew from the stage once and for all. However, she remained in touch with most of the leading artists of the day up to the middle 'Sixties, when she came to Australia with her husband and five children, and made new friendships. Mrs. Musgrove used to speak of the Satchell's and Twisses, and the second and third generations of the Kembles. Mrs. Siddons's big brother Stephen Kemble, famous in stage history as the actor who played Falstaffo unpadded, married Elizabeth Satchell, said to have been the greatest Desdemona of her day; and Mrs. Musgrove knew Stephen Kemble's daughter Fanny, a sweet singer, and Charles Kemble's daughter Fanny, a great tragedienne, who retired at the age of 35. Charles Kemble's daughter (Adelaide), afterwards Mrs. Sartoris, was famous as an operatic singer, but retired early in 1842. Mrs. Musgrove was present in a box at the visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French at Covent Garden about 1858, when Grisi and Mario sang, and Taglioni, Celeste, and Cerito led the ballet, and her vivid reminiscences continued to interest and delight her friends until more recently failing health forbade the entertainment of visitors.

ASSOCIATIONS: Fanny and Georgina's maternal grandmother was Susanna Satchell (b. c. 1756; Mrs. Robert Benson; died Bristol, August 1814), sister of Elizabeth Satchell (1761-1841, Mrs. Stephen Kemble), thus they not, as claimed above, "descended" from Stephen's sister Sarah Kemble (1855-1831, Mrs. Siddons), but only related to her distantly by marriage

Bibliography and resources:

Robert Soutar (ed.), A jubilee of dramatic life and incident of Joseph A. Cave, author, manager, actor, and vocalist (London: T. Vernon, [1892]), 24-

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.1002338378&seq=50 (DIGITISED)

[24] HAVING received an offer of engagement from Mr. G. A. Hodson, the manager of the "Bower Saloon," and all preliminaries being settled much to the satisfaction of the parties concerned, I in due course joined that gentleman's company to act, sing, and dance. The "Bower Saloon," nicknamed by certain "pros." the "Sower Baloon," was really a very pretty little theatre built in the gardens attached to the "Bower Tavern" - the portico of which is still standing - situated in Stangate Street, Lambeth. It had been erected early in the thirties by a celebrated scenic artist named Phillips, and displayed many novelties in the way of construction . . . [25] . . . Unfortunately for Mr. Phillips . . . He had to give up the theatre, which he had always styled "the dream of his life." So it fell out that "The Bower" passed into the hands of Mr. Hodson. Not only was Mr. Hodson a very habile manager, but he was also a thorough musician, and a felicitous composer. In proof of this last remark, I have but to quote his "Tell me, Mary, how to Woo Thee," "The Arab Steed," and "Bonny Black Bess," which were held in highest esteem for many years by the musical public. [26] Mr. Hodson, who was a Dublin gentleman, and had been an actor and singer at the Theatre Royal in that city, possessed a fine, clear, high baritone voice, which he used with skill. In such operas as Fra Diavolo, The Castle of Andalusia, and the like, he appeared to advantage. The famous aria in the first-named of these operas, "Proudly and Widely," I do not remember to have heard better sung than by Mr. Hodson, and I have witnessed the work at the Opéra Comique, Paris, when its famous composer - Auber - himself was present. When not on the stage, Mr. Hodson would take the conductor's chair in the orchestra and direct a well-chosen band of skilful executants, admirably led by Mr. Zeluti.
There was plenty of work for me at "The Bower" of the same class as that I have already described. In many of the old musical pieces, The Maid of the Mill, Love Laughs at Locksmiths, and the like, I supported Miss Georgina Hodson - a daughter of the manager - a young lady of charming appearance, and possessing a well-cultivated contralto voice. She afterwards married Mr. Lester [Lyster], the well- known Australian entrepreneur, and became the contralto in his famous troupe . . . [27] . . . Miss Hodson and myself also sang duets between the pieces, invariably ending with a dance, as the young lady was as excellent a dancer as she was a vocalist. Another member of Mr. Hodson's family - his son George - became deservedly popular as an Irish comedian . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Arnold Cave (actor, vocalist)

David Baptie, Musicians of all times, a concise dictionary of musical biography (London: J. Curwen, [1889]), 115

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433004726711&seq=129 (DIGITISED)

Hodson, Geo. Alexr., b ab 1796 (?) d 1863 (?); tenor voct. and voc. comp. . . .

James D. Brown and Stephen S. Stratton, British musical biography (Birmingham: S. S. Stratton, 1897), 201

https://archive.org/details/britishmusicalbi00brow/page/200/mode/2up (DIGITISED)

Hodson, George Alexander, song-writer, who flourished in the first half of this century, and died in 1863. He composed a number of fine melodies, among which may be named: Tell me, Mary, how to woo thee [1863]; My pretty gazelle; Bridal wreath; Briton's home; Child's first prayer; O give me but my Arab steed [1828]; Poor Bessie; Six ballads [1830].
His son George (born, Dublin, 1822, died, 1869), was a vocalist.

Frederic Boase, Modern English biography . . . volume 5 (supplement volume 2) D-K (Truro: Netherton and Worth, 1912),

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wd45kq911CIC&pg=PA679 (DIGITISED)

HODSON, GEORGE ALEXANDER. b. Ireland about 1798; actor and baritone singer at T.R. Dublin; managed the Yorkshire Stingo tavern, 183 Marylebone road, London, where there was a music hall; bought the Bower saloon, Lambeth, London from Philip Phillips (who had opened it June 1839), 1841 which be managed till 1846; musical conductor at Garrick's head hotel, 27 Bow st. Covent Garden 1846-7; left London with the Female American serenaders 1847; composed about 60 songs including O give me but my Arab steed 1828, Six ballads 1830, My pretty gazelle 1834, Tell me Mary, how to woo thee 1863 [sic] and The parting 1867 [sic]. d. 1863. R. Soutar's A jubilee of J. A. Cave 1892 pp. 24-6; Brown and Stratton's British musical biography 1897, p. 201.

HOELZEL, Herman (Hermann HÖLZEL; Herman HOELZEL)

Musical amateur, lecturer on music, arranger, composer, rabbi

Born Obuda (Budapest), Hungary
Arrived Hobart, TAS, 22 May 1853 (per Abberton, from London, 11 February)
Departed Sydney, NSW, April 1858 (per Victoria, for Southampton)

Summary:

A native of Hungary, Hoelzel studied at the Hatam Sofer's yeshivah in Pressburg, and was a member of Jewish communities at Magdeburg (1836-40).

In March 1841 he advertised a musical work, Israel's Glaube ("gedichtet und fü Baritonstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte in Musik gesetat von Hermann Hölzel, Oberversänger de israelitichen Gemeinde in Magdeburg"). Later he reportedly served as a reader at Hambro Synagogue in London (1845-52).

He arrived in Hobart in 1853 to become presiding rabbi, but in 1855 moved on to Sydney to become minister at York Street Synagogue. An interesting document from Hoelzel's later term at Sydney's York Street Synagogue is his commentary on a petition by Samuel Elyard to be allowed to "read and explain the Holy Scriptures . . . in all Australian and other Churches".

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung 43/11 (March 1841), col. 247:

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U1oPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA249

"THE SYNAGOGUE", The Courier (16 May 1853), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2248024

"ARRIVALS", The Courier (23 May 1853), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2243411

"ARRIVAL of DR. HOELZEL", Empire (7 July 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60250281

"SCHOOL OF ARTS LECTURES", The Sydney Morning Herald (26 August 1857), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12999780

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (8 September 1857), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13000394

TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.-Will be published in a few days, a Lithographic Portrait, by James Guy, of the Rev. Dr. H. HOELZEL, Presiding Rabbi of Sydney.

"LECTURE ON THE HISTORY OF MUSIC: TO THE EDITOR OF THE EMPIRE", Empire (15 September 1857), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60262897

"DR. HOELZEL'S LECTURE ON MUSIC [Letter] To the Editor", The Sydney Morning Herald (24 September 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13000965

"DR. HOELZEL'S LECTURE ON MUSIC [Letter] To the Editor", The Sydney Morning Herald (1 October 1857), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28633148

"THE HISTORY AND USE OF MUSIC", The Sydney Morning Herald (4 February 1858), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13005830

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (3 August 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13018449

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (8 April 1858), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28634599

PURKIS and LAMBERT have received instructions to sell by auction, at the residence of the Rev. Dr. Hoelzel, Liverpool-street East . . . in consequence of that gentleman's departure for Europe, The whole of the superior household furniture and effects, consisting Dining and drawing room furniture Pictures, engravings, A splendid tone pianoforte, by a first-rate maker, Part of his select and very valuable library . . . 200 volumes valuable works.

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE", The Moreton Bay Courier (21 April 1858), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3720660

Works:

Hermann Hoelzel, The lecture on the history and use of music, delivered in the hall of the School of Arts, on the 25th August, 1857 . . . to which is annexed . . . (2) the music of the celebrated "Hosannah Hymn", ascribed to King David; (3) the music of "The hymn of the dead", composed in time immemorial; the pianoforte arrangements to both hymns by the author (Sydney: J. R. Clarke, 1857)

http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/246903 

Also 2nd edition, 1858

Other documentation:

MS Papers of Hoelzel, AHJS

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32039372

Bibliography and resources:

Todd M. Endelman, The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000 (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2002), 119-20

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RNyvgPAuvhAC&pg=PA119 (PREVIEW)

HOFFER, Mr. = John OFFOR

Violoncello player

Active Hobart Town, VDL (TAS) 1830

HOFFMAN, Herr (? 1 or 2 individuals)

? Vocalist, ? "Jews-harp" player (possibly 2 individuals)

Active Adelaide, SA, 1851; Sydney, NSW, 1853

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Adelaide Times (10 March 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207067629 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Proprietors - Messrs. Lazar and Coppin . . . THIS EVENING, Monday, March 10th, will be performed for the first time at this Theatre, the celebrated Nautical Drama, in three acts, entitled the FLYING DUTCHMAN or the Phantom Ship, with new Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. After which, HERR HOFFMAN, the celebrated "JEWS-HARP PLAYER" from the London Concert Rooms, will make his first appearance and perform several Polka's Airs, &c.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (2 September 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12948579 

ROYAL HOTEL. MR. SINCLAIR has the honor to announce that he intends giving a Vocal and Instrumental Concert, at the above Hotel, on THURSDAY, September 8th, when he will be assisted by the following artistes: Mrs. St. John Adcock, Miss Flora Harris, Mr. Roby, Mr. Ford, and Herr Hoffman. A. F. FORD, Agent.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (12 September 1853), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12948790 

The concert as first advertised was postponed, and Hoffman's name did not appear on the final program.

HOFFMAN, Louis (Louis HOFFMAN)

Musician

Active Ballarat, VIC, 1865

Documentation:

Ballarat and Ballarat district directory (1865), 30

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MyxLAQAAIAAJ

Eureka Street, from Main road. Left . . . Hoffman, Louis, musician . . .

"NEWS AND NOTES", The Ballarat Star (20 May 1867), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112875046

A coroner's investigation was held on Saturday, at the Erin-go-bragh hotel, Eureka Street, Ballarat East, on a fire which occurred there on the 14th inst. After the evidence had been adduced, the jury found that the fire had been wilfully caused by some combustibles having been introduced beneath the roof of the kitchen at the rear of the building from the premises of Louis Hoffman, by some person or persons unknown.

HOFFMANN, Henry (Henry HOFFMANN)

Vocalist, teacher of the art of vocalisation, conductor (Fitzroy Philharmonic Society), merchant

Active Sydney, NSW, 1860s
Died Geelong, VIC, 27 December 1874, aged 54 

Documentation:

"CENTRAL POLICE COURT", The Sydney Morning Herald (4 September 1861), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13067085

"INSOLVENCY COURT", Empire (28 June 1865), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64140404

"MR. HORSLEY'S RECITALS", Empire (11 May 1868), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60853073

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (8 July 1868), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13169041

"MR. HOFFMANN'S CONCERT", The Sydney Morning Herald (1 January 1869), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13187279

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (14 August 1869), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13186039

"NEW SONG", The Sydney Morning Herald (15 March 1870), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13202148

"MR. HOFFMANN'S LECTURE. To the Editor", The Sydney Morning Herald (9 June 1870), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13206609

"Dramatic and Musical Review", Australian Town and Country Journal (18 February 1871), 20

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70464985

"RECENT PUBLICATIONS", The Argus (2 September 1872), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5838045

Three singing lessons by Mr. Henry Hoffmann have been put into print at the request of several pupils and many friends. Considering the number and excellence of the many elementary works which are accessible to all learners at a very low price, we think the publication of Mr. Hoffmann's brochure is rather superfluous.

[News], The Argus (27 February 1873), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5849042

"Dramatic and Musical Review", Australian Town and Country Journal (15 March 1873), 20

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70477245

"DEATHS", The Argus (30 December 1874), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11509851

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (8 January 1875), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13349380

HOFFMEISTER, Henrietta (Henrietta HOFFMEISTER; Mrs. GRAY)

Musician, vocalist

Active Ballarat, VIC, by 1861

HOFMEISTER, Charles (Charles HOFMEISTER)

Musician

Died Melbourne, VIC, 1870

Documentation:

""Funeral Notices", The Argus (2 July 1870), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5824577 

THE Friends of the late Mr. CHARLES HOFMEISTER, musician, are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, Melbourne General Cemetery. The funeral to move from McGrath-place, off Little-Lonsdale-street-east, THIS DAY, at half-past 3 o'clock p.m. JOHN DALEY, undertaker, Latrobe and Spring-streets, Melbourne.

HOLAUS, Alois (Alois HOLAUS; Herr HOLAUS; HOLLAUS)

Musician, vocalist, Tyrolese minstrel

Born Tyrol, Austria, c. 1822
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 28 April 1853 (per James L. Bogert, from London, 27 January, via the Cape, aged "31")
Active Melbourne and Geelong, VIC, May and June 1853
Active Castlemaine, Geelong, and Melbourne, VIC, May to July 1854

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Alois+Holaus+musician (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

Certificate of arrival, Port of London, 20 December 1852; UK National Archives, HO2/236/4372-78

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/136827:1587 (PAYWALL)

Date of Arrival: 20th Dec'r 1852 /
Johann Einhauser / Alois Hollaus / Johann Dremel /
Balthasar Larch / Felix Rahm / Andreas Gredler / Anton Margreiter /
Profession: Saddlers / Natives of: Tyrol / From Rotterdam per Concordia . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Johann Einhauser (minstrel); Johann Dremel (minstrel); Andreas Gredler (minstrel);
it is unclear whether Felix Rahm, Balthasar Larch, and Anton Margreiter also performed, as none were specifically billed doing so in Australia

Names and descriptions of passengers, per James L. Bogert, from London, 14 January 1853, for Hobson's Bay, 26 April 1853; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3402227A-F96C-11E9-AE98-FF6251ADC8F4?image=152 (DIGITISED)

. . . Dremble [Dreml] Johan / 29 / Tyrolese . . .
Einhauser Johan / 29 / Tyrolese . . .
Gredler Andre / 30 / Tyrolese . . .
Holons [Holaus] Alois / 31 / Tyrolese . . .
Larch Walhauser [Balthasar] / 29 / Tyrolese . . .
Margnuten [Margreiter] Anton / 32 / Tyrolese . . .
Rahm Veit / 28 / Tyrolese
Rahm Felix / 23 / [Tyrolese]

ASSOCIATIONS: Veit Rahm (musician, ? elder brother of Felix)

"MUSICAL", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (4 May 1853), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4792247

We hear great things of a party of new musical performers which has arrived in the James L. Bogart [sic]. It consists of a number of Tyrolean chorus singers who have had the honor of appearing, with distinguished success, before Her Majesty at Windsor, and at many of the seats of the English nobility. The leader is named Herr Veit Rahm, and in addition to their vocal accomplishments, they perform on a peculiar national instrument, equal in antiquity (we perceive by their programme), with the bagpipe, but we trust resembling that most abominable of instruments in no other particular. We believe that arrangements are in progress for introducing their performances to a Melbourne public, but at present we can give no information as to the "when" or the "where".

"THE TYROLESE", The Argus (10 May 1853), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4792444 

Many of our readers lost a novel and interesting treat last evening, in the first entertainment of the Tyrolese singers, of whom we recently made mention. The performances had not indeed been announced in the usual way; the inhabitants of the Tyrol not yet being impressed, we presume, with the advantages of that highest privilege of intellectual man, the power of appealing to his fellows through the agency of an advertisement. The attendance was consequently not so numerous as it would have been, or as the performers deserved. The party consists of five male singers, and they perform quintettes, duets, with chorus and other pieces, in a very pleasing and original style, approaching the German quartettes more than any other musical performances which have been offered to a Melbourne audience. The alto and basses are particularly good, and long practice together gives the whole party great precision and correctness in their chorusses. They appear in their national dress, which is handsome but peculiar, with wide-brimmed peaked hats, decked with feathers, ribbons, and artificial flowers; scarlet waistcoats, gaily decorated black knee breeches, white stockings, and highlows, with belts of astonishing width, decorated in a style reminding one precisely of the Government stamp on a pill box. The whole group imparted so thoroughly a Tyrolean air to the large room at the Mechanics', that one could almost fancy a bust of Shakspeare hardening into an iceberg, wild strawberries clustering round the dusty waratah, and a living chamois perched upon the piano usually sacred to the genius of Buddee. The performance was varied by a a couple of fantasias on the national instrument called the "zitter," which is a species of guitar, but lying flat upon the table in stead of being held guitar fashion. It is a pretty little tinkling instrument, and the effects produced were pleasing enough to elicit an encore in both instances. It is the zitter which was lately spoken of as equalling in antiquity that pride of a Scotsman's heart, the bagpipe. In all other respects we confess we prefer it to that most execrable of noise producers. His Excellency was present, and although the room was not filled, we trust that the encouragement received would be sufficient to induce a repetition of the performance on an early day, of which we will endeavor duly to advise our readers.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles La Trobe (governor)

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer [VIC] (12 May 1853), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94360112 

THEATRE ROYAL. MR. COPPIN begs to inform his friends and the public generally, that he has engaged, at an enormous expense, for THREE NIGHTS ONLY,
Viz: - Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 12th, 13th and 14th instant, those celebrated
TYROLESE MINSTRELS, HERR BAHON [RAHM], HERR HOLAUS, HERR GREDLER, HERR DREME [sic] & HERR EINHUSER
Who had the honor of giving their celebrated entertainment, BY COMMAND, and in the presence of her most gracious Majesty,
QUEEN VICTORIA, PRINCE ALBERT, AND ALL THE ROYAL FAMILY, AT THE PALACE.
Her Majesty's pleasure was expressed, through the Master of the Royal Household, at both their
VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, Which Letter, bearing the Seal of State, they now have in their possession . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: George Coppin (proprietor); Theatre Royal (Geelong venue)

[Advertisement], The Argus (14 May 1853), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4792603\ 

GRAND CONCERT, THURSDAY [sic TUESDAY] EVENING, MAY 17th,
(Under the Patronage of His Excellency, the Lieutenant-Governor),
HERR RAHM and Company, Tyrolese National Mountain Singers, who have been performing with immense success at St. James' Theatres, London, before Her Majesty the Queen, at Windsor Castle, and on several occasions before Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, will have the honor to give a grand vocal and National Concert, at the Protestant Hall, Melbourne.
The company, who are five in number, will sing in their National Costumes . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Protestant Hall (Melbourne venue)

"TYROLESE SINGERS", The Argus (18 May 1853), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4792711 

These astonishing vocalists gave their second entertainment in Melbourne last evening. The weather was most unfavorable, and the attendance consequently not numerous. The national instrument, the zitter, on which two arias were skilfully executed by Herr Rahm, has a tone not unlike the concertina, though somewhat more sonorous, its lower notes reminding the hearer of the bassoon or oboe. The melody and accompaniment were sustained with accuracy by the performer, and he was loudly applauded at the close. The whole of the five voices were heard with good effect in the Tyrolese national song, a quintette, displaying in an admirable manner that peculiar style of melody for which the inhabitants of the Tyrol are so justly celebrated. The comic chorus, interspersed with orchestral imitations, after the fashion of the old English melody, King Cole, excited much laughter. There is a degree of perfection in the singing of the melodies, which has rarely been attained by any except companies long in the habit of performing with one another. The author of a popular treatise on the art has termed this quality "togetherness," which imparts a charm to their pieces, rarely heard except in the performances of families of musicians, such as the Hutchisons and the Distins. God save the Queen closed the performance.

ASSOCIATIONS: Hutchinson family (singers); Distin family (brass players)

[Advertisement], The Argus (7 June 1853), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4793292 

GRAND CONCERT. Under the Patronage of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor.
HERR RAHM, and Company, Tyrolese National Mountain Singers . . . will give a Grand Vocal and National Concert,
at the Mechanics' Institution, Wednesday Evening June 8th,
Friday Evening, June 10th, at the Protestant Hall,
Saturday Evening, June 11th, at the Protestant Hall . . .

NOTE: After this concert, Veit Rahm appears to have left the part and gone alone to Sydney; but they are recorded performing with him again in mid 1854, as see immediately below:

[Advertisement], Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (27 May 1854), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202633253 

GRAND CONCERT given by Herr Rahm's celebrated Tyrolese Singers,
Herr Rahm, Holaus, Gredler, Dreml, and Einhauser,
at "The Hall of Castlemaine," On Saturday the 27th of May, and Monday the 29th of May, the above Minstrels will perform in full national costume,
as played before Her Majesty Queen Victoria, August 7th, 1852, and will sing Quintetts, Quartetts, Trios, Duetts, Solos, and Comic and Sentimental songs.
- Herr Rahm will perform on the celebrated national Instrument the Zitter. Doors open at Half-past Seven, to commence at Eight. Reserved seats 7s. 6d.; Back seats 5s.

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer [VIC] (13 July 1854), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91932472

GRAND CONCERT. HERR RAHM'S celebrated Tyrolese Singers, HERR RAHM, HOLAUS, GREDLER, DREML, and EIYHAUSER [sic] . . .
at the Music Hall, Geelong Hotel, on THURSDAY, FRIDAY, and SATURDAY, the 13th, 14th, and 15th of July . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (28 July 1854), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4795706 

CRITERION HALL. Great Collins-street. This (Friday) Evening, July 28th, 1854.
Last Night but One of Herr Rahm's Company of Singers.
Only Six Nights more of Fakir of Ava . . . E. TOTTEN, Manager.

ASSOCIATIONS: Elbert Totten (manager); Criterion Hall (Melbourne venue)

"THE TYROLESE MINSTRELS", The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (7 August 1854), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2243391 

Herr Rahm and his talented companions are so far successful that they obtain most abundant and unmistakeable applause from large audiences that understand not a word of the songs sung. The harmony of voices is so charming that a subject is unnecessary. Rainer's Serenades have been praised, and deservedly, for the skill with which they sing together. The Tyrolese Minstrels have the advantage of their national cultivation of a style of vocal music that admits of beautiful harmonic effects. Their performance too is novel, and is of a very refined kind, calculated to attract and please those who love music for itself. That it does so here is evidenced by the character of the audiences. It is to be wished that people who go merely pour passer le temps would less interrupt by their talking and noisy demeanour the enjoyment of those who can enter fully into the loftier enjoyment of music. Geese, it is true, have earned historic renown by saving the Capitol, but their performance is fatal to both melody, and harmony. Herr Rahm's solos on the Zither are delightful. The tuneful chime of the "Evening Bells" would never tire the weary sense. Both he and his associates deserve well of the public for their introduction of a new entertainment of a really superior character. There can be little doubt that they will become highly popular, and that their present short engagement will have to be prolonged to an indefinite period before the public will cry "Hold, enough!"
- Melbourne Herald, July 27.

Bibliography and references:

"Holaus (Hollaus), Simon (1814-1895), Sänger", Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon

https://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_H/Holaus_Simon_1814_1895.xml 

ASSOCIATIONS: ? elder brother, cousin

Martin Reiter, Die Zillertaler Nationalsänger im 19. Jahrhundert (St. Gertraudi: Artina-Verlag, 1989)

Kurt Gänzl, "THE MOVING PICTURE SHOW . . . and Tyrolean singers", Kurt of Gerolstein, posted 15 October 2018

https://kurtofgerolstein.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-moving-picture-show.html 

HOLDEN, John Rose (John Rose HOLDEN)

Landowner, politician, horse racing enthusiast

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464099 (NLA persistent identifier)

HOLDEN, Mrs. John Rose (Mrs. John Rose HOLDEN) = Susan BROADHURST

Musician, pianist

Documentation:

"Public Farewell Dinner to John Rose Holden, Esq.", Bell's Life in Sydney (24 February 1849), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59768532 

"FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE", Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (26 February 1853), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59756807 

We are credibly informed that the talented and much respected Member for the Cumberland Boroughs is about to lead to the Hymeneal altar Miss Broadhurst, the fair and accomplished sister of Edward Broadhurst, Esq., barrister-at-law, and Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales.

"MARRIED", Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (14 May 1853), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59757147

At Christ Church, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. F. Wilkinson, Edward Broadhurst, Esq., M.L.C., to Harriet Lucy, second daughter of Stephen Greenhill, Esq.

At Christ Church, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. F. Wilkinson, John Rose Holden, Esq., to Susan, second daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Broadhurst.

"SONGS OF THE NOMINEES. No. 6. ROSE HOLDEN'S SONG", Empire (1 October 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60164542

The colony's unfit, sir -the colony's unfit, sir,
For government, except
By such an adept
As I, who here as a nominee sit, sir.
The colony's unripe, sir - the colony's unripe, sir,
For liberty and shot!
Where gentlemen squat,
The vulgar crowd should be held in their gripe, sir . . .

SIR WILLIAM is the boy, sir - SIR WILLIAM is the boy, sir,
The science, How to rule.
He learnt in a school
Which fits him well to succeed our FITZ ROY, sir.
SIR CHARLEY left undone, sir - SIR CHARLEY let undone, sir,
So many things all round,
It needs a profound
And vig'rous mind, to continue the fun, sir.
SIR WILLIAM is the lad, sir - SIR WILLIAM is the lad, sir, -
He's government himself,
And needs but your pelf;
And JOHN ROSE HOLDEN is Government cad, sir.

* As the object in these rhymes has been to immortalise the half-dozen nominees who assisted the four squatters, Messrs. McLeay, Morris, Hood, and Osborne, and the Government officials, to double the taxes on the tea and sugar of the whole British people in this colony, in defiance of the "people's representatives," we shall not travel beyond the hero of this "song." Mr. Bradley and Mr. Broadhurst were absent from the memorable division, and Mr. Parker gave his vote and the whole weight of his influence in opposition to the iniquitous measure.

HOLDEN, William (William HOLDEN)

Musician, composer, journalist, music reviewer

Born Chichester, England, 7 April 1808
Arrived South Australia, May 1838 (per Trusty)
Died North Adelaide, SA, 11 October 1897, aged 89

HOLDEN, Emma

Pianist, teacher of music

Born Adelaide, SA, 17 September 1858
Died Adelaide, SA, 29 March 1892, aged 33

Summary:

Holden arrived in Adelaide in 1838 with his friend Jacob Pitman, and June both men were elected to the committee of the newly formed Adelaide Mechanics' Institution. Both were also later involved in establishing the New Church or Swedenborgian Society.

In 1848 it was reported that at the society's meetings:

music forms a considerable attraction . . . After the singing of a piece of sacred music, Mr. William Holden next addressed the meeting.

For the Gawler Institute, on 4 November 1859, Holden was one of the four judges (the others Dutton, Ewing, and Chinner) that awarded the first prize for musical setting of The song of Australia to Carl Linger.

A journalist, and a pioneer of phonography (Pitman shorthand), according to his obituary (1897):

His tastes for music and art were such as to allow the Editor to entrust criticism on these subjects to him with the utmost confidence. In his way he was a composer, but the fact that he shrank from anything like publicity was doubtless the reason why his compositions were not published for the benefit of his fellows generally.

A friend, C. Williams also wrote:

To my knowledge more than one of the late Mr. Holden's musical works have been printed, particularly a fine anthem which appeared in the Musical Herald. My old friend was an excellent violinist also. He was a prominent member of the Adelaide Philharmonic Society, where his thorough knowledge of the art and science of music was often brought into request. At rehearsals of oratorios his opinion as to how certain passages should be interpreted will always remain pleasant reminiscences. But, above all, as a musical critic I never knew his superior, for he was always kindly, never offensive; just, but never scathing; and he knew what he was writing about.

At least one composition was in fact published, as the musical supplement to Joseph Elliott and Walter Sims's The Adelaide Miscellany (17 June 1869), Holy, holy, holy, "an original Sanctus by Mr. W. Holden, very nicely printed from music types".

His vocal duet Ode to music (words by J. H. Clark) was originally composed for the opening of Adelaide Town Hall, but was not performed on the occasion, and was introduced to the public by Anna Bishop and Charles Lascelles in June 1868. Another choral composition O! could I soar from star to star was sung at Watervale in November 1869, and his new sacred song Adoration was performed in Melbourne in February 1878.

According to her obituary, his daughter Emma Holden:

. . . will be remembered by many as the writer of many able letters to the Register and of favourite stories. For many years she was a teacher of music, having studied the piano under the tuition of Herr Heuzenroeder, singing under Signor Zilliani, and composition and thorough bass under Herr Bertram. At one time she was organist at the New Church in Hanson-street. The deceased was thirty-three years of age.

She wrote the words for her teacher Hans Bertram's descriptive song The wind in the trees, and posthumously, in 1895 a poem of hers served as words of Bertram's cantata The new year.

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Southern Australian (30 June 1838), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71684617

"THE NEW CHURCH SOCIETY", South Australian Register (19 July 1848), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48727632

"BIRTHS", South Australian Register (11 October 1858), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49781709

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (7 October 1859), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49827749

"GAWLER MUSIC PRIZE", South Australian Register (5 November 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49825647

"MADAME ANNA BISHOP'S CONCERT", South Australian Register (10 June 1868), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39185062

"THE ODE TO MUSIC. TO THE EDITOR", South Australian Register (13 June 1868), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39186979

"NEW MUSIC", South Australian Register (19 June 1869), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41404403

"WATERVALE", South Australian Register (30 November 1869), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41394306

"MUSICAL NOMENCLATURE", South Australian Register (21 February 1878), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40784698

"DISSEMINATION OF PHONOGRAPHY", South Australian Register (10 February 1887), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46084738

"REGISTER SOCIAL", South Australian Register (5 November 1888), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47047680

"NORTH ADELAIDE INSTITUTE", South Australian Register (29 March 1889), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47058196

"OBITUARY", South Australian Register (29 March 1892), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48223829

"ORIGINAL MUSIC. THE NEW YEAR-A CANTATA", South Australian Register (20 February 1895), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53712895

"DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM HOLDEN. THE FATHER OF AUSTRALIAN JOURNALISTS. AGED 89 1/2 YEARS", South Australian Register (12 October 1897), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54513312

"THE LATE MR. WILLIAM HOLDEN. A FUNERAL SERMON", South Australian Register (18 October 1897), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54512237

HOLLAND, Mr. (Mr. HOLLAND)

Theatrical performer, clown, acrobat, puppeteer

Active Sydney, NSW, by November 1841

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (19 April 1842), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2556269 

ASSOCIATIONS: Francis Low (promoter)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (30 January 1843), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12420710 

GOULBURN THEATRE.
THE inhabitants of Goulburn and its vicinity are most respectfully informed that this Theatre is now open for the reception of the public.
Mr. Douglas has the honour to announce, that besides the dramatic entertainments, he has secured the valuable services of
MR. HOLLAND, the celebrated Fantocinist, (formerly of the Olympic Theatre, and Pavilion of Arts, Sydney),
likewise, MR. JIM BROWN, the Rael American [REDACTED], Mr. Pickering, Mr. Butler, and Mr. Kebble.
Mr. D. will have the honour of displaying his extraordinary feats of flexibility of body, also the various feats of Gymnasium, on the horizontal bars.
W. H. DOUGLAS, Manager.
Price of admission: front seats, 3s.; back seats, 2s. To commence at eight o'clock.
Scene Painter - Mr. Holland.
Mechanist - Mr. Evans.
VIVAT REGINA.
Nights of performances, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Henry Douglas (actor, manager); George King (alias Jim Brown, performer)

HOLLINGS, Mr. J. (J. HOLLINGS)

Musicseller, general merchant

Active Geelong, VIC, 1855

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer [VIC] (3 November 1855), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91870401 

HOLLIS, Mr. (Mr. HOLLIS)

Panpipes player, actor

Active Sydney, NSW, 1838

Summary:

This identification somewhat wishfully assumes that the actor Mr. Hollis entered fully into his role as "Pan (a Professor of Music, and a Paganini on the Mouth Organ)" in Cupid, a Mythological, Musical Burlesque by Joseph Graves at Sydney theatre in September 1838.

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (15 September 1838), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2551297

The Performance will commence with (for the first time) a Mythological, Musical, Burlesque Burletta, by Joseph Graves, Esq., performed at the Strand Theatre upwards of 100 Nights, entitled CUPID . . . PAN (a Professor of Music, and a Paganini on the Mouth Organ), Mr. Hollis . . .

HOLLIS, Charlotte Redgrave (Sarah Charlotte REDGRAVE; Mrs. William HOLLIS; from 5 July 1856 Mrs. William Edward BRYSON)

Pianist, harpist, singer, music teacher

Born Chelsea, London, England, 18 January 1818
Arrived Geelong, VIC, 19 January 1853 (government immigrant per Steboneath, from Gravesend, 25 September 1852, and Plymouth, 7 October 1853)
Died Brighton, VIC, 1 October 1900

Summary:

According to family tradition (kindly shared by descendents Elaine Race, November 2016, and Leah Windle, June 2017), Charlotte brought with her from England to Australia a piano that had been presented to her by the king (William IV), but that was later destroyed in a fire at Brighton; she played harp and pianoforte. William Hollis advertised as a teacher of Latin (and "composer", presumably of Latin verse), but died within 9 months of arriving in Australia, and Charlotte remarried. Charlotte is said to have composed music and was known sing and play for parties at her Camberwell mansion.

Documentation:

"GEELONG SHIPPING", Empire (31 January 1853), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60135076 

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (17 May 1853), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94360937 

A CARD. MR. HOLLIS, LATIN PROFESSOR and COMPOSER,* late Visiting Tutor in the families of several Noblemen and Gentlemen in England. For terms, &c., (evening attendance only,) address to the care of Mr. Brown, Victoria Circulating Library, Moorabool-street. The PIANOFORTE and SINGING taught, in a superior style, by Mrs. Hollis . . .

HOLLIS, Percy Frank (Percy F. HOLLIS)

Musician, pianist, organist, composer

Born Goulburn, NSW, 1868
Died Manly, NSW, 2 February 1935, aged 67

THIS ENTRY IS A STUB ON PERSONNEL FIRST ACTIVE IN AUSTRALIA AFTER 1860

Documentation:

"Our Boys Amateur Dramatic Club", Goulburn Evening Penny Post (8 September 1887), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98474190

"The Trinity College (London) Examination in Music", Goulburn Evening Penny Post (25 October 1888), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98446860

"Another Patriotic Song", Cumberland Argus (14 April 1900), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85814524

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (4 February 1935), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17163114

"OBITUARY. MR. P. F. HOLLIS", Goulburn Evening Penny Post (4 February 1935), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103386683

The death occurred at his home, Hilltop Crescent, Manly, on Saturday last, of Mr. Percy Hollis, aged 67. Mr. Hollis was born in Goulburn and resided here for 44 years. He was the fifth son of the late Henry Hollis, of this city, and a brother of Dr. Leslie Hollis, who for seven years represented Goulburn in the State Parliament. For more than 100 years the family have been closely associated with the business and public life of Goulburn. The late Mr. Percy Hollis played a very important part in musical circles of Goulburn. At 16 years of age he was organist of the Goulburn Parish Church, and later for 23 years, organist of old St. Andrew's Church. For ten years he was conductor of the Goulburn Liedertafel and a life member of that body. He later founded the Goulburn Musical and Operatic Society and was conductor until his departure from Goulburn. Those were days of great rivalry between the two organisations. Mr. Hollis was a conductor and organist of outstanding ability, one of the type which is not led away from the path of commonsense by fleeting fashions in music and style. The same could fairly be said of his attitude towards life. It was before the days of moving pictures and talkies' as we now know them, and good amateur performances were as manna from heaven for the people. Each of the performances would cost anything from £300 to £400 to produce, a couple of Sydney artistes being brought here to give the musical comedies just that little extra which would make the performance of one society better than that of the other. Mr. Hollis then removed to Summer Hill, where he was organist at St. Andrew's for ten years . . .

Musical works (pre 1901):

Australia fights for Britain's rights (words by W. R. Riley; music by Percy F. Hollis) (Sydney: W. H. Paling, [1900])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/41482319

Also WW1 songs

Bibliography and resources:

"Hollis, Percy Frank (1868-1935)", Obituaries Australia

http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/hollis-percy-frank-13895/text24771

HOLLISTER, Henry (Augustus Henry Moreton HOLLISTER; Henry HOLLISTER; Mr. H. HOLLISTER)

Amateur musician, flute and flageolet player, vocalist

Born Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire, England, 1832; baptised St. Peter, Frampton Cotterell, 23 December 1832; son of Levi HOLLISTER (1805-1878) and Ann HOLDER (1808-1867)
Arrived Beechworth, VIC, by 1856
Married Catherine STONE (1841-1885), VIC, 1856
Died Wodonga, VIC, 11 June 1927

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Henry+Hollister+1832-1927 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HOLLISTER, Frank (Francis Levi HOLLISTER; Frank HOLLISTER; Mr. F. HOLLISTER)

Amateur musician, flute and piccolo player, vocalist

Born Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire, England, 10 December 1835; baptised Downend Chapel (Wesleyan), 24 February 1836; son of Levi HOLLISTER (1805-1878) and Ann HOLDER (1808-1867)
Arrived Beechworth, VIC, by c. 1858
Married Catherine Mary O'NEILL, VIC, 1862
Died Stanley, VIC, 6 July 1924

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Francis+Levi+Hollister+1835-1924 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Henry Hollister, in old age, playing a flageolet (Hollister family)

Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Frampton Cotterell in the county of Gloucester in the year 1832; register 1836, page 135; Gloucestershire Archives, Gdr/V1/358

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/5066/images/43138_636897_2168-00382?pId=12677252 (PAYWALL)

No. 1081 / 1832 Dec. 23 / Augustus Henry Moreton Son of / Levi & Ann / Hollister / Frampton Cotterell / Hatter . . .

Baptisms, Downend Chapel (Wesleyan), Gloucester, 1836; UK National Archives, Non-parochial Registers, RG4/389

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/2972/images/40612_B0147680-00011?pId=40 (PAYWALL)

No. 36 / Francis Levi the son of Levi Hollister of Frampton in the parish of Frampton in the county of Gloucester Hatter and of Ann his wife, who was the daughter of Francis and Mary Ann Holder, was born on the [10 December 1835] and . . . baptized [24 February 1836]

England census, 30 March 1851, Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire; UK National Archives, HO107/1956/637/23

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8860/images/GLSHO107_1956_1956-1184?pId=7625313 (PAYWALL)

Boots [?, Bats] Lane / Levi Holister / Head / Mar. / 46 / Iron miner / [born] Glos. Frampton Cotterell
Ann / Wife / 42 // Henry / Son / 18 / Labourer // Francis / Son / 15 / Scholar // [all born] Glos. Frampton Cotterell
Ann / 12 // Cahrles / 10 // Sam / 9 // James / 4 // Elizabeth / 2 // [all born] Glos. Frampton Cotterell

"ANOTHER PIONEER GONE", Ovens and Murray Advertiser (9 July 1924), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article268136546 

"Personal", Ovens and Murray Advertiser (15 June 1927), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article268426182 

"PIONEER PASSES AWAY", Benalla Standard (17 June 1927), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255565418 

The death is announced at Wodonga on Saturday, of Mr. Henry Morton Hollister, one of the early pioneers. Born in England, he left Bristol in 1850 [sic] as a musician and arrived in Sydney in 1857 [sic]. He was a choir boy at the Cathedral in England, and possessed a beautiful tenor voice. He left Sydney when the Ovens diggings were discovered, coming overland to Beechworth, and arrived in the good times when bands of music used to parade up and down the lead, and men used to come to work with a Yankee sash and dinner suit. He was always in request for socials, and charitable festivals. He taught two or three bands in the district, as well as life and drum bands. As a collector for the Beechworth Benevolent Asylum he was one of the best known men in the North-Eastern district, from the Murray to the Goulburn. Until of late, he used to play the flute at which he was an expert. He founded a branch of the Oddfellows Lodge at Stanley, of which he has been a member for over 60 years. His many friends, both in Benalla and elsewhere, will regret to hear of his death at the age 94 years. He leaves three daughters - Mrs. Phillips, Benalla, Mrs. Richards, Shepparton; Mrs. Lea, Melbourne - and three sons - Fred, Jeparit, Hal, Wodonga and Percy - besides numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. The funeral took place at Stanley on Monday last. In addition to the usual service, the service of the Oddfellows Lodge was read by Bro. Longmore. of the Beechworth lodge. Members of the Stanley and Beechworth lodges were also present at the graveside.

"LOOKING BACK", Ovens and Murray Advertiser (16 June 1943), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article268246871 

Bibliograhy and resources:

Francis Levi Holder Hollister, Find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228079730/francis-levi_holder-hollister 

Augustus Henry Moreton Hollister, Find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243633902/augustus-henry_moreton-hollister 

HOLLOWAY, Edmund (alias of Edmund RUTLAND; Edward RUTLAND; alias Edmund HOLLOWAY; also Edward HOLLOWAY; Ned HOLLOWAY)

Actor, vocalist, convict, emancipist, silk miller

Born Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, 1825; baptised St. Michael, Macclesfield, 20 February 1825; son of Joseph RUTLAND (1802-1870) and Mary Ann HOLLOWAY (1802-1882)
Convicted Knutsfield, Cheshire, England, 17 April 1843 (transportation, 7 years)
Arrived Hobart Town, VDL (TAS) 14 July 1848 (convict per Bangalore, from Guyana and Bermuda, 28 March)
Certicate of freedom, Hobart Town, TAS, 18 April 1850
Married [1] Mary MERETON, Scots church, Geelong, VIC, 15 December 1852 (VIC BDM 3018/1852, "Edmund RUTLAND")
Married [2] Elizabeth ? (d. 1887), ?
Died South Yarra, VIC, 18 August 1906, aged "65" [sic, 81]

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Edmund+Holloway+Rutland+1825-1906 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Holloway (Wikipedia)

HOLLOWAY, Mrs. (Mrs. HOLLOWAY; "Mrs. Edmund HOLLOWAY") ? = Mary below

Actor, vocalist

Active Hobart, TAS, 1850-51; Geelong, VIC, 1851

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Mrs+Holloway+actor+vocalist (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HOLLOWAY, Mary (Mary MERETON; [1] Mrs. Edmund HOLLOWAY)

Actor

Born ?, c. 1830; Daughter of Thomas MERETON
Married Edmund RUTLAND (alias HOLLOWAY), Scots church, Geelong, VIC, 15 December 1852 (VIC BDM 3018/1852)

HOLLOWAY, Elizabeth (Elizabeth ? ; [2] Mrs. Edmund HOLLOWAY)

Actor

Born ? c. 1839; daughter of Robert ? and Elizabeth ?
Died Sydney, NSW, 23 May 1887, aged "48"

Documentation:

England, British Guyana, and Bermuda (to 1848):

Baptisms solemnized in the parish church of Macclesfield in the county of Chester in the year 1825; Diocese Of Chester, Bishop's transcripts

https://search.findmypast.com.au/record/browse?id=gbprs%2fchs%2f4018409%2f00767 (PAYWALL)

No. 1167 / 1825 Feb. 20 / Edmund Son of / Joseph [and] Mary Ann / Rutland / Macc'd / Joiner . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Rutland (1802-1870) and Mary Ann Holloway (1802-1882) were married at Prestbury, Cheshire, on 25 July 1824

"KNUTSFORD SESSIONS", Macclesfield Courier and Herald (11 January 1840), 2

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001643/18400111/043/0002 (PAYWALL)

The following are the remaining eases, with the sentences, not given in our last week's paper: . . .
Edward Rutland and James Trainer, stealing two worsted cravats, and monies, at Macelesfield - Rutland, 1 mo; Trainer, 4 mo, and whipped at end of 1st and 3rd mo. . . .

England census, 6 June 1841, West Macclesfield, Cheshire; UK National Archives, HO107/132/14/14/15/24

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/282408:8978 (PAYWALL)

Mellors Building Park Lane / Joseph Rutland / 30 / Traveller / [not born in county]
Mary [Rutland] / 30 / Dressmaker / [not born in county]
Edward [Rutland] / 15 / - / [born in county]

[2 articles], Macclesfield Courier and Herald (4 March 1843), 2

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001643/18430304/021/0002 (PAYWALL)

COUNTY POLICE OFFICE. SATURDAY [25 February] . . .
Edward Rutland and Thomas Woodfall were charged with stealing a knife belonging to Samuel Jepson. Samuel Jepson deposed that he knows the knife produced: saw it as his house on the 22d inst. on the top of the cheese press; in a few minutes after that the prisoners came to prosecutor's house begging; they went away and prosecutor followed them soon after in consequence of some information he received; when he got to within about twenty yards of them, he saw Woodfall throw something into the hedge; prosecutor along with others searched the hedge and found the knife produced.
Charlotte, the wife of Samuel Jepson, stated on oath that she recollected the prisoners coming begging; they were about a yard from the cheese press where the knife was lying; went away for ashort time and on returning saw Woodfall pull his hand from towards the cheese press, and put something into his pocket; they went away and witness informed her husband.
Thomas Browne, constable, deposed that on the 22d inst. he received the prisoners into custody; witness said to Rutland, "You are charged with stealing this knife from Mr. Jepson's in Withington." He answered, "It was not me that took it; it was Woodfall that took it and I threw it as I was running away." Witness then said to Rutland, "What made thee run?" He answered, "Because I knew they would take me too." He also said he saw Woodfsll take it. Committed to the sessions.

TOWN HALL. MONDAY [27 February] . . .
Edward Rutland was brought up on a charge of housebreaking.
Charles Davenport, of Macclesfield, weaver, deposed that he lives and lodges with Peter Broadhurst. On one Tuesday aftennion, in January last, about one or two o'clock left his house after bolting the back door and locking the front one; all the drawers and other places were safe; returned about seven o'clock the same evening and found the drawers and cupboards were open; on examining further found a sash upstairs wide open; there were two drawers broken open upstairs.
Joseph Albinson, shoemaker, deposed that he knows the watch now produced; it is the property of Peter Broadhurst; witness locked it up in a drawer up stairs in his house in the month of April, 1842: witness had had the keys in possession from that time.
Joseph Gee, silk weaver, deposed that about the 14th or 15th January last, the prisoner Edward Rutland brought the watch produced to witness and wanted him to buy it; did not buy it, but he left it in witness's hands for trial; afterwards handed it over to Mr. Harper, the superintendent of police. Committed to the sessions.

"CHESHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS [Concluded from our last]", Macclesfield Courier and Herald (29 April 1843), 4

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001643/18430429/035/0004 (PAYWALL)

. . . The following are the sentences of the prisoners: . . . Rutland. 7 years transportation . . .

Register of prisoners, 1843; UK National Archives, PCOM2

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/298208:61810 (PAYWALL)

1228 / Edw. Rutland / 18 / Larceny and previous conviction / Knutsford / 17 April 1843 /
. . . Silk Miller / . . . Father Joseph Rutland Macclesfield Joiner / Per Tenedos [to] Bermuda 19 May 1843

ASSOCIATIONS: H.M.S. Tenedos (sailed for Barbados in 1843, and remained there used as a convict hulk)

Journals, Royal Navy Hospital, Bermuda, 1843; UK National Archives, ROyal Navy, medical journals, ADM 101/10/1

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/129315:2318 (PAYWALL)

[Disease:] [ ? Syno ???] / [Case No.] 80 / Edward Rutland / Tenedos / Ad't Oct. 6 / Had been treated on board with an emetic and a purgative on admission into Hosp. The pulse being full bleeding was ordered & the [?] Terebinth [turpentine] [???] received . . . Dis. Oct'r 17

Hobart Town and Launceston, VDL (TAS) (14 July 1848 to March 1851 or slightly later):

Convict record, Edward Rutland, 1848; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1431381; CON33/1/90; CON14-1-39P64

https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-90$init=CON33-1-90P144 (DIGITISED)

No. 20808 / Rutland Edward / Tried Knutsford 17 April 1843 [sic] 7 years /
Arrived 14 July 1848 / Protestant /Can read and write / Transported for Larceny. Single.
Stated his offcence. Entering a dwelling house St[sealin]g a watch £8 & other articles f'm Mr. broadhurst at Maclesfield.
Shoplifting 1 month & 3 months. "Single"
Trade: Singer & Actor / 5ft 5 ins / [age] 23 / Complex. Dark / Head: large / Hair: D'k B'n / Whiskers: None /
Visage: Oval / Forehead: Med'm / Eyes: Hazel / Nose: Med'm / Mouth [Med'm] / Chin; Large / Native place: Macclesfield
Free Cert. 18 / 4 / '50

https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-39$init=CON14-1-39P64 (DIGITISED)

. . . From St. Mary, Guiana [Guyana] . . . / [allowance granted on arrival] £10 12 8 . . .

"From the Hobart Town Government Gazette . . . TICKETS OF LEAVE GRANTED", The Cornwall Chronicle [Launceston, VDL (TAS)] (22 July 1848), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65980379 

Per Bangalore . . . Edward Rutland . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: On the special status of the convicts per Bangalore, who were granted tickets of leave on arrival, thus allowing them to work, see the editorial, "TO THE EXILES By the 'Bangalore,' from Bermuda", Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania (26 July 1848), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163502662 

. . . Brother Citizens. - For by such name we would entitle you, seeing that after a period of labour and discipline you are allowed to assume the position of free men, save in some points, which while you adhere to the restrictions, will turn out rather a benefit than otherwise - You have been landed in Hobart Town, and have been turned upon our streets, dependent upon your own resources and exertions for a livelihood. We are credibly informed that the greater number of you are possessed of some small amount in money, do not let this be an evil instead of a benefit . . .

[Advertisement], Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania (23 September 1848), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163503039 

ALBERT THEATRE . . . will RE-OPEN on Monday next, the 25th instant, when will be presented the Great Romantic Drama, entitled
THE BANDIT MERCHANT; OR, THE MAID OF GENOA. After which the celebrated [REDACTED] Melodies -
"Massa Coon" - Mr. Holloway; "Ginger Blue" - Mr. Meadows. "Highland Fling" - Mrs. Gibbs.
"[REDACTED] Medley Duet - Messrs. Meadows and Holloway . . .
Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. Smith . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: George Meadows (actor, vocalist); Mr. Smith (musician); Albert Theatre (Hobart venue)

"Domestic Intelligence . . . THE ALBERT, Colonial Times (26 September 1848), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8763575 

This little theatre opened last night for a new season, and really upon entering we were struck by the neatness, consequent upon the very judicious alterations which have been made during the recess. Two private boxes having been erected adjoining the stage, tend to give the house an appearance of comfort and convenience. The performances were really respectable, the chief attraction of the evening being an excellent [REDACTED] duet, humourously sung by Meadows and Holloway, and which was encored. The orchestra is good, and this "little emporium" of amusement cannot fail to command its share of success. - Communicated.

"ROYAL ALBERT THEATRE", The Hobart Town Advertiser (27 October 1848), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264524374 

On Tuesday last [24 October], this theatre opened for the benefit of Messrs. Meadows end Holloway, and we were happy to see a crowded house . . . The interlude consisted principally of a number of [REDACTED] songs. We were not, nor ever were, advocates of this kind of singing, but we must say we were better pleased with those sung at the Albert Theatre on Tuesday night than we have ever been before. The after piece was very well sustained throughout, end we have no doubt that in a short time the Albert Theatre (in the absence of the Victoria,) will, under proper management, become a very popular place of amusement.

ASSOCIATIONS: The Royal Victoria Theatre (Hobart venue) was at that time without regular theatrical performances or a resident company

"RADFORD'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE", The Hobart Town Advertiser (28 November 1848), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264525000 

The attendance at the Circus has been improving of late, and the natural consequence has been that every actor has performed much better. On Tuesday evening next we perceive that Mr. Holloway makes his first appearance there . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert Avis Radford (proprietor); Royal Amphitheatre (Hobart venue)

[Advertisement], The Hobart Town Advertiser (28 November 1848), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264524979 

RADFORD'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE . . .
First Appearance of Mr. Holloway, The Celebrated [REDACTED] Singer.
ON TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY, Nov. 28, 30, Dec 2 . . .
CLOWN TO THE CIRCUS, MR. AXTELLE . . .
[REDACTED] Melody - Mr. Holloway. His First appearance here . . .
To be succeeded by an act of Equestrianism introducing three horses, entitled the GREEK CORSAIR, By Mr. Radford . . . Comic Song - Mr. Holloway . . . Leader of the Orchestra - Mr. H. Howson. Circus Manager - Mr. Axtelle . . . Sole Proprietor, Mr. Radford.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Axtelle (clown, manager); Henry Howson (violinist, leader)

"THE VICTORIA THEATRE", Colonial Times (19 December 1848), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8764059 

The greatest hit of the season was last night in the production of the Equestrian Spectacle, entitled Mazeppa, or the Wild Horse of Tartary . . . The horses introduced were in excellent training and gave the greatest satisfaction, and the scenic effects were very fair; in fact, taking the capabilities of the stage into consideration, great credit is due for representing so well a performance, which, in theatrical parlance, is one of the heaviest description. Mr. Young, as the hero of the piece, acquitted himself excellently; Mr. Stubbs, as the Tartar Khan, looked and acted well; Mrs. Lambert played her part faithfully although labouring under an attack of illness; Mrs. Young and Mrs. Stubbs are too well known to need any comment; Mr. Holloway, who impersonated the Count, with care may become a very excellent actor, as it is, his appearance, voice, and delivery, are good . . . As there is to be only one more performance of Mazeppa (To-morrow Evening) it is very naturally expected there will be as good an attendance, if not better, than last night.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles and Jane Young (actors); Gibson and Hannah Stubbs (actors); Harriet Lambert (actor)

[Advertisement], Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania (9 May 1849), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163504261 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON . . . Thursday May 10th, 1849 . . .
The performance will commence with the drama of NEGRO OF WAPPING; OR The Boatbuilder's Hovel. Sam, the Negro - MR. HOLLOWAY . . .
Song - Mr. Holloway . . .
R. RADFORD, Proprietor. J. H. LEE, Manager.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Herman Selwyn Lee (actor, manager)

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle [Launceston, VDL (TAS)] (23 May 1849), 599

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65978813 

QUEEN'S BIRTH NIGHT. RADFORD'S ROYAL AMTHITHEATRE, YORK-STREET . . .
THURSDAY & SATURDAY, 24th & 26th May . . . [REDACTED] MELODY - Mr. HOLLOWAY . . .

"Amusements", The Cornwall Chronicle (11 August 1849), 784

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65976836 

The votaries of fun and recreation have now ample opportunities for enjoying themselves, the supply being quite equal to the demand. The "benefits" at the Amphitheatre are progressing, and are more or less patronized by the friends of the respective candidates for public favour . . . On Monday next, Holloway asks, for the first time, a token of public approval; and we must do him the justice to say, that he has succeeded in establishing for himself, a reputation as a performer of no mean parts; besides being an excellent study, Holloway has a correct perception of his characters, and always makes the most of them. Those who used to admire the acting of Stubbs on the Olympic and Victoria boards, will find a similarity between the two, and in the case of Holloway, without instituting auy invidious comparison, some think he excels in certain particulars! Be that as it may, we know of no member of Mr. Radford's company that has merited more from a discerning public than this young man, and therefore concur with his patrons in wishing him a substantial testimonial of favoritism by a crowded house on Monday, when the amusements will commence with the nautical drama of "The Sea; or, the Ocean Child;" to be succeeded by some acts of Equestrianism - a favorite song, by Holloway - a dance by one of the actresses - a song by Hubbard, and the laughable farce of "A day after the Fair."

ASSOCIATIONS: Mr. Hubbard (actor, vocalist)

"CIRCUS", The Cornwall Chronicle [Launceston, VDL (TAS)] (3 November 1849), 984

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65975118 

The patronizers and admirers of the sons and daughters of Thespis may depend upon a treat on Monday evening at the Circus. Mr. Radford, the "genii of the ring," takes his benefit. Several new performers (amongst them, Mr. Holloway [sic]) of acknowledged talent, will have the honor of making their obeisance to a Launceston audience. There will, also, be a grand balloon ascent at seven o'clock . . .

? [Advertisement], Port Phillip Gazette and Settler's Journal [VIC] (12 January 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223156895 

QUEEN'S THEATRE . . . MONDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 1850 . . .
The whole to conclude with a laughable Tragical - Operatical - Dramatical - Comical - Spectacle- Melo-Dramatical - Burlesque Burletta, entitled
THE BUFFALO GIRLS; or, THE FEMALE SERENADERS.
Melancholy Muggs - Mr. CAPPER. Edward Somers - Mr. WARD.
Mark, Anthony, Napoleon, Wellington, Tom Thumb - Mr. YOUNG.
Silas Herrringbone - Mr. DEERING.
Louisa Mucks - Mrs. AVINS. Lucy Neal - Mr. MONTAGUE. Diana Ginger Blue - Mr. THOMPSON.
Julia Caesar - Mr. BELFIELD. Mary Bimp - Mr. WILLIAMS. Dinah - Mr. CRISP. Sweet Sally - Mr. TURNER.
Miss Old Bull - Mr. HOLLOWAY. Miss Tucker - Mr. RIELY.
Music Incidental to the Opera - (A Hem!!!)
CHORUS - "Good Massa we find," - by the [REDACTED]s
TRIO - "Who dat a knocking at de door," Lucy Neal, Dinah, and Ginger
SONG - " My Long Tall Blue," (with bone castinett accompanyment), Tom Thumb
ETHIOPIAN MELODY - By the Female Serenaders, Conducted by Professor N.A.N.A.W. Tom Thumb
FINALE- Bone squash, squash hollow hornpipe, and the celebrated back action sprintg pigeon wing tow and heel dance - by the Characters.

ASSOCIATIONS: Richard Capper (actor); Henry Deering (actor); Julia Avins (actor); Francis Belfield (actor); Queen's Theatre (Melbourne venue); it is not clear that this could have been Edmund; he would not usually have been allowed to travel to Melbourne before the termination of his sentence in April; however, an appearance there in such an enterainment, alongisde Charles Young (see above), with whom he had previously performed in Tasmania, would not have been out of character; another possibility is that it was the shoe and boot maker, Josiah Morris Holloway, who usually performed as Searle; see also [Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (2 June 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91916566 

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle [Launceston, TAS] (23 February 1850), 125

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65975989 

Royal Olympic Theatre . . . RACE WEEK . . . MONDAY, 25th FEBRUARY, 1850 . . .
Medley Dance - Mrs. Holloway . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Olympic Theatre (Launceston venue)

[Advertisement], Colonial Times [Hobart, TAS] (22 March 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8766866 

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, MURRAY STREET. -
The ladies and gentlemen of Hobart Town and its vicinity are respectfully informed that the above popular place of amusement will RE-OPEN on MONDAY EVENING NEXT, the 25th instant, with an entirely New Company. The Theatre has undergone a thorough repair, and every effort has been made to render the House worthy of the patronage of the public. The best Dramatic and Equestrian talent available in the colony has been engaged for the ensuing season, including the following ladies and gentlemen: - Mr. and Mrs. Holloway . . .
Stage Manager, Mr. Holloway; Acting Manager, Mr. Forrest; Prompter, Mr. Byron Young; Machinist, Mr. Abbott; Scene Painter, Mr. Archer; Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. Irwin.
March 22, 1850.

ASSOCIATIONS: Mr. Irwin (musician)

"From the Hobart Town Government Gazette . . . EXPIRATION OF SENTENCES", The Cornwall Chronicle (27 April 1850), 272

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65975939 

. . . Edward Rutland, Bangalore . . .

[Playbill], Olympic Theatre, 24 May 1850; "OLD LAUNCESTON PLAYBILLS. No. 16", Launceston Examiner (7 September 1889), 1 supplement

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38354107 

OLYMPIC THEATRE, QUEENS BIRTHDAY, MAY 24, 1850.
Re-appearance of MR. and MRS. EDMUND HOLLOWAY.
FIRST APPEARANCE of MR. B. YOUNG [sic, C. YOUNG], LATE OF THE VICTORIA THEATRE, HOBART.
Second appearance of the celebrated CHAMBERS FAMILY . . .
To conclude with a magnificent display of FIREWORKS.

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Chambers and family (dancers)

[Advertisement], The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (30 November 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2961745 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER the sole Management of Mr. DEERING.
REGATTA WEEK . . . MONDAY and WEDNESDAY . . . AGNES DE VERE; or, A WIFE'S REVENGE. -
To be succeeded by the NEGRO MELODIES by Mr. TROY KNIGHT; and Songs by Mr. Deering, and Mrs. Holloway . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Troy Knight (actor, vocalist)

[Advertisement], Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania (28 December 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173058669 

Royal Victoria Theatre. CAMPBELL-STREET. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28th.
The performances will commence with a New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled
JACK AND THE BEAN STALK; OR, HARLEQUIN GIANT'S KITCHEN.
GOBLINS - Benevolencia (the Elfin King Genii of the Magic Beans) - Mr. Holloway . . .
Princess Endantine (a captive in the Giant's castle) - Mrs. Holloway . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Christmas pantomime (general)

"THE THEATRE", Colonial Times (14 March 1851), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8768894 

The place of entertainment was opened on Monday last [10 March] in aid of the expenses incurred by the Demonstration Committee. The pieces selected for the occasion were the drama of Ellen Wareham and The Middy Ashore. The former, though not very attractive, was rendered interesting by the earnestness evinced by Messrs. Holloway, Osborne, and Deering, to give reality to the characters they sustained. In some parts Mr. Holloway a exertions told exceedingly well upon the house, and merited the applause they received . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert James Osborne (actor)

Geelong, VIC, (by mid 1851):

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (2 June 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91916566 

THEATRE ROYAL, GEELONG. In commemoration of the first election of Legislators for Victoria, the Theatre will be open
THIS EVENING, Saturday, September 13th, with a grand Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT, and Musical Melange.
In order to provide a treat for all, for this night only, the prices will be reduced one half, viz: - Boxes 2s; Pit 1s; no half price - doors to be open at half-past seven o'clock, and concert to commence at eight o'clock precisely.
Programme. - Part I. - Opening Chorus - Cuckoo Goes the Clock - By the Company;
Norah, the Pride of Kildare - Mrs. Gardiner;
Sea Song, Mr. Holloway; Comic Song, Mr. Deering;
Comic Duet, Mr. and Mrs. Holloway; Sylphide Pas, Madame Adelaide; The Anchor's Weighed, Mrs. Gardiner;
Farewell to the Mountain, Mr. Shearcroft; Comic Duet - The Two Wandering Savoyards - Mr. and Mrs. Deering; Duet - Come Dwell with Me - Mr and Mrs. Gardiner;
Hurrah for the Road - Mr. Holloway; Jockey Hornpipe - Madame Adelaide; When Time has bereft Thee - Mr. Shearcroft;
Chorus - The Chough and Crow, (from Guy Mannering) - By the Company. A lapse of fifteen minutes between the parts.
Part II. - Chorus - For England Ho - By the Company; Duet - I know a Bank - Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner;
Song - Mr. Holloway; Recitation - Southey's Poem of Mary the Maid of the Inn - Mrs. Deering; Molly Bawn - Mrs. Gardiner;
Comic Song - Mr. Deering; Irish Jig - Madame Adelaide; The Flying Dutchman - Mr. Gardiner;
White Squall - Mr. Holloway; Song - Mr. Shearcroft; Comic Duet - Patty and Ralph - Mr. and Mrs. Deering;
I Love the Night - Mrs. Gardiner; Hampton Court - Mr. Gardiner;
Finale - The Evening Drum - By the Company.

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph and Ann Gardiner (actors, vocalists); Edwin Shearcroft (actor, vocalist)

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (13 September 1851), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91915758 

Marriages, Church of Scotland, Geelong, 1852; VIC BDM 3018/1852

No. 448 / Edmund Rutland of Geelong Bachelor / and Mary Mereton of Geelong Spinster
were joined together in Wedlock by me [Rev. Andrew Love] on the 15th day of December 1852 at Geelong . . . John Phillips and Jane Fount . . . witnesses

ASSOCIATIONS: In her father, Thomas Mereton's will, made on 14 January 1853 he identified his daughter "Mary (now Mrs. Holloway)";
see Will and probate, Thomas Mereton, 1853; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/50C8D20C-F4EF-11E9-AE98-B1085C95704B?image=1 (DIGITISED - Will)

"THE THEATRE", Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (2 September 1853), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86415356 

"All that Glitters is not Gold" was repeated on Tuesday night. Mr. Holloway enacted his part excellently. This gentleman's acting has improved very much. It is getting more chastened and finished, and we are happy to observe an absence of that rant in which he formerly indulged. He seems also to have a good perception of humour. Mrs. Thom performed her part in a manner which could leave nothing to be wished, even by the most fastidious audience. And Mrs. Harward, and Coppin, were, as usual, "all there" . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Eliza Thom (actor)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (17 January 1855), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12964443 

A MUSICAL TREAT, THIS EVENING, at the VICTORIA THEATRE.
Song - Bonnie Dundee - Mrs. Craven
Tragedie - Villikins and his Dinah - Mr. Coppin
National Song - "The Englishman" - Mr. F. Howson
Ballad - Mrs. Guerin
Billy Barlow - by desire - Mr. Coppin
Ballad - "The Chamois Hunter's Love" - Madame Sara Flower
Solo - Cornet-a-piston - Mr. Wheeler
Ballad - Miss Sinclair
Song - Britannia's Sons - Mr. Holloway
Duet - When off in Curricle I go - Mr. Coppin and Mr. Holloway
Song - With a Merry Tale - Mr. Coppin
Chorus - Love's ripened Harvest.

ASSOCIATIONS: Eliza Craven (actor, vocalist); Frank Howson (actor, vocalist); Theodosia Guerin (actor, vocalist); Sara Flower (actor, vocalist); Stephen Thomas Wheeler (musician); Fanny Sinclair (actor, vocalist); George Coppin (actor, vocalist, manager); Royal Victoria Theatre (Sydney venue)

"THE THEATRE", Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (17 February 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59759830 

The event of the week has been the production of the long announced opera of "Lucia di Lammermoor," one of Donizetti's masterpieces . . . As to the rendering of this chef-d'oeuvre we were certainly surprised, having anticipated something nearly approaching to a failure . . . Mr Holloway, as Raymond, sang very creditably; especially as he neither has, nor professes to have, any scientific knowledge of music. Mr. Cordner, also, got well through his musical debut. He has a good and sweet tenor voice, requiring only nerve and energy to show it off to better advantage. The Chorus did their best, though that is not saying much for them. However, Mr. Torning cannot be expected to create nightingales, and therefore must make the most of his aviary . . .

"INSOLVENT COURT. Monday, 11th November . . . NEW INSOLVENTS", The Herald [Melbourne, VIC] (12 November 1861), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244180648 

Edmund Holloway, of Castlemaine, comedian.
Causes of insolvency: Losses in speculations as theatrical manager, depression ofbusiness, and pressure of creditors.
Debts, LG2 17s 8d; assets, L50 (theatrical wardrobe). Mr. Jacomb, official assignee.

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (25 May 1887), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13662968 

HOLLOWAY - May 23, at her residence, 109, Goulburn-street, Elizabeth, beloved wife of Edmund Holloway, comedian.

"DEATHS", The Age (20 August 1906), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189363309 

On the 18th August, at his residence, "Chowringhee," Garden-street, South Yarra, Edmund Holloway (of theatrical profession) passed quietly away.

"AT POVERTY POINT, The bulletin (23 August 1906), 16

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/237296256 

Died, at his residence, Chowringhie, Garden-street, South Yarra, near Melbourne, Edmund ("Ned") Holloway, an actor of the old school, who was on the Australian stage before the present grease-paint generation was born. His stage days dated back to the fifties, when Brooke, Clarance Holt, Henry Neil Warner, Hoskins, and other lights were shining. Ned must have passed his 80th year. His wife, a Parramatta girl, and a capable actress, died some years ago. At one time, in his younger days, Ned played sailor characters, and looked forward to the time when he would make a big hit at Drury Lane as William in "Black-Eyed Susan." The present generation remembers "Ned" Holloway best as the heavy father of the Dampier combination. Whether he forgave his erring daughter right off, or whether he cast her out first and forgave her later on, he always did it in a tremendous bass voice such as no surviving Australian mummer is possessed of.

"THE OLD AUSTRALIAN STAGE. One of Its Veterans 'NED' HOLLOWAY, (BY ESPIGADOR)", The Sunday Sun [Sydney, NSW] (26 August 1906), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231877215 

To Sydney playgoers of the older generation Mr. Holloway was more than once known in the character of a manager as well as an actor. He could boast too of having organised companies which were capable of giving a very good report of themselves . . .

"MUSIC AND THE DRAMA", Examiner [Launceston, TAS] (30 August 1906), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38102284 

A very old actor last week in Melbourne made that exit from which there is no recall. "Ned" Holloway - for by that abbreviation he was commonly known to his friends and the public - was over eighty years. There were few veterans of any stage who had been longer in harness. He had been a member of Mr. Dampier's company up to his being within very near hailing distance of four-score. The nautical metaphor would not perhaps be deemed inappropriate by the deceased patriarch of the boards. For there was a period of his professional career when he flattered himself on being an ideal representative of the British sailor - in fact the T. P. Cooke of the Australian theatre. It was not, sooth to say, an opinion generally shared, but what of that? Holloway was certainly not the first in his profession whose ideas as to his special line left themselves open to question. Anyhow he was a good enough stage sailor, even though, had the matter been open for competition, he could hardly have been backed against the world to make good his claim as the antipodean double of the famous T. P.
But it is a far cry now to the histrionic days when Holloway used to face the footlights in the white duck trousers, the long-quarter shoe, and the tarpaulin hat of the traditional hero of maritime melodrama. One of the legends which grew out of those once favourite nautical assumptions of Holloway was that he had been an actual sailor in his time. There is no reason why the story may not have been true. Anyhow it is certain that if he had originally been identified with the "briny" line of business in reality he would not have failed to bring to it some of the essential physical qualifications. A short, muscular "block of a man," his appearance gave every warrant of personal stamina. That his looks did not belle him in that respect was attested of course unmistakably by the fact of his having remained in professional harness for so many years beyond the term which most men run.
Everybody, of course, knows that horticultural illustration as to relative celebrity in its associated light, "She was not the rose, But she had lived near the rose." The late Mr. Holloway was certainly not one of the dramatic roses of his period. But he had, anyhow, lived near enough to some of the choicest of them. He seems to have been for some time before the Australian public ere yet G. V. Brooke visited the country. Mention is made of him in connection with Coppin's theatre at Geelong, or rather, it should be said, with the theatre of which Coppin had been for some time the lessee and manager, as well as the principal comedian. Whether Holloway was ever a member of Coppin's company in that time is unknown to the present scribe. It is a matter of the slightest importance at this time of day. If memory serves rightly in this instance, however, there were brothers of the mimetic craft long since departed who used to speak of having known Holloway first in Van Diemen's Land. The writer has actually under his eye at this moment a play bill over fifty-five years old, which seems to have been printed in the tight little Island, and in which Mr. Holloway is assigned a prominent part . . .
He was remarkably effective, it will be remembered, in the part of "Gabbett," in the adaptation of Marcus Clarke's "His Natural Life." The build of Holloway lent itself well to make up as the ferocious convict, of whose personal strength and determination all his companions stood in awe. The full, round voice which was Holloway's, and which preserved its tones so well even in far advanced life, aided him further in his delineation of the character in question. There used to be some funny stories current in the profession with respect to the earlier aspirations of Holloway for seeking the bubble reputation on the London boards. One of these represents him as listening with greedy ears to an anticipatory account of the reception which he would command in the big city. But the glowing description ended in an anti-climax. He was assured that Ned Holloway as a theatrical sailor on the banks of the Thames would be one of the biggest failures on record. A yet more drolly malicious story connects him with the weeping urchin whom a policeman led forth from the gallery, for disturbing the performance at a Sydney theatre with shouts of "Holler-way. Holler-way," apropos of nothing in particular. The ingenuous youth is supposed to have explained that he had been "given sixpence" to do it. However, Ned Holloway was an industrious and useful actor, and was certainly a very worthy man.

ASSOCIATIONS: Marcus Clarke (author, journalist)

"MUMMER MEMOIRS/.J. E. NEILD, NED HOLLOWAY, J. L. TOOLE, OF THE OLD SCHOOL. No. 33. (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (29 August 1906), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167209414 

Closely following John Laurence Toole into the land of shadows, we have Dr. James Edward Neild and bluff "stagey" old Edmund Holloway, the actor and his critic . . .
I cannot remember when I first saw Edmund - or Ned - Holloway, but it must be close on fifty vears ago, and in that same old Royal at Melbourne . . . I don't think Ned went to England. I have not heard that he did so, but he has been in every show town in Australasia; he has even played in a theatre now almost forgotten, the little theatre at Bathurst, in or about the year 1853, when Bathurst was the hub of the west, and thousands were wending their ways to the goldfields. Poor Ned! "After life's fitful fever he sleeps well" - at least, I hope so. What a book of reminiscences Dr. Neild and Edmund Holloway could have written! "Ned" was not related to the brothers Charles and William, nor yet to the millionaire pill-maker of long ago.

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Michael Forde ("Hayseed"); James Edward Neild (reviewer); John Lawrence Toole (English comedian)

"Prattle About People", Punch [Melbourne, VIC] (30 August 1906), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175377782 

Edmund Holloway, known familiarly in theatrical circles as "Old Ned Holloway," has passed out. He was the last of the ancient regime. Death has been very busy with the old order of actors lately, but Edmund Holloway was the last of the true veterans so far as Melbourne is concerned. He dated back to the early days, and was a very old man as long as the present generation of actors could recollect him. In Melbourne he was long associated with the Alfred Dampier Company, when the company was doing well at the Alexandra, fifteen or sixteen years ago. Ned's big role then was that of Gabbit, the man-eating convict in "His Natural Life" . . .

"Entertainments", Weekly Times [Melbourne, VIC] (1 September 1906), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222530530 

Some particulars have been supplied to the "Sydney Morning Herald" of the career of the late Edmund Holloway, who was the oldest actor in Australia, but who had been in retirement for some time prior to his death, which occurred last week. He made his first appearance in Sydney in 1853, at the old Victoria Theatre, playing Pythias to James Stark's Damon. Later, he supported in the same way Charles Kean, Gustavus Brooke, and other English artists of eminence. In his younger days, "Ned" Holloway was popular in nautical parts, and was often described as "the T. P. Cooke of Australia." Possessing a resonant bass voice, he was also known as a singer. He was the original Raimondo in the first performance in Australia of Lucia di Lammermoor. In this cast of more than fifty years ago, Mrs. Guerin (afterwards Mrs. Stewart), mother of Miss Nellie Stewart, was the Lucia, Mr. John Howson was the tenor, and Mr. Frank Howson the baritone. Some old playgoers here declare that he was nearly 90; he must, however, be vaguely passed in as the oldest actor of our time, and, for his years, the youngest-looking.

"OLD THEATRICAL REMINISCENCES [BY AN OLD TIMER]", Tasmanian News (21 November 1906), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article177558004 

. . . By the way, it is not generally known that "Ned" made the first professional appearance in Hobart in the early fifties. "Ned" deserted from a man o' war, and took to the boards - the first piece be played in he had to sing a nautical song, for which, as a young man, his voice was so eminently suited. Theatres were conducted on different lines in those days, the programme of the night informing the patrons there would be a grand display of fireworks after the last act - outside, of course . . . Poor old "Edmund Holloway," he was a dear old soul. Requiescat, Ned.

"MUMMER MEMOIRS", Sydney Sportsman (27 March 1912), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168597343 

Answering a Melbourne correspondent, Ned Holloway died in the week ending August 25, 1906. I don't know the exact date at this moment, but in his death the Australian stage lost its oldest active member. The veteran actor in his later years always appeared with Alfred Dampier's company, and in the October previous to his death he appeared in his old part of Dan Moran, the deep-voiced bushranger, who was Starlight's rival in "Robbery Under Arms." Ned was born in Hull, Yorkshire, and after some years at the Victorian theatres, made his first appearance in Sydney at the old Victoria Theatre in 1853, playing Pythias to Mr. James Stark's Damon. Later he supported G. V. Brooke, Charles Kean, and other eminent actors. In his younger days Ned was popular in nautical parts, and was frequently described as the T. P. Cooke of Australia, he being purely an Australian actor. Having a good basso voice, he was also a singer, but did not vocalise much in his later life. He was the original Raimondo in Australia in "Lucia di Lammermoor." In this cast, nearly 60 years ago, Mrs. Guerin (afterwards Mrs. Stewart, and mother of Nellie Stewart) was the Lucia. Mr. John Howson was the tenor, and Mr. Frank Howson the baritone. Mr. Alfred Dampier, and others who knew, attributed a marvellous old age to Ned Holloway. He himself never said anything definite (there were certain reasons, I think, which induced Ned to keep his age a secret), but to the last he remained a hale and hearty old man, "not looking by any means the 75 years which must at least have belonged to him." So said his latest critic, but there are old theatrical hands who declare that Ned Holloway was at least 90 at the time of his death. I don't go that far, but I place Ned's age at 80 at the very least. I met him at Newcastle in 1872 with a small company, and Ned was then no "chicken." He was married three times, his latest matrimonial venture being an old Victorian favorite, Miss Jenny Nye. There were many worse actors than Ned Holloway. His second wife was a very capable actress, a good and saving wife.

ASSOCIATIONS: Jennie Louisa Nye (d. 1923) never married Holloway; in VIC, 1895, she married William Robinson (d. 1908)

Documentation:

Edward Rutland, Geneanet

https://gw.geneanet.org/pgoddardberge?n=rutland&oc=&p=edward 

Edward Rutland, Convict records

https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/rutland/edward/23329 

Elizabeth Holloway, Find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87229295/elizabeth-holloway 

HOLLOWAY, Elizabeth (Elizabeth HOLLOWAY; Mrs. Edward Percy INCE)

Musician, professor of the pianoforte and singing, pupil of Sterndale Bennett

Born Mile End, London, 1825; baptised St. Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, 3 August 1825; daughter of Aylett HOLLOWAY and Elizabeth ?
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 7 June 1853 (passenger per Allandale, from the Downs, 16 February)
Married Edward Percy INCE, St. Philip's, Sydney, NSW, 22 September 1855
Departed Sydney, NSW, by c. 1860

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Elizabeth+Holloway+Ince+b1825 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Summary:

A Mrs. Holloway, presumably her mother (also Elizabeth), was in March advertising as having removed to the same Clarence-street address as a seller of wools, patterns and cottons.

Elizabeth Holloway, only daughter of the late Aylett Holloway, of Mark-lane, London, married Edward Percy Ince (1834-1868), at St. Philip's, Sydney, on 22 September 1855. Their infant first child died in June 1856, Edward was declared insolvent in May 1857, and Elizabeth advertised again professionally as Mrs. Ince in 1857. She "aged 30", and her husband "28", were listed in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, London, in the 1861 English census. Edward was again declared insolvent in 1867, and died the following year.

Documentation:

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS", Empire (8 June 1853), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61324928 

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (11 October 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12949487

AN English Lady, Professor of the Pianoforte and Singing (a pupil of Mr. W. Sterndale Bennett), having a few hours disengaged, will be happy to attend a family or school. Apply personally, or by letter, free, to Miss HOLLOWAY, 216, Elizabeth-street North, Sydney.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (11 March 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30939766 

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (7 April 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12954731 

MISS HOLLOWAY (pupil of Sterndale Bennett) will be happy to have one or two pupils more for lessons in music and singing, at Clarence-street (one door from King-street) where from nine till three she receives pupils for general instruction.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (23 December 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28640707

[Advertisement], Empire (8 January 1855), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60202384

"MARRIAGE", The Sydney Morning Herald (25 September 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12974075 

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (12 June 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12980005 

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (22 September 1857), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1300088

EDUCATION. - Mrs. INCE having removed from Macquarie-street to 57, Elizabeth-street (one door from King-street) has VACANCIES in her Select Day School, or for Pianoforte pupils only. An Evening Class for English, writing, and arithmetic, from 7 till 9.

"BIRTHS", Empire (27 July 1858), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60425689 

Bibliography and resources:

Therese Ellsworth, "The British Isles and beyond: the performance of instrumental music by William Sterndale Bennett during the long nineteenth century", Nineteenth-century music review 13 (2016), (233-55), 243

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1479409816000628 (PAYWALL)

Ellworth does not identify Holloway, but cites the anonymous March 1854 advertisement

HOLME, Thomas Davies (Thomas Davies HOLME; T. D. HOLME)

Musician, pianist, organist

Born ? Lancashire, England, c.1830s
Active Shoalhaven, NSW, by 1860s
? Active Brisbane, QLD, by 1884

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Thomas+Davies+Holme (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

Holme was a son of Shoalhaven storekeeper Thomas Holme senior (c.1806-1871), of Terara, and his wife Mary Davies (c.1811-1874), staunch Wesleyans originally from Salford, near Manchester.

He was briefly active musical in Tumut, NSW, in the early 1860s, the rest of his time that decade evidently spent between coastal Shoalhaven and Goulburn. He was at Goulburn in the early to mid 1870s, and in August 1882 it was reported that he had been appointed organist of St. Saviour's Cathedral there in succession to James Winney. He appears to have remained in the post not much longer than the end of that year, and was back at Shoalhaven by March 1883.

In August the local court ordered publicans and others not be supply with alcohol, and in Sydney in May 1884 he stood trial for the indecent assault of a 14-year-old boy at Cambewarra on 22 February. The jury being unable to reach a verdict, they were discharged, and Holme was remanded to prison pending a second trial, though if so it was not reported in the press.

He was perhaps the "T. D. Holmes" [sic] who became active musically again in the Protestant temperance movement in Brisbane in 1885, and continued so into the early 1890s.

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Empire (23 October 1857), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60262782 

"BROUGHTON CREEK", The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser (6 October 1864), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106007228 

"LECTURE ON CONGREGATIONAL SINGING", The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle (25 November 1865), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100827478 

"CONCERT", The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle (13 December 1865), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100826586 

[Advertisement], The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle (29 November 1865), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100827634 

[Advertisement], The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle (16 December 1865), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100827945 

"HARMONIC SOCIETY", The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser (22 November 1866), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106005008 

"Shoalhaven Harmonic Society", Illawarra Mercury (15 February 1867), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135810217 

"SHOALHAVEN", The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser (6 May 1869), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113829590 

"MUSICAL", The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle (23 September 1871), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101094346 

. . . The concert announced for October 3rd is in aid of the organ-harmonium purchased by the trustees for the new Wesleyan church; and on that occasion an old friend, Mr. Thomas D. Holme, will delight his hearers with selections from the best works of the best masters. We are not in possession of details; but from what we can learn the lovers of music may expect a treat.

[Advertisement], The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle (23 September 1871), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101094336 

. . . MR. THOMAS DAVIES HOLME will play selections from the compositions of MOZART, ROSSINI, HAYDN, and SPOHR. The proceeds will be devoted to the ORGAN FUND . . .

[Advertisement], The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle (8 August 1874), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100845974 

"ORGAN RECITAL AND SACRED CONCERT", Southern Argus (8 July 1882), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102065173 

"GOULBURN", Australian Town and Country Journal (12 August 1882), 39

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70989618 

CHANGES. - Mr. T. D. Holme is appointed organist of St. Saviour's, vice Mr. Winney, resigned. The latter gentleman is appointed to St. Nicholas's, North Goulburn.

"Shoalhaven", The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (17 March 1883), 502

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162082504 

Mr. T. D. Holme, an old identity in the local world of music here, has again come amongst us, and as a result it is proposed to form a harmonic society amongst us, who shall entertain themselves and others at times by concerts, &c.

[Advertisement], The Shoalhaven Telegraph (7 June 1883), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127947701 

"Court of Petty Sessions", The Shoalhaven Telegraph (23 August 1883), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127950074 

On Tuesday, the 14th, before Mr. Glanville, a prohibition was issued against Thomas D. Holme being supplied with spiritous liquors by publicans or others for the next 12 months.

"Sydney Criminal Court", Goulburn Evening Penny Post (29 May 1884), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98435879 

THE Central Criminal Court opened in Sydney on Monday before Judge Innes. Thomas Holme, a music teacher, was charged with having committed an indecent assault on a lad named Thomas Shepherd; the jury were locked up all night, and being unable to agree were discharged.

"SYDNEY", Goulburn Herald (29 May 1884), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103508617 

"Serious Charge against a Schoolmaster", Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (29 May 1884), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137291030 

"ALLEGED INDECENT ASSAULT", The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser (3 June 1884), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101638661 

? [News], The Brisbane Courier (26 May 1885), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3442344 

THE miscellaneous concert given by the members of the Blue Ribbon Choir at the Protestant Hall last evening was very successful . . . Mr. T. Ellis acted as conductor, Mr. T. D. Holme as organist, and the pianistes were Mrs. S. Humphreys and Miss M. Davies, all of whom gave much satisfaction . . .

? "Temperance", The Telegraph (6 September 1892), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174088776 

Bibliography and resources:

Crisp 1996

Rushworth 2006, Supplement, 54

HOLMES, Mr. (Mr. HOLMES)

Actor, comic vocalist

Active Sydney, NSW, 1851

Documentation:

"Royal Victoria Theatre", Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (5 April 1851), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59772304 

This Evening, April 3, 1851 . . . Comic Song, "Tippity Witchet," Mr. Holmes . . .

HOLME, T. (T. HOLME)

HOLMES, Mr. (Mr. HOLMES)

1 or 2 vocalists, pianist

Active NSW, c. 1855-56

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (8 August 1855), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12972649 

MR. FISHER'S GRAND CONCERT. - New Concert Hall, Royal Hotel. THIS EVENING, August 8th. Principal Performers: Miss Flora Harris; Miss G. Harris (her second appearance); Mrs. St. John Adcock (who will make her first appearance, as a Pianist, these two years); and Messrs. Fisher, R. Walcot, T. Holme, and E. Colley; assisted by an efficient and powerful Chorus. Conductor Mr. Fisher; Pianoforte, Mr. Harwood . . .

PROGRAMME. PART I . . . 5. Scotch Ballad - "Jock o'Hazeldean" - Mr. T. Holme . . .

"GRAND CONCERT IN AID OF THE GOULBURN HOSPITAL", The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser (31 May 1856), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118311800 

A Grand Concert of vocal and instrumental music, for the benefit of the Goulburn Hospital, was given last Thursday evening, in the grand concert room of the Commercial Hotel, Sloane-street, Goulburn . . . The performances were conducted by five amateurs, viz: - Mrs. Jewell, a songstress of very superior talent, from London; Mr. Isaac Davis, a young violinist, recently arrived in the colony from London, and who, although apparently not above eighteen years of age, displayed a mastership over his beautifully-toned instrument which elicited loud encomiums from the audience. In fact, he was encored upon every occasion. Mr. Holmes, a young gentleman engaged in the management of the Australian store, presided at one pianoforte, and Mr. Bennett at the other, Mr. Holmes taking part in the vocalism, and Mr. Bennett displaying his skill in two solos on the flutina, and was upon both occasions encored. Captain Natthey performed on the violincello, and his solo from the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor," was a most masterly performance, and called forth great tokens of approval. The selections of songs, &c., was highly creditable to the party or parties who made the arrangement, and seemed to suit the feelings and the wishes of all present. Mrs. Jewell was undoubtedly the "diamond" of the evening, and indeed it would be a task of extreme difficulty to single out any particular ballad in which she proved herself super-eminent, having been encored on the conclusion of every one of her songs. The lady's voice is a brilliant and clear soprano, while she displays great ability and tact in varying it from the soprano, through the counter-tenor to the treble. She sung the "Merry Zingara" in a most effective manner. If permitted the liberty of choosing the ballads in which she excelled, we would select "Lo, here the Gentle Lark, "In Fairy Bowers," and "The Genius of Freedom." The great differences of intonation and expression required to sing these songs with effect, are undeniable proofs of Mrs. Jewell's talent. The duet by Mrs. Jewell and Mr. Holmes "When a little farm we keep," created much amusement, and was encored, as also were the beautiful and well rendered duets - "When thy bosom heaves a Sigh," and "I know a Bank." The grand solo on the violin was also loudly applauded. Captain Natthey displayed great proficiency and masterly skill in his performance on the violincello, and was encored. Mr. Holmes was applauded over and over again, and evinced considerable skill as a pianist, and as a vocalist. He possesses an agreeable baritone voice. Mr. Bennett, in his performance on the flutina, also received great applause. So enthusiastic were the audience, and so excellent the performances, that the Concert was not concluded until half-past eleven o'clock, when the audience went away to their several residences, all evidently highly gratified at having passed so agreeable an evening. It is but justice to Mr. Coleman Jacobs, the Pianist, to state that he most kindly proffered his assistance at the Concert, but as the programme had been definitely arranged, his services were declined. We understand that the proceeds of the Concert will amount to between £40 and £50. We shall be able to give the exact amount in our next issue.

HOLMES, M. (M. HOLMES)

Bookseller and stationer, music importer

Active Melbourne, NSW (VIC), 1842

Documentation:

[2 advertisements], Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (4 April 1842), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226510506 

JUST RECEIVED, ex Eagle, and will be open for inspection to-morrow,
FIFTEEN GRAND PIANOFORTES, made by Collard and Collard, and other celebrated makers;
an extensive stock of NEW MUSIC, and a variety of musical instruments, the particulars of which will appear in a future advertisement.
Apply to M. HOLMES, Book and Stationery Warehouse, 23rd March, 1842.

MUSIC. M. HOLMES has just opened a choice and extensive assortment of Music, and Musicul Instruments, selected expressly for his market by a person of considerable experience - comprising -
Fifteen Grand piano fortes, by Collard and Collard, and other eminent makers; Two splendid violincellos; Thirty-two violins beautifully finished; Forty-eight bows for ditto; Eight guitars of the newest shapes; Four Kent bugles; One bass G. trombone; Four tipt. B. clarionets; Six 8 key'd flutes; Twelve concert ditto; Eighteen octave ditto; Ten accordions, And a variety of guitar, violin, and violincello strings.
THE MUSIC Is by the most eminent composers, and only published a short time before the sailing of the Eagle; it consists of songs, duetts, overtures, marches, quadrilles, waltzes, &c., &c., for the different instruments enumerated above.
Book and Stationery Warehouse, Collins-street. Melbourne, March 26, 1842.

HOLMES, Samuel Tuson (Samuel Tuson HOLMES; Samuel T. HOLMES; S. T. HOLMES)

Serenader, clown, circus manager (Burton's circus)

Active Sydney, NSW, by June 1850

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Samuel+T+Holmes+serenader (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Samuel+Tuson+Holmes (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HOLT, Clarance (Joseph Frederick HOLT; alias Clarance HOLT; Clarence HOLT)

Actor, manager

HOLT, Marie (Marie BROWN; Mrs. Joseph Frederick HOLT; Mrs. Clarance HOLT)

Actor, dancer

Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 23 September 1854 (per Oliver Lang, from Liverpool, 29 June)

HOLT, Bland (Joseph Thomas HOLT; Bland HOLT)

Actor, manager

Documentation:

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE", The Argus (25 September 1854), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4798100

The theatrical world will learn with pleasure, that Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Holt, from the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, have come out in the Oliver Lang, for the purpose of following their profession in these colonies. The whole of the passengers, reaching nearly 500 souls, have enjoyed remarkably good health, and not a single death occurred during the passage.

"GEELONG", The Argus (11 October 1854), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4798803

"MRS. HOLT'S BENEFIT", Geelong Advertiser (31 March 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91870336

"COLEMAN'S LYCEUM", The Argus (27 June 1856), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7132158

The farce of "Lola Montez", originally produced at the Haymarket Theatre, was performed after the play, Mrs. Holt burlesquing the terpsichorean and elocutionary peculiarities of Lola with immense success. The Spider Dance was an admirable parody of the original, and the speech that followed elicited shouts of laughter. Mrs. Holt is an excellent farce actress, and also a dancer of no ordinary calibre.

"MELBOURNE", Bendigo Advertiser (28 April 1863), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87935894

[News], South Australian Register (22 January 1900), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54431671

"OBITUARY", The Daily News (6 October 1903), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7960048/82017729  

Bibliography and resources:

Dennis Shoesmith, "Holt, Joseph Thomas (Bland) (1851-1942)", Australian dictionary of biography 4 (1972)

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/holt-joseph-thomas-bland-3785

HOLZAPFEL, Herr (Herr HOLZAPFEL; Mr. W. HOLZAPFEL)

1 or 2 musicians, clarinettist (1857), violinist and bandmaster (1871-74)

Active Ballarat, VIC, 1857
Active Alexandra, VIC, 1871
Active Benalla, VIC, 1873-74

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Star (20 August 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66043841 

CHARLIE NAPIER THEATRE. PROPRIETOR - MR. JOHN GIBBS.
. . . The Proprietor having determined upon affording the inhabitants of Ballarat, and its environs, a grand musical treat - a la Jullien - has engaged the most celebrated artistes in the colonies, thus forming
A MONSTER BAND, The solo performers consisting of
Herr Richty and Herr Weideman, 1st Violins.
Monsieur Feon, and Herr Rodi, 2nd Violins.
Herr Keitel, and - Navaiski. Tenor.
Herr Elliott, Contra Bass.
Herr Bohler, Flute.
Herr Bouleke, 1st Clarionet.
Herr Holzapfell, 2nd Clarionet.
Herr Vohr, Oboe.
Herr Ide, 1st Cornet.
Herr Busse, 2nd Cornet.
Herr Schulze, Trombone.
Mr. Parker, Pianist.
Monsieur PIETRO CANNA, on the Drums.
Leader of the Band, HERR RICHTY . . .

[Advertisement], Alexandra Times (8 December 1870), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59796612 

BRASS AND STRING BAND. Mr. Holzapfel BEGS to inform the Hotel-keepers and others that he is prepared to supply a BRASS & STRING BAND during the coming Christmas and New Year holidays at Pic-nics, Balls, Private Parties, Races, &c., on the most reasonable terms. MR. HOLZAPLFEL, Bandmaster.

[Advertisement], The North Eastern Ensign [Benalla, VIC] (2 October 1874), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71556152 

MR. W. HOLZAPFEL, VIOLINIST AND TEACHER OF MUSIC, BANDMASTER TO THE RECHABITE BAND, BEGS to inform the public of Benalla and neighborhood that he can be engaged for PRIVATE PARTIES, BALLS, &c., SUPPLYING BANDS WITH MUSIC. Apply at the North Eastern Ensign office, Benalla.

HOMBERG, Professor (Professor HOMBERG)

Musician, professor of pianoforte and singing

Active Castlemaine, VIC, 1861

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (25 October 1861), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197094269 

HONE, Joseph (Joseph HONE)

Musical amateur, member, vice-president Hobart Town Choral Society

Born London, England, 30 December 1783; baptised Providence chapel, Marylebone, London, 23 February 1784; son of William HONE (d. 1831) and Frances Maria STAWELL (d. 1833)
Married (1) Ann LAMPORT (d. 1839), St. Anne, Soho, London, England, 11 September 1802
Married (2) Elizabeth Augusta ROWE, Launceston, VDL (TAS), 21 May 1840
Died Hobart, TAS, 22 September 1861, aged "77/78"

ASSOCIATIONS: William Hone (elder brother); William Fletcher (son-in-law)

Documentation:

Baptisms, Providence chapel (Independent), Grays Inn Lane, Marylebone, 1784; UK National Archives, RG4/4240

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1696033:2972 (PAYWALL)

No. 1 / Joseph Son of William & Frances Maria Hone of Kings Gate Street in the Parish of St. George the Martyr
Born the 30th of December 1783 Baptized the 23rd of February 1784 . . .

Marriages, St. Anne, Soho, Westminster, September 1802; bishop's transcript; London Metropolitan Archives, DL/T/087/002

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/10261253:1623 (PAYWALL)

[1802 September] 11 / Joseph Hone and Ann Lamport / Banns

Letter, George Boyes, Hobart Town, 9 November 1826, to Mary Boyes; Chapman 1985, (265-67), 267

. . . 10th. Novr. I dined with Fletcher at Newtown yesterday, the acting Attorney-General was of the party, a little, ridiculous fellow who was I suspect some unfortunate city attorney, as in the course of the evening his Lady spoke of somebody that lived in Leadenhall Street. The eldest daughter is the object of my friend Fletcher's tender attentions and as they have heard & talk a good deal of me, they were assiduous to be seen to advantage by the Sydney gentleman acquainted with the best Society of New South Wales. They sang solos, Duetts and Glees, for Mr. Hone / rather a notorious name by the bye / fancied he had a good Bass voice and a perfect knowledge of music. I ought to have told you that only Mr. H. dined with us and that about 9 we adjourned to his house close by where the Ladies in high 69 awaited us. The house they live in is perhaps the best in the colony, indeed is very superior to Govt. House . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: George Boyes (work colleague of Fletcher, amateur musician

1840, marriages in the district of Launceston; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:827336; RGD37/1/2 no 715

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/827336 

"COURT OF REQUESTS", The Hobart Town Herald, or, Southern reporter (4 April 1846), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264689632 

HONEY, Henry John (John Henry HONEY; Henry HONEY)

Musician, convict

Convicted Devon Assizes, England, 25 July 1835
Arrived NSW, 17 January 1836 (convict per John Barry, from Torbay, England, 7 September 1835)
Active NSW, 1839-41

Documentation:

"English Extracts. HORRIBLE MURDER", The Australian (2 February 1836), 2-3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36853279 

The town has been thrown into a great state of excitement by the perpetration of a fatal and horrible murder of a young married women, Jane Honey, the wife of Henry Honey, who resided with his father, Mr. Honey, a musician, at No. 11, King-street. The general belief is that the horrid deed was committed by the deceased's own husband . . . [3] The deceased was about twenty eight years of age, and her husband only twenty two. They had been married several years, and were living together at his father's house. The father is a respectable man, an an old inhabitant of his place (Plymouth). The deceased's father has been dead some time. Her mother is living here, and keeps the Rose & Crown a public house in Old Town-street. Her feelings on the occasion may be easier imagined than described. The father of the deceased's husband was from home at Portsmouth. General report states that the deceased's husband has for some time past been leading a gay life. - Plymouth Pap.

"LAW INTELLIGENCE. SUPREME COURT", The Sydney Herald (13 February 1839), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12862958 

[Convict notices], New South Wales Government Gazette (18 December 1839), 1458

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230385386 

Honey John Henry, John Barry (3), 25, Devonshire, musician, 5 feet 8 1/2 inches, dark pale comp, brown hair, chestnut eyes, eyebrows meeting, several small moles on left arm, from William Lawson, Bathurst, since November 26.

[Convict notices], New South Wales Government Gazette (16 April 1841), 540

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230106972 

[Advertisement], The Sydney Herald (16 April 1841), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12868693 

"TICKETS OF LEAVE CANCELLED", The Sydney Morning Herald (19 July 1845), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12880986 

"LAW INTELLIGENCE. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT", The Sydney Morning Herald (9 January 1846), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12884580 

"DRUNKENNESS", The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (9 May 1849), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article703379 

HOOD, Robin Vaughan (Robin Vaughan HOOD; R. V. HOOD)

Musicseller, music publisher, lithographer

Born Lugwardine, Herefordshire, England, 1802; baptised Lugwardine, April 1802; son of Joseph HOOD (d. 1811) and Mary MAYO
Married Sarah LLOYD, St. James, Clerkenwell, London, England, 26 March 1826
Arrived 27 June 1833 (per Warrior)
Died Hobart, TAS, 1888

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Robin+Vaughan+Hood+d1888 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-520960 (NLA persistent identifier)

HOOD, Major Lloyd (Major Lloyd HOOD; M. L. HOOD)

Music lithographer, artist

Born Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 1 July 1834; son of Robin Vaugahn HOOD and Sarah LLOYD
Died Hobart, TAS, 16 January 1913

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Major+Lloyd+Hood+d1913 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HOOD, Thomas Lloyd (Thomas Lloyd HOOD; T. L. HOOD)

Musicseller, music lithographer, stationer, bookseller

Born Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 19 January 1843; son of Robin Vaugahn HOOD and Sarah LLOYD
Died Hobart, TAS, May 1904

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Thomas+Lloyd+Hood+1843-1904 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Summary:

A colonist of many years standing, the lithographer and printer Robin Vaughan Hood was directly associated with at least 4 (possibly 6 or more) music prints. He published and probably lithographed Francis Hartwell Henslowe's The song of the fair emigrant (1854), The Louis Napoleon polka (1854), and The Charlie Parker polka, and since the cover of the latter also mentions that it is the "Midland Grand Steeple Chase Waltzes. No. 3", Hood may also have been responsible for the unidentified Nos 1 & 2.

Reviewing the Louis Napoleon polka, the Mercury observed: "Hood has lithographed a cover in a creditable style, but his execution of the polka itself is not so distinct as might be wished".

R. V. Hood is also named as the lithographer of John Charles Tapp's Tasmanian sacred melodies (1855).

His second son, M. L. Hood was co-proprietor, with John Henry Manly, of Tasmanian Punch (published from 21 July to 29 December 1866).

A Mercury review identifies him as music lithographer of W. C. Robinson's Anthem: Hundredth Psalm, published by J. Walch and Sons in March 1864. His other work for Walch includes Frederick Buck's The young recruit march (undated, c. 1865), and he is positively identified on the cover as the lithographer of Adeline ("Composed by A. Y. Z. [i.e. "A Wise Head"]; written for the music by J. R. Betts"), published by Walch in 1867.

Documentation:

Baptisms, Lugwardine, Herefordshire, 1802; Herefordshire Baptisms

https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=R_961688737 (PAYWALL)

April 1802 / Robin Vaugh[an] son of / Joseph and Mary / Hood

Marriages solemnized in the parish of St. James Clerkenwell in the county of Middlesex in the year 1826; register 1825-37, page 112; London Metropolitan Archives, P76/JS1/040

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1623/images/31280_199039-00066?pId=4194375 (PAYWALL)

No. 335 / Robin Vaughan Hood of this Parish and Sarah Lloyd of this Parish were married in the Church by Banns this [26 March 1826] . . .

"MR. F. H. HENSLOWE", Colonial Times (8 December 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8778334

"THE LOUIS NAPOLEON POLKA", The Hobarton Mercury (27 December 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3334573

"SACRED MELODIES", The Hobarton Mercury (3 September 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3336418

[Advertisement], The Hobarton Mercury (3 September 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3336412

"Tasmanian Contributions to Paris, 1855, No XIV", The Courier (27 September 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2491196

"TASMANIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PARIS EXHIBITION", The Courier (25 November 1854), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2241803

[Advertisement], The Mercury (11 March 1864), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8825001

"SACRED MUSIC", The Mercury (11 March 1864), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8825012

"MARRIED", The Mercury (25 June 1866), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8840090

[Advertisement], The Mercury (21 March 1867), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8844808

[Advertisement], The Mercury (29 March 1867), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8844952

[Advertisement], The Mercury (17 June 1870), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8866503

"PERSONAL", The Mercury (17 January 1913), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10271519

Bibliography and resources:

"Robin Vaughan Hood", Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO)

http://www.daao.org.au/bio/robin-vaughan-hood

"Hood, Major Lloyd (1834-1913)"

http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/catalogues/artist/170981/major-lloyd-hood.aspx

HOOKE, Edwin (Edwin HOOKE)

Organist

Active Hobart, TAS, by 1859

Documentation:

"OPENING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, O'BRIEN'S BRIDGE", The Hobart Town Daily Mercury (9 March 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3253636

. . . As usual the music was excellently performed, Mr. Edwin Hooke presiding at the organ, and Mr. H. Hunter leading the choir. The following was the music selected for the occasion: - Kyrie in B flat-Haydn I; Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Benedictus - Van Bree. Agnus Dei in B flat - Haydn I. This pretty little church was built under the auspices of Mr. Henry Hunter, to whose architectural taste it bears full testimony . . .

"ORGANIST'S UNIQUE RECORD", The Mercury (1 September 1923), 15

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23700197

. . . Notwithstanding such long service, Miss Reichenberg is still capable of efficiently rendering such difficult compositions. Her career, like the history of the church in which she has spent so much of her life, has some interesting associations with the musical history of Hobart. Her father, Mr. Joseph Reichenberg, who died in 1851, was band-master of H.M. 40th Regiment, and conducted the first musical concert of which there is a record in Hobart as far back as 1826. In 1841, when the church of St. Joseph was first opened, he became its first choirmaster and organist, and among his successors prior to his daughter taking her position were the late Charles Packer, uncle to the well-known musical family of that name and a musician of the highest degree; also Mr. Edmund Roper, Mr. Hook, and other musicians of 60 years and more ago . . .

HOOPER, Mr. (Mr. HOOPER; Mr. J. HOOPER)

Actor, vocalist

Active Melbourne, VIC, 1851
Active Hobart, TAS, 1853-54

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Mr+Hooper+actor+vocalist (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (25 February 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4776367 

GRAND CONCERT AND BALL. MESSRS. GORDON & HOOPER,
BEG leave most respectfully to announce to their Friends and the Public in general that their
GRAND CONCERT AND BALL, will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, February 27, at the Protestant Hall . . .
MESSRS. GORDON AND HOOPER . . . have secured the valuable services of the following distinguished Artistes:
MR. H. F. HEMY, Under whose able direction the concerted pieces will be produced.
MRS. WHEELER, The eminent pianist . . .
MR. WHEELER Will make his second appearance, and will sing two of Russell's most celebrated compositions.
HORE'S ADMIRADLE SAXE HORN BAND Will also be in attendance . . .
PROGRAMME OF CONCERT. PART I . . . Comic Song - "Poverty" - Mr. Hooper - Parry . . .
PART II . . . Old English Ballad - "Lord Lovel" - Mr. Hooper . . .
THE BALL Will commence at half-past Ten o'clock . . . Tickets to be had of Mr. E. G. Gordon, at the Teetotal Coffee House, 21, Great Bourke-street West; Mr. Hooper, Royal Exchange Hotel, Collins-street.

ASSOCIATIONS: E. G. Gordon, alias of Edward Geoghegan (playwright, actor); Henry Frederick Hemy (pianist, vocalist, conductor); Stephen and Mary Wheeler (vocalist, pianist)

MUSIC: Oh, poverty (by Alexander Hume, air: "The posie"); Lord Lovel (ballad)

"THE QUEEN'S THEATRE ROYAL", Port Phillip Gazette (8 March 1851), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224813560 

. . . On Thursday evening, the play was "The Advocate; or, The Maiden of Genoa," [sic, Geneva]- in this piece Mrs. Young and Mr. Ward deserve particular attention - the former had a just conception of the character of Teresa, which she played with considerable effect . . . Messrs. Hooper and Gordon, are both deserving of notice - Mr. Hooper played his part of the Count tolerably, but Mr. Gordon appeared to most advantage in his sacerdotal robes - his speeches were well delivered, and the consolations which he gave to Teresa under her accumulated suffurings, were delivered with a pathos that went to every heart . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Jane Eliza Young (actor); Queen's Theatre (Melbourne)

[Advertisement], The Melbourne Daily News (5 April 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226518982 

QUEENS THEATRE. WINTER SEASON. MONDAY APRIL 7th.
MR. YOUNG has the honor of announcing to his Friends Patrons and the public generally, that the Theatre will Re-open for the Winter Season on the Evening of Monday next . . .
The interlude will consist of:
A Comic Song - Mr. Hooper.
A Greek Pas Suel - Mrs. Young
Comic Irish Song "Larry O' Gaff" - Mr. Burton (From Hobartown his first appearance here) . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Young (actor, manager)

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (27 December 1853), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2238295 

"Public Amusements", The Courier (31 December 1853), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2239281 

HOOPER, Frank (Frank HOOPER)

Composer

Active Victoria, c. 1850

Summary:

Frank Hooper composed the music to W. J. D. Arnold's words of the Victorian Separation song, Hark to the strains that triumphant are swelling (Melbourne: Edward Arnold, [c.1850]).

He is perhaps Francis L. Hooper, a surgeon and medical officer who had arrived in Australia as a ship's surgeon by 1849, and died in Mornington, VIC, on 30 November 1896, aged 74.

Documentation:

"POLICE COURT", South Australian Register (18 August 1849), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50245986

"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE", The Argus (14 September 1859), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5688048

"MORNINGTON", Mornington Standard (3 December 1896), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65822773

HOPKINS, Mr. (Mr. HOPKINS)

Amateur vocalist

Active Bendigo, VIC, c. 1860

? DISAMBIGUATION: Daniel Morris Hopkins (1823-1879, amateur actor, active Bendigo area, c. 1860s)

HOPKINS, E. (? Emanuel HOPKINS)

Amateur musician, xylophone player and ? maker (rock harmonicon, wooden harmonicon)

Active Launceston, TAS, 1867

Documentation:

"Popular Readings", The Cornwall Chronicle (6 July 1867), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72187018 

. . . The President apologised for the absence of Mr. Hopkins, who was to have performed a solo on the wooden harmonicon, but was prevented by family affliction from attending. Mr. Hopkins very much regretted this, as on a previous occasion he had been prevented from performing the piece set opposite his name on the programme. But Mr. Sharp had kindly undertaken to replace Mr. Hopkins on this occasion . . .

[News], Launceston Examiner (10 August 1867), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36645335 

The sixpenny reading given in the Hall of the Mechanics' on Thursday night was quite a success . . . Mr. E. Hopkins was loudly applauded for his performance on the "rock harmonicon," in which he was accompanied by Mr. T. Sharp on the piano . . .

"The Penny Reading at the Mechanics' Institute", The Cornwall Chronicle (14 September 1867), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72185338 

. . . Mr. E. Hopkins gave a solo on the wooden Harmonicon. Amongst the airs in this solo "Uncle Sam's" national anthem, - "Yankee Doodle" was predominant. It is really astonishing how Mr. Hopkins extracts such harmony and melody out of an instrument so oddly constructed . . .

"POPULAR CONCERT", Launceston Examiner (19 September 1876), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37143897 

The popular concert at Town Hall last evening in aid of the funds of the Church of England Temperance Society attracted a crowded audience . . . agreeable changes were introduced by a performance by Mr. Hopkins on the wooden harmonicon, and Mr. Brown on the mouth organ, accompanying himself on the piano, both of which were encored . . .

HOPKINS, Gattey (Gattey HOPKINS)

Dancing master

Born ? UK, c.1813
Active Hobart Town, TAS, 1843-52
Died Hobart, TAS, 24 September 1853, aged 40

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Gattey+Hopkins+d1853 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Summary:

Gattey Hopkins, "late of the Firm of Hopkins and Sons, of London", first advertised as a dancing master in Hobart in June 1843. At his quarterly ball in April 1844, his band consisted of Duly, Gautrot, Curtis and Singer, and in August, "a hornpipe by a young gentleman amateur, a pupil of Mr. Gattey Hopkins, was very much admired . . . Master Barfoot".

Hopkins was described "as late of this city", when his daughter Ann Sophia, married the bandsman and composer, Arthur S. Hill, of the 99th Regiment, at St. Joseph's Church, Hobart, in April 1854.

A John Gattey Hopkins, professor of dancing, of Cheapside, London, had been insolvent in December 1830.

Documentation:

"INSOLVENT DEBTORS", The London Gazette 18755 (10 December 1830), 2596

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/18755/pages/2596

[Advertisement], Colonial Times (27 June 1843), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8753690

[Advertisement], Colonial Times (9 January 1844), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8754379

"MR. GATTEY HOPKINS'S BALL", Colonial Times (30 April 1844), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8754827

"THE THEATRE", Colonial Times (19 August 1845), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8757058

[Advertisement], The Courier (4 January 1845), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2950069

[Advertisement], The Courier (23 October 1850), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2961928

[Advertisement], Colonial Times (12 November 1852), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8772379

1853, deaths in the district of Hobart; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1191632; RGD35/1/4 no 566

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-4p58j2k 

"MARRIED", The Courier (18 April 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2248067

HORAN, Peter (Peter HORAN)

Amateur musician, trombone player

Active Sydney, NSW

Documentation:

"OLD SYDNEY. . . (By 'OLD CHUM') . . . CLARIONET PLAYER", Truth (17 July 1910), 11

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201755567

Under date June 23, 1910, Mr. M. J. Conlon, for whose ready and valued assistance in compiling these these chapters I am deeply grateful, writes: -
"Dear Old Chum, - One of your correspondents asks in your 'Old Sydney' column in last Sunday's issue if I know the name of the clarinet player who was a farrier in George-street, Sydney, and who played in Sergeant-Major Baynes's band many years ago. His name was Michael McMahon, and his shop was next door to Mr. Michael Farrell's Farriers' Arms Inn, George-street, nearly opposite the Royal Hotel. The spot is now occupied by Lassetter and Co., Limited. Michael McMahon learned his music this way. In 1850 [sic] the late Very Reverend Archdeacon McEncroe, who was parish priest of St. Patrick's, Church-hill, started a crusade against intemperance. He had a meeting one night a week in the school-room that is under the church; he always took the chair and invited the public, of whatever denomination, to assist at the meetings. He usually had several gentlemen, fluent speakers, with him, who gave short lecture on temperance. The meetings were so successful that the Archdeacon thought that he would establish a musical band. He invited the young men of the parish to come and join - they did so. The Archdeacon provided all the instruments, and the band, when ready, played at all the temperance gatherings. Michael McMahon took a clarinet, and his brother, Thomas, a cornet. The latter turned out one of the best colonial players up to that time. The band, I think, did not play for money as a band, but individual players in years after did. Thomas McMahon had a son who was a splendid cornet player, and the press of Sydney was loud in his praise about 25 years ago. I do not know what became of him, but Michael and Thomas have long since joined the great majority. There were others, members of that band, well known as citizens. Mr. Peter Horan played, I think, the trombone. He became an employee of Messrs. Richardson and Wrench, the real property auctioneers, of Pitt-street, and was with them for over forty years. At his death the firm paid a very great tribute of respect to his family. There was a great character who was the drummer in that band. His name was Daniel Dore . . .

HORE FAMILY OF MUSICIANS

Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 21 July 1849 (government immigrants per Hope, from Plymouth, 7 March)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Hore-family-of-musicians (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Hore's+saxhorn+band (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HORE, Joseph (senior) (Joseph HORE; Mr. HORE)

Musician, tailor

Born Shaldon, Devon, England, 1801; son of James HORE (1770-1851) and Jane STEPHENS (1775-1850)
Married Elizabeth HALL (1798-1866), St. Nicholas, Ringmore, Devon, 29 June 1824
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 21 July 1849 (per Hope, from Plymouth, 7 March)
Died Melbourne, VIC, 21 July 1865, aged 64

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Joseph+Hore+1801-1865 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HORE, Phillip William (Phillip William HORE)

Musician

Born Shaldon, Devon, England, 1825; son of Joseph HORE and Elizabeth HALL
Died Melbourne, VIC, 10 January 1856

HORE, Joseph Percival (Joseph Percival HORE; Joseph HORE, junior)

Musician

Born Shaldon, Devon, England, 1827; son of Joseph HORE and Elizabeth HALL
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 21 July 1849 (per Hope, from Plymouth, 7 March)
Married Ellen Esther CLOTHIER, St. Peter's, Melbourne, 19 April 1852
Died Collingwood, VIC, 9/10 November 1859, aged 32

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Joseph+Percival+Hore+1827-1859 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HORE, Samuel (Samuel HORE; Mr. S. HORE)

Musician, trombone player, arranger

Born Devon, England, 1834; son of Joseph HORE and Elizabeth HALL
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 21 July 1849 (per Hope, from Plymouth, 7 March)
Died Richmond, VIC, 15 December 1905, aged 71 years

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Samuel+Hore+1834-1905 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HORE, James (James HORE)

Musician

Born St. Nicholas, Devon, England, c. 1835/36; son of Joseph HORE and Elizabeth HALL
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 21 July 1849 (per Hope, from Plymouth, 7 March)
Married Annie Louisa EMERY (c. 1848-1929), Congregational church, Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, 15 July 1871
Died Abbotsford, Collingwood, VIC, August 1893, aged "57"

HORE, John (John Hamlyn HORE)

Musician

Born St. Nicholas, Devon, 17 April 1837; baptised Wesleyan chapel, Teignmouth, 12 May 1837; son of Joseph HORE and Elizabeth HALL
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 21 July 1849 (per Hope, from Plymouth, 7 March)
Died Melbourne, VIC, 7 March 1872

HORE, Rufus (Rufus HORE; Mr. R. HORE)

Musician, horn player, publican

Born Newton Abbot, Devon, 1840; son of Joseph HORE and Elizabeth HALL
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 21 July 1849 (per Hope, from Plymouth, 7 March)
Married Edith LEACH (1843-1889), Holy Trinity, East Melbourne, 25 December 1865
Died Fitzroy, VIC, 30 December 1886

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Rufus+Hore+1840-1886 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HORE, Jacob (Jacob Stephens HORE; Jacob HORE)

Born Newton Abbot, Devon, 1841 (3rd quarter)
Died Northcote, VIC, 1922, aged "81"

HORE, Rufus Henry

Musician

Born Collingwood, VIC, 11 June 1855; son of Joseph Percival HORE and Ellen Esther CLOTHIER
Died Fitzroy, VIC, Melbourne, June 1889

HORE, Allan

Musician, trombone player

Born VIC, 19 April 1876; son of Samuel HORE and Helen Gertrude SILVESTER
Died VIC, 1950

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Allan+Hore+1876-1950 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

Disposal list of the Immigrants per the Ship "Hope" . . . July 1849; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E2A106BC-F1B1-11E9-AE98-7353571BB1F2?image=105 (DIGITISED)

Hore / Joseph / Tailor / 48 / went to Melbourne intending to enter into business
Elizabeth / Housekeeper / 50
Joseph / Tailor / 22
Samuel / Stonemason / 14
Mary Jane / Stay maker / 18
Children, James / 13 // John / 11 // Rufus / 9 // Jacob / 8

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/280041:1204 (PAYALL)

Hore Joseph / 48 / Tailor / [native plave] St. Nicholas Devonshire
Hore Elizabeth / 50 / Wife / [native plave] St. Nicholas Devon
Joseph P. / 22 / Tailor / Shaldon [Devon]
Mary Jane / 18 / Staymaker / [Shaldon Devon]
Samuel / 14 / Mason / [Shaldon Devon]
James / 13 / son / St. Nicholas [Devon]
John / 11 / son / [St. Nicholas Devon]
Rufus / 9 / son / [St. Nicholas Devon]
Jacob / 8 / son / [St. Nicholas Devon]

[Advertisement], The Argus (23 August 1849), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4772493

GERMAN QUARTETTE SOIREES. The second of the series of German Quartette Concerts, will take place on TUESDAY EVENING NEXT, the 28th inst., In the large room of the Prince of Wales Hotel. THE Songs will be accompanied by Mr. Buddee . . . To give additional variety to the entertainment, the Messrs. Hore will perform a quartette on the saxe horn, and Master Hore (12 years of age) will perform a solo on the same instrument.

"THE CONCERT", The Argus (29 August 1849), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4764903 

The German singers seem almost fated in point of weather, their last soiree having been on the coldest and foggiest night of the season, and last night being very threatening, with occasional heavy showers. In spite of all, however, a very numerous and respectable assemblage met at the Prince of Wales, and were rewarded by some very good music, and a pleasant evening. Many of the quartettes were of extreme beauty, and very well given; Mr. Buddee's solos excessively brilliant and effective, and the horn playing of the Messrs. Hore, both deserved and excited great applause, and added much to the variety and pleasure of the entertainment. The solo of the younger Hore, a lad of twelve years of age, was particularly effective, and received an unanimous encore. And in speaking favourably of his performance, we do it the more conscientiously, from the fact of our taste not generally lying in the direction of "infant phenomena," a genus to which we confess a strong antipathy. In consequence, we presume, of the late news of the attack on the Queen, the evening wound up with the National Anthem, listened to with a degree of loyalty, which would have sent our friend with the "Democracy" mania, happy to his couch for once.

[Advertisement], The Argus (6 September 1849), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4774548

Musical Entertainment. THE public are respectfully informed that the Sax Horn Performers, just arrived from England, intend giving an Evening's Entertainment, at the Mechanic's Institute, on Tuesday, the 11th instant. For particular see the Programme.

[Advertisement], The Argus (11 September 1849), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4768993 

GRAND CONCERT.
UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT MR. LA TROBE. HIS HONOR THE JUDGE. HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR.
J. HORE BEGS to announce that he intends giving an Evening's Entertainment on the Sax Horns, at the Mechanics' Institute, on TUESDAY, the 11th instant, on which occasion he has engaged the German Quartetto Singers, and Mr. Crook, who has just arrived from London, where he has appeared before the first nobility.
The Concert will commence precisely at eight o'clock.
Tickets to be obtained at Messrs. Pullar, Pitman, and Clarke, Booksellers, Collins-street and Mr. Megson, Music Warehouse, Swanston-street; Mr. Robe, Watchmaker, Collins-street; and Mr. J. Hore, opposite "Fitzroy Arms," King-street. Tickets - 3s.

"THE CONCERT", The Argus (11 September 1849), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4768995

The musical entertainment of the Messrs. Hore takes place this evening, at the Mechanics' Institute, and we can assure such of our readers as have not heard the performance of those gentlemen, on the sax-horn, that they have not often the opportunity of listening to such spirit-stirring music.

[Advertisement], The Melbourne Daily News (22 September 1849), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226322572 

Saxe Horn Band. J. HORE RESPECTFULLY informs the inhabitants of Melbourne, of his intention of attending to dinner parties and balls, with the highly esteemed instrument the SAXE HORN; and as the band consists of his own family, he can attend at tire shortest notice. Private lessons on the Cornopean. Orders received at Mr. Robe's Watch-maker, Great Collins-street, and at Mr. Hore's Tailor, opposite Fitzroy Arms, King-street.

"THE SAX HORN BAND", Geelong Advertiser (6 December 1849), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93134656 

On Tuesday evening last, we were kindly favored with an invitation by Mr. R. Fawcett, to a private concert by the Sax Horn Band, and we freely admit that music never so much charmed us as on that occasion - the harmonious strains were truly delicious. The pieces that we heard were exceedingly various in character and equally charming in the sostenuto and the staccato passages, but particularly in the latter, which were executed in a masterly style, and were as crisp as any fastidious ear could desire. We have no hesitation in giving the palm to Monsieur Sax's noble invention as the acme of perfection in Brass Instruments. The horn in appearance is exceedingly graceful, and appears to be a combination of the cornet-a-piston, and the French horn, it has three valves, but unlike the cornopean, each valve is open at the bottom, and the performers are under no necessity of carrying a parcel of crooks about with them as is necessary with that instrument; the Sax horn being capable of producing every semi-tone within its compass. The occasion of their visit was accidental - it appears that Mr. Clarke had engaged the Messrs. Hore and Sons to give a series of concerts, at Mack's Hotel, during the Regatta week, and as Mr. Elmes had expressed an intention of opposing Mr. Clarke's arrangements the matter was dropped for the present, but by the peculiar management of the Melbourne Post office, a letter which had been sent by the Friday's mail had not reached its destination on Monday night. We are informed that Mr. Clarke is making arrangements so that the public will shortly have an opportunity of hearing this truly novel and beautiful instrument.

[Advertisement], The Argus (28 February 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4768892

THIS EVENING . . . MR. REED'S CONCERT . . . Mr. Reed has engaged THE SAX HORN BAND Who will assist in the Instrumental pieces; he has also obtained the use of several military drums and other instruments, which he hopes to give the original effects in JULLIEN'S CELEBRATED DRUM POLKA . . .
PROGRAMME. PART I. OVERTURE - "LA GAZZA LADRA", military drums, &c. - Rossini . . .
PART II. SHAKSPERIAN OVERTURE, Introducing all the favourite ancient dramatic melodies, arranged expressly for the occasion by T. Reed - Sir H. R. Bishop . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus (4 October 1850), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4772518

HORE'S SPLENDID SAXE HORN BAND.
THE MESSRS. HORE, having received from London, the most fashionable and admired Waltzes, Quadrilles, and Polkas, are prepared to enter into engagements for public or private balls, festivals, assembles, &c. Mr. Hore, in thanking the Gentry of Melbourne for their approbation and support since their arrival in Port Phillip, would beg to remind settlers in the interior, that the band consists of HIMSELF and SONS, which gives them a great superiority over other professionals, in preparing them to accept at a moment's notice engagements in the bush. He has great pleasure, therefore, in acquainting such settlers as may require their services for private or public assemblies, or for rejoicings in commemoration of Separation, that on due notice being given, he is prepared to go to any part of the interior where the services of his band may be deemed requisited. Communications addressed to Mr. Hore, Saxe Horn Band, Elizabeth-street, will be promptly attended at.
N.B. - Mr. Hore respectfully requests settlers when applying by letter, to refer him to some gentleman in town, with whom he can consult, to prevent any misunderstanding.
Instructions given for brass instruments of every description.

[Advertisement], The Argus (17 October 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4772437

GRAND MUSICAL PROMENADE. Under the Patronage of His Honor the Superintendent and His Worship the Mayor. VICTORIA CITY BAND. JOSEPH HORE, has gnat pleasure, in acquainting the ladies and gentlemen of Melbourne, Richmond, New Town, Collingwood, &c. that by permission of His Worship the Mayor, the Victoria City Band will meet on the Eastern Hill, opposite St. Peter's Church, on Tuesday in each week, from 6 till 8 o'clock, p.m. for the performance of the most popular musical celebrities of the day. In introducing in the city so desirable an acquisition as the regular performances of a public band and the formation of a musical promenade during the ensuing summer, it is hoped that it will meet the approbation of all classes of the community. The first meeting of the Band will take place on Tuesday evening, 22nd of October.

"MUSICAL PROMENDADE", The Argus (23 October 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4769176 

A considerable number of people assembled yesterday evening to witness the performance of the new band organised by Mr. Hore. The evening was very unfavorable, being black and threatening, and the site selected was not very suitable, being surrounded on all sides by dusty roads. Despite these drawbacks, however, some very pretty polkas, airs, and overtures were given in a style very creditable indeed for the short time that the band has been formed. If well supported, the scheme is capable of producing some very agreeable evenings, and if not well supported, the citizens will prove themselves utterly tasteless, and unworthy of the offer of a most pleasant recreation.

"HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ", The Argus (30 October 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4771973 

The second exhibition of the Victorian Horticultural Society will be held to-day, at the Botanical Gardens . . . The following is the programme of the music that will be played at the Show. During the admission of members, from 11 am to noon, the band will perform - God Save the Queen; Rule Britannia; Hail! Smiling Morn; Origa Waltz; Drum Polka; Cimarosa (Saxe horns), Posthorn Galop. During the admission of the public, from 12 am to 1 p.m. - Queens Qudarilles; Love Not; Scots Wha Hae (Saxe horns); Coronation Waltz; Galop of Gustavus; Grand March; Bridal Polka. From 1 to 2 p.m. - Overture to Fra Diavolo; Mary Blane (Saxe horns); Ivy Green; Pas de double; Still so Gently o'er me stealing (Saxe horns); Flower Polka. From 2 to 3 p.m. - Alexandina Quadrilles; Count of Paris Polka; Waltz, Stampe; Auld land Syne (Saxe horns), Nix my Dolly; Railroad Gallop. From 3 to 4 p.m. - Overture to the Caliph of Bagdad; Polka, Pet of the Carnival; Jeanette and Jeannot (Saxe horns); Waltz; Galop. From 4 to 5 p.m. - Jenny Lind's March; Polka, Julien; Last Rose of Summer (Saxe horns); Those Evening Bells; Pas redouble; God Save the Queen . . .

"THE SAXE HORN BAND", The Melbourne Daily News (31 October 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226518811 

This band contributed very much to enliven the visitors at the Horticultural Show. The performers have really attained a very respectable pitch of perfection.

"MUSICAL PROMENDADE", The Melbourne Daily News (31 October 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226518811 

The second meeting of the Victoria City Band took place last night. The evening was much more pleasant than the first one, and more regard was had to order and general comfort contiguous to the stand, a policeman being stationed near to prevent the encroachment of children. The pieces were played accurately and with spirit, and appeared to be well received. Polkas, gallops, and marches infused life and energy through the assembly, and made the Promenade extremely lively. The overture to the Caliph of Bagdad was the chief piece of the evening, and great praise is due to Mr. Hore for the manner in which it was brought out. It is something to hear an overture in this antipodian territory, especially under the circumstances with which these are performed, every individual possessing taste and judgment in such matters, having but to "walk up," as the showman would express it - for the small charge of - the trouble, and share in the gratuitous enjoyment. I have been informed that Handel's Hallelujah Chorus is under arrangement for the band, and when produced will afford a rich treat for the lovers of sacred harmony. - Communicated.

"SEPARATION REJOICINGS. THE GARDENS", The Argus (19 November 1850), 1s

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4767470

. . . The children to the number of five or six thousand, marched in procession to the gardens with their little banners, and headed by the Saxe Horn Band. After parading for a while, they marched over the bridge, and received in passing, from the hands of Mr. Marsden, and others a distribution of the ten thousand buns specially ordered for the occassion. His Lordship the Bishop of Melbourne appeared delighted at this innocent, yet hopeful spectacle . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus (8 January 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4775487

CONCERT. MECHANICS' INSTITUTE MUSIC CLASS . . . Fantasia on Airs from Italian Operas - Saxe Horns - Hore . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus (11 March 1852), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4783724

SAXE HORN BAND.
J. HORE returns his sincere thanks to the inhabitants of Melbourne for their kind support, and begs respectfully to inform the gentry, that he has just received from England a good selection of Polkas, Waltzes, and Quadrilles.
J. H. would also remind the public of his forming a strong quadrille band, consisting of a violin, violoncello, flute, and cornet; and hopes, by strict attention to the newest and most popular music, for a share of their kind support.
Lonsdale-street, East.

[Advertisement], The Argus (7 February 1853), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4789575 

ADMISSION ONE SHILLING.
Promenade Concerts à la Jullien.
AT THE Olympic Circus, top of Bourke-street, east.
THE Public are respectfully informed that this Establishment will be open every evening this week.
Mr. W. F. Sayer, of the London Concerts.
Sax Horns. Mr. Hore and his five sons.
Mr. Dawson, the comic singer, will give some of his popular ditties.
Instrumental solos will form part of the entertainment on every occasion, by some of the most eminent performers now in the Colony.
Every evening a Grand Band will perform, conducted by Mr. J. Winterbottom, the only solo performer on the bassoon . . .

"MARRIED", The Argus (15 August 1853), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4795716

MARRIED. On the 8th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Melbourne . . . Mr. W. T. Bovey, youngest son of Mr. Bovey, schoolmaster, of Buckfastleigh, Devonshire, England, to Mary Jane eldest daughter of Mr. Hore, Master of the Saxehorn band, Melbourne, late of Shaldon, Devonshire, England. On the 27th June, ult., at the Wesleyan Chapel, Collins-street, Melbourne . . . William, second son of Mr. John Marris, timber merchant, Melbourne, to Lauretta, second daughter Mr. Joseph Hore, master of the Saxehorn band, Shaldon, Devon, England.

"NEW MUSIC", The Argus (29 October 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4798779 

We perceive by an advertisement in this day's Argus, that Mr. Rowe has determined to provide not only a new and choice of beautiful music for the visitors to the American Circus, but that he has also determined from and after Monday next, to have new instruments and new performers. Hore's Sax Horn Band is engaged to perform there every evening. The talent of the various members of Hore's Band on their respective instruments is well known, but should be heard to be appreciated.

[Advertisement], The Argus (13 February 1854), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4803092

"AN OUTRAGEOUS 'STICKING-UP' CASE", The Argus (10 May 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4807288

[Advertisement], The Argus (29 November 1854), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4801003

"DIED", The Argus (12 November 1859), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5691609

On the 10th inst., at his residence, Crayford Cottage, Gore-street, Mr. Joseph Percival Hore, musician, aged 32.

Probate, Joseph Percival Hore, musician, 1859; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/EAC32555-F1DB-11E9-AE98-7D77DC91DB06?image=1 (DIGITISED)

"DEATHS", The Argus (26 July 1865), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5763878

HORE. - On the 21st inst., at his late residence, 167, Lonsdale-street east, Melbourne, Joseph Hore, late of Shaldon, Devonshire, England, aged sixty-four.

"DEATHS", The Argus (6 June 1866), 4

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HORE. - On the 5th inst., at her residence, 167 Lonsdale-street east, Elizabeth, the widow of the late Joseph Hore, aged sixty-eight years.

[News], The Argus (18 March 1870), 5

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The annual meeting of the members of the Victorian Musical Association of Professional Musicians was held yesterday, at their rooms, Collins-street east; Herr Siede in the chair . . . The election of officers then proceeded, and the following were elected: - President, Mr. C. E. Horsley; secretary, Mr. Samuel Hore; treasurer, Mr. Jos. Hore; librarian, Herr Elsasser. - The following were elected to fill the vacancies in the committee: - Messrs. Lundberg, Siede, Caws, Jager, Berg, and Bentley . . .

"Deaths", The Argus (31 December 1886), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11584678 

HORE. - On the 30th inst., at his late residence, Leviathan Hotel, Gertrude-street, Fitzroy, Mr. Rufus Hore, a colonist of over 37 years standing, aged 47 years.

"Funeral Notices", The Argus (17 June 1889), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6255331 

THE Friends of the late Mr. RUFUS HENRY HORE, musician, are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, the Melbourne General Cemetery.

"Death", The Argus (19 August 1893), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8682638

HORE. - At his late residence, 14 Hoddle-street, Abbotsford, James Hore, musician, bandmaster of the Gordon Cadet and St. Ignatius Bands; last survivor but one of Hore's Saxhorn Band, Melbourne, 1849; aged 57.

"MUSICAL NOTES", The Australian Star (22 April 1899), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228926602 

Mr. H. Deidrichson, the popular conductor for Mr. Robert Brough, again occupies his accustomed position at the Theatre Royal, and has in his orchestra a Mr. Samuel Hore, a musician who has seen 60 years of professional service in the colonies. Mr. Joseph Hore, father of the former, was the bandmaster of the first band formed in Australia, and conducted it at the swearing-in of the first Governor of Victoria, at the opening of the old Prince's Bridge, and at the laying of the foundation stone of St. Patrick's' Cathedral in 1850. The full strength of performers consisted of about six brass instruments, but Mr. S. Hore had the satisfaction of seeing the band grow to nearly 60 players. He has played first trombone under every conductor of note who has appeared in either Sydney or Melbourne.

"DEATHS", The Argus (16 December 1905), 13

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10047371

HORE. - On the 15th December, at his residence, 102 Dover-street, South Richmond, Samuel Hore, musician, the dearly beloved husband of Helen Hore, aged 71 years. Last survivor of Hore's Saxhorn Band in Melbourne, 1849. No flowers, by his special request.

"A Veteran Musician", Daily Telegraph [Launceston, TAS] (20 December 1905), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154022419 

Mr. Samuel Hore, who died at his residence, 102 Dover-street, Richmond [VIC], on 16th inst., arrived in Victoria at the age of 14. Coming from a musical family, he turned his attention to trombone playing, and his proficiency soon won for him a local reputation. His father, Joseph Hore, was bandmaster of the first band formed in Australia, and conducted it at the swearing in of the first Governor in Victoria, at the opening of the old Prince's Bridge, and at the laying of the foundation stone of St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1850. The full strength of the performers at that time consisted of about six instruments, but Mr. Hore had the satisfaction of seeing the Saxhorn Band grow to about 60 performers. Deceased had seen 50 years' unbroken professional service in the colonies, and had played first trombone and double bass under every conductor of note in Australia. Prior to being seized with illness about six months ago he had not missed a performance of the Melbourne Philharmonic Society since its Inauguration. His general knowledge of musical instruments was invaluable to theatrical managers, and he had orchestrated most of the operas produced in Australia, including Sir William Robinson's "Predatorus." Deceased, who was 71 years of age, leaves a widow, six sons and two daughters.

Bibliography and resources:

"Garryowen" [Edmund Finn], Chronicles of early Melbourne 1835 to 1852, Vol. 2 (Melbourne: Fergusson and Mitchell, 1888), 539

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9518955

http://webstat.latrobe.edu.au/url/hdl.handle.net/1959.9/202350

. . . Associations for the promotion of Temperance were formed early in Melbourne . . . land was purchased in Russell Street . . . and a comfortable Hall erected, in which meetings were held. As it was found advisable to provide attractions for the meetings, a band of music was formed in 1847, which numbered over twenty performers, and have great satisfaction on its first public appearance. On each Tuesday evening, when the public meeting took place, the band paraded the streets for upwards of an hour, and attracted an audience which more than filled the hall . . . The members of the band were unselfish, and gave the proceeds of their services to the Society for the purchase of new instruments and towards defraying the debt on the hall. After a time, as Bandmaster Tickle became unsteady, an old Peninsular veteran named McKee supplied his place until 1849, when the Messrs. Hore arrived in the colony. They were the first to introduce saxe-horns here. They formed a quartette, consisting of P. Hore, first horn; J. Hore, second; S. Hore, tenor; and R. Hore, Senr., bass.

"MELBOURNE'S FIRST BAND", The Age (23 March 1939), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205982502

Ten more years must pass before Melbourne can celebrate its centenary of band music, according to Mr. Allan Hore, veteran bandsman and orchestral player, who has been compelled to cast his trombone aside and accept employment in a more regular form of occupation than in the realms of music. Mr. Hore recalls that his father, the late Samuel Hore, was a member of the first band established in Melbourne. Known, naturally enough, as Hore's Band, the combination was a first purely a family venture, formed by Mr. Samuel Hore, his four brothers and their father, who arrived here from the Old Country in 1849. The Hore family continued to provide band music in Melbourne for many years. Mr. Allan Hore was trombone player in orchestras for J. C. Williamson Ltd., mainly at His Majesty's Theatre, for 28 years . . .

HORN, Mr. (Mr. HORN)

Scottish vocalist

Active Sydney, NSW, 1854

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Empire (7 November 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60199705 

GRAND SCOTTISH ENTERTAINMENT. SCHOOL OF ARTS.
MR. McFARLANE has the honour to announce to the people of Sydney and its vicinity, that he will give a series of Weekly Concerts at the above place. He will be assisted by
Mr. Horn, lately from Edinburgh, and W. B. Dingwall, of this city.
WEDNESDAY, 8th NOVEMBER.
PROGRAMME: PART FIRST.
Solo, and Chorus - "Scots wha' ha'e" (Burns) - Messrs. McFarlane, Dingwall, and Horn.
Song - "Gloomy winter" (Tanahill), Mr. McFarlane.
Song - "Jock o' Hazeldean" (Sir Walter Scott) - Mr. Dingwall.
Song - "Wha's for Scotland and Charlie" (Jacobite) - Mr. Horn.
Song - "My boy Tammy" (H. Macneill) - Mr. Dingwall.
Song - "My heather hills." Mr. Horn.
Interval of ten minutes.
PART SECOND.
Solo and Chorus - "The Beatie Rows" (unknown) - Messrs. Mc Farlane, Horn, and Dingwall.
Song - "I'm thinking now of thee, Jamie" (unknown) - Mr. Dingwall.
Comic Song - "The Widow's Apology" (Alexander Rodgers) - Mr. McFarlane.
Duet - "Albion, on thy fertile plains" (Braham) - Messrs. Horn and McFarlane.
Humorous Song - "Rantin', Roving Robin" (unknown) - Mr. Horn.
Duet- "My Patie is a lover gay" (A. Ramsay)- Messrs. Dingwall and McFarlane.
Glee - "Fair Fiora decks" (Danby) - Messrs. Dingwall, McFarlane, and Horn.
Finale, Song and Chorus - There is nae luck about the house" - By the Company.
Mrs. Shaw, Pianist . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (15 November 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12962292 

HORN, Annette Elise (Annette Elise HORN; Mrs. Charles LOWE)

Musician, harpist, harp player ("daughter of the late celebrated harpist" [Henry Horn]), pianist

Born ? London, England, c. 1827
Active Adelaide, SA, by 1854
Died Payneham, SA, 31 August 1893, aged 66 years

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Annette+Horn+Lowe+d1893 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Adelaide Times (3 August 1854), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207017031 

. . . Mrs. Jupp begs to state that Miss Horn having received her Harp from England, has kindly offered her assistance on the occasion of her Concert this evening . . .

"CONCERT", South Australian Register (4 August 1854), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49205604

[Advertisement], Adelaide Times (10 February 1855), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207021799 

GRAND CONCERT . . . Mrs. MITCHELL begs to inform her friends and the public in general that she purposes giving a GRAND CONCERT, at Neales's Exchange, King William-street, on WEDNESDAY Evening, the 14th instant. PROGRAMME. PART I . . . 3. Duo, "Fo L'udia," [sic] from Torquato Tasso, for Harp and Piano (by desire), Miss Horne and Mr. Linger. - Donizetti . . . PART II . . . 9. Trio, "Forse un'destin," for Harp, Violin and Piano, Miss Horne, Messrs. Chapman and Linger - Bochsa . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Madelina Forbes Mitchell (vocalist); Carl Linger (pianist); William Chapman (violinist); Nicholas Bochsa (composer, harpist)

MUSIC: Io l'udia (Bochsa, after Donizetti, from Torquato Tasso); Forse un'destin (arr. Bochsa, after Donizetti, from Parisiana, etc.)

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (23 April 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49773332

"SOUTH AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE", South Australian Register (28 April 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49775798

"SIGNOR CUTOLO'S CONCERT", The South Australian Advertiser (16 June 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article794158

. . . The piece which followed was a trio - "Desolate is the dwelling of Norma"- by Miss Rowe, Mr. Daniel, and Miss Bryan . . . A solo on the harp by Miss Horn, selected from Meyerbeer, followed.

"SIGNOR CUTLOLO'S CONCERT", South Australian Register (16 June 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49902628

We wish we could speak in warmer terms of the performance on the harp. The instrument was not precisely in tune, and one if not two of its strings snapped in the playing; and again the piece selected was not so popular as might have been chosen, so that Miss Horn laboured under disadvantages which even Bochsa himself might not have succeeded in surmounting. To our mind the harp is always heard to best advantage in combination with the piano, and an air such as the "British Grenadiers" arranged as a duet for the two instruments would, we make no doubt, have been as popular as any part of the evening's entertainment.

"SIGNOR CUTOLO'S CONCERT", The South Australian Advertiser (16 June 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article794158

"SIGNOR CUTLOLO'S CONCERT", South Australian Weekly Chronicle (18 June 1859), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96495613

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (26 May 1862), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50162419

"MARRIED", South Australian Register (19 May 1863), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50177879

"PORT ELLIOT", South Australian Register (29 April 1864), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39122195

"GOOLWA", South Australian Register (4 May 1864), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39131458

"DEATHS", Evening Journal (31 August 1893), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198431809 

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (12 September 1893), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53614501

Bibliography and resources:

Hallo 2014, 104-05, also 20

http://hdl.handle.net/2440/86482 (DIGITISED)

HORN, Mrs. Charles Edward (Maria HORTON)

Vocalist, composer's widow

Married Charles Edward HORN, England, 1838
Died USA, 1887 (never visited Australia, but relatives here)

Documentation:

"Tarago", Goulburn Evening Penny Post (2 April 1887), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98473359 

Tarago. The Referee announces the death, at the age of 76, of Mrs. Charles E. Horn, widow of the composer of "Cherry Ripe." Mrs. Horn was a sister of Miss Priscilla Horton (Mrs. German Reed), also sister of the late John Horton, many years of Goulburn, and aunt of John Horton, now of Tarago; and in early life she was a popular opera singer. For more than half-a-century she had resided in the United States.

Charles Edward Horn (1786-1849): http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1206818 (NLA persistent identifier)

John Horton (d.1876) or Goulburn, and his son John Horton of Tarago, were both hotel-keepers; the musician Thomas Reed, of Melbourne, was father-in-law of Priscilla Horton.

HORN, Charles Hermann (Charles Hermann HORN; Dr. Charles HORN; Dr. C. H. HORN; Dr. H. HORN; Dr. HORN; HORNE)

Musician, professor of music, professor of modern and ancient languages, singing class instructor, pianist, organist, violinist, composer

Born Hamburg (Germany), c. 1825; son of H. G. HORN and Frederica ?
Active Sydney-Newcastle-Maitland, NSW, from 1857
Died Redfern, NSW, 19 April 1887, aged "62/63" (registered as "HORNE", aged "67")

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Dr+Charles+Horn+d1887 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1486743 (NLA persistent identifier)

Summary:

Described in his death notice as "of Hamburg, Germany", this probably precludes a near relationship with the German-English Horns, Charles Frederick Horn (1762-1830), born in Nordhausen, and his English-born son Charles Edward Horn (1786-1849).

A glee Tell me not by "Dr. Horn" sung in a concert at Maitland in 1858, when Horn was already living there, was probably a version of the song Tell me not in sorrow by Charles Edward Horn (not a Dr.), whose popular compositions were anyway regularly sung in Australia, and some also published, notably the ballads Long time ago and My dark hair'd girl, and the duet I know a bank whereon the wild thyme grows, all first issued in the colony by Francis Ellard in Sydney.

None of the German-Australian Dr. Horn's musical works are otherwise known to survive, though he introduced two at his own concerts: in December 1860 There is a happy land ("hymn . . . composed by Dr. Horn for three voices"), and in March 1865 a Magnificat ("composed by Dr. Chas. Horn, conductor of the choir, and produced on this occasion for the first time").

Horn was billed as "Leader of the orchestra" for a performance of Messiah by Sydney Choral Society in December 1871.

Documentation:

? [Advertisement], Adelaide Times (30 September 1854), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207018244 

WAR RELIEF FUND . . . Collected by C. H. Horn, Esq., Port Wakefield . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (27 February 1856), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12981332

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (4 July 1857), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64987685

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (17 July 1857), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12998236

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (31 July 1857), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12998701

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (10 October 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13001392

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (31 March 1858), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13008272

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (6 May 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13009642

[Advertisement], Empire (26 June 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60427749 

The Maitland High School will be resumed after the holidays . . . They have . . . engaged an additional master, Dr. Charles Hermann Horn . . .

[Advertisement]: "BENEFIT CONCERT", The Maitland Mercury (18 November 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18654886

"MAITLAND HIGH SCHOOL", The Maitland Mercury (21 December 1858), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18637788

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (29 December 1859), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18640629

"THE NEWCASTLE SINGING ACADEMY CONCERT", The Maitland Mercury (25 December 1860), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18679383

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury (2 September 1862), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18690353

"THE LATE REV. DEAN GRANT. REQUIEM MASS", The Sydney Morning Herald (3 May 1864), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13092163

"SACRED AND SECULAR CONCERT", The Maitland Mercury (21 March 1865), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18702640

"DEATHS", Evening News (2 October 1871), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129972073 

On the 30th July, at Hamburgh, Frederica Horn, in the 80th year of her age, relict of the late Rev. Dr. H. G. Horn, of Hamburgh, and mother of Dr. Charles H. Horn, of Sydney.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (21 December 1871), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13249514

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (27 December 1873), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13329109

"MUSIC & DRAMA", The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (12 May 1883), 898

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162082290 

A movement has been started by some of the old pupils of Dr. Charles Horn, who has been prominent as a musician and teacher in the colony for 25 years, to present him with a testimonial in recognition of his services to art in that period. It is difficult to estimate the value of such work by a conscientious teacher in a young community, and that those who have profited by his knowledge thus recognise their obligation is creditable to all, particularly as the highest class of teaching is by no means that which is best paid. Mr. W. Neill, manager of the City Bank, is the hon. treasurer, and the promoters include many well-known ladies and gentlemen.

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (21 April 1887), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13647129

HORN. - April 19, at his residence, 36, Pitt-street, Redfern, Dr. Charles Horn, of Hamburg, Germany, in his 63rd year.

"SYDNEY", The Maitland Mercury (21 April 1887), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18887088

Dr. Charles Horn, a well known musical German resident, died yesterday.

"NEWS OF THE DAY", The Sydney Morning Herald (28 May 1887), 11

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13658967 

Musical publications (select) (extant in red bold; non-extant in black bold):

Psalms and songs [Hymns and songs] (Horn, 1857)

NO COPY IDENTIFIED

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (29 January 1857), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28636719 

MUSIC - Psalms and Songs (English and German),
1st part, simply arranged for two and three voices, for the use of schools,
by Dr. H. HORN, senior master of modern languages and music at King's the School, Parramatta.
Published by Messrs. ENGEL and GELBRECHT, 47, Pitt-street. Price 2s.

"HYMNS AND SONGS", The Sydney Morning Herald (30 January 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28636727 

Dr. Hermann Horn, the master of modern languages and music in the King's School, Parramatta, has just published the first part of a series of English and German Hymns and Songs. They are intended for the use of his pupils, but they will be found useful to the public generally. Part first contains the following: God save the Queen, Psalm 100, Hymn, O Sanctissima, Psalm 149, Hymn (Beethoven), Forget me not, Gloria, Schwerdtlied, Long long ago, Vaterland, Hymn (Howard's), Wanderlied, Loreley.

ASSOCIATIONS: Engel and Gelbrecht (publishers)

Bibliography and resources:

"Dr. Charles H. Horn", Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO)

http://www.daao.org.au/bio/dr-charles-h-horn/

HORNABROOK, John (John HORNABROOK; Mr. J. HORNABROOK; Mr. HORNABROOK)

Amateur vocalist

Active Adelaide, SA, by 1840s
Died Adelaide, SA, 23 August 1862, in his "51st year"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Hornabrook+c1812-1862 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HORNCASTLE, Frederick William (F. W. HORNCASTLE) - see mainpage Frederick William HORNCASTLE

HORNCASTLE, Mr. (Mr. HORNCASTLE; ? Henry HORNCASTLE)

Vocalist

Active VIC, 1856

Documentation:

"CRESWICK'S CREEK (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) February 11th", The Age (15 February 1856), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154864390 

Messrs. Horncastle and Golding took a joint benefit at the Theatre on Monday last, and had a fair house. Mr. Golding's comic songs, especially that entitled "the Lazy Society," are much relished by his audiences.

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (8 March 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91869730 

SOUTHEY'S Geelong Hotel.- For Four Nights more. -
Immense success of Messrs. Golding and Horncastle's Concerts and Dissolving Views.
Programme for this Evening:
PART I.
Overture - Mr. White
"Fall of Sebastopol" - Horncastle
"Do not Mingle," - La Sonnambula - Mrs. Turner
"Gone in the Calmness," Matilda - Mr. Turner
Comic Medley - Goulding
"Rocklaway," - Russell - Horncastle
"Bid me Discourse," - Mrs. Turner
"Rhine, thou Queen of Waters" - Mr. Turner
"Ireland the Place is," - Comic - Golding
Ballad - Horncastle
Buffo Duet - "Fairest Maiden," - Love Spell - Mr. and Mrs. Turner
An Interval of Five minutes.
PART II.
"Bloodhound," - Mr. Horncastle
Comic Song - Golding
"White Squall," - Barker - Turner
Auld Robin Grey," Mrs. Turner
Comic Song - Mr. Golding
Ballad - Horncastle
Duet - "The Rose," - Mr. and Mrs. Turner
To conclude with Grand Dioramic Dissolving Views. - Must be seen to be appreciated . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Daniel Golding (comic vocalist); Charlotte Turner (vocalist); Austin Turner (vocalist, pianist)

HORNE, Master (Master HORNE; HORN)

Boy vocalist

Active Sydney, NSW, 1835

Documentation:

"MR. GORDONOVITCH'S CONCERT", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (22 January 1835), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2197118

On Tuesday evening [20 January] one of the most brilliant and fashionable assemblages that New South Wales can produce, assembled at the Pulteney Hotel for the purpose of hearing (as it turned out to be) some of the finest specimens of vocal and instrumental music ever before heard in this colony. The arrangements made by Mr. Cavendish, under whose superintendence the concert was got up, reflect infinite credit, on that gentleman . . . a glee by Mrs. Taylor, Mr. Aldis and Mr. Knowles gave entire satisfaction . . . glee, "Dame Durden," by Mr. Aldis, Mr. Knowles, and Master Horn, was middling . . . Solo and grand double chorus (Purcell), Knowles, in his first part, was greatly at fault, not being able to reach the high notes. Finale, "Figaro" (Mozart), by the whole band, was brilliant, and the company departed well pleased with the evening's entertainment . . .

"CONCERT", The Australian (23 January 1835), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42009914

. . . The principal singers were Mrs. Taylor, a young lady, Master Horne, Mr. Aldis, Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Knowles. The choruses were by the choir of the Roman Catholic Chapel. In all there were twenty-seven singers, and the incomparable band of the 17th Regt. There were upwards of three hundred persons present . . .

HORNE, Miss = Annette HORN

Musician, harpist, harp player

HORNE, Arthur (Arthur HORNE)

Amateur musician, vocalist

Active Launceston, TAS, by 1850s

Documentation:

"SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. [TO THE] EDITOR OF THE . . .", Launceston Examiner (15 May 1860), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39000509 

SIR.- An individual signing himself "Apollo" has favored you with a communication relative to the dissolution of the Sacred Harmonic Society, in which he indulges in the grossest falsehoods and misrepresentations respecting the part taken by me in the proceedings . . . His letter is in fact a complete tissue of misstatements and misrepresentations from beginning to end, and was evidently written under the influence of the most malicious and vindictive feeling. As to his reflections upon myself as a conductor and my acquaintance with the 3rd Mass, I shall simply notice them by saying that I can quite understand the feelings which have dictated his remarks as he is still smarting under the recollection of the check I found it necessary to give to his towering ambition some months since. Doubtless he remembers a certain individual sending a list of solos to me accompanied with an intimation that he had selected them for his debut at the following concert but which I, knowing his utter inability to execute them, refused to allow; the consequences of which refusal I have good reason to know were peculiarly disagreeable to him. "Apollo" remembers the circumstance I doubt not. At the same time it would be ungenerous not to acknowledge the high compliment he has unwittingly paid me when he speaks of the flourishing and very prosperous condition of the Society, which would hardly be the case under an incompetent conductor.

In conclusion I would state that whatever may be said to the contrary by "Apollo," the Rev. Mr. Price, or any other individuals, the course I have taken has been dictated only by a desire to promote the best interests of the Society and to extend its usefulness. I have no intention of noticing any further communications from "Apollo" or any other anonymous writer. I have given a fair and truthful statement of the matter, and if any person is disposed to dispute with me any further upon the subject he must throw aside the cowardly mask of a fictitious signature, and come openly and fairly into the field when he will find me prepared to reply. Apologising for trespassing so largely upon your space,
I remain, Sir, yours obediently,
T. SHARP,
Conductor Launceston Harmonic Society.

"TO MR. THOMAS SHARP, CONDUCTOR OF THE LAUNCESTON HARMONIC SOCIETY (Per favor of the Launceston Examiner)", Launceston Examiner (22 May 1860), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39000576 

SIR, - My attention has been called to a letter in the Launceston Examiner, purporting to be an answer to some previous article in that paper, signed "Apollo," commenting upon certain proceedings of the Sacred Harmonic Society, and your conduct as Conductor of the same. It would appear that you assign to me the authorship of that letter, and under that impression think fit to use expressions and to impute motives that, I think, call for some notice from me . . . And now for a word of advice from one who has seen more of the world than yourself: do not fall into that common error with young men who are suddenly raised to an unexpected height, of thinking that it resulted entirely from their own transcendent merits; because it generally happens that force of circumstances has had much more to do with such elevation. A few certainly achieve greatness, but the far larger majority have it thrust upon them; and it is greatness even to be conductor of a Harmonic Society to one who might have played polkas and quadrilles for a long time either in Launceston or Cape Town before he got written about in the newspapers; and do not wantonly attack a person with gross expressions, and try to render him ridiculous in the eyes of the public upon a mere supposition.
I remain, Sir, Yours obediently,
ARTHUR HORNE.
Elphin Road, May 21.

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Sharp (conductor); Launceston Sacred Harmonic Society (dissolved); Launceston Harmonic Society (formed)

"MR. ARTHUR HORNE", Daily Telegraph (30 June 1892), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article153218957 

"OBITUARY", Launceston Examiner (30 June 1892), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39467764 

HORNE, Richard Hengist (Richard Henry HORNE; Richard HORNE; Richard Hengist HORNE; R. H. HORNE)

Amateur musician, vocalist, guitarist, pianist, librettist, author, poet

Born Edmonton, England, 31 December 1802
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, September 1852
Departed Melbourne, VIC, June 1869 (for England)
Died Margate, England, 13 March 1884

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-530814 (NLA persistent identifier)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Richard+Hengist+Horne (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=R+H+Horne (TROVE tagged)

Summary:

Horne wrote librettos for four historically significant Australian musical works, The South Sea sisters, a "lyric masque", set to music by Charles Horsley for the opening of the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition in 1866; a Threnody in memory of G. V. Brooke, set to music by Joseph Summers in the same year; the cantata Galatea secunda, with music again by Summers, celebrating the arrival of prince Alfred in 1867; and, for composer Carl Schmitt, a three-act opera Cazille, excerpts only from which were first performed in concert in Sydney in 1872.

Horne also appeared in public as a singer and guitarist and occasional pianist. Not for the first time (see July 1855 below), at a benefit for the actress Mrs. Brougham at Melbourne's Theatre Royal in November 1855, it was advertised that "R. H. Horne, Esq., will Sing a Spanish Romanza and Serenade", evidently a personal favourite (as much later attested by Gosse), for yet again in Melbourne in March 1869, only shortly before he left Australia finally to return to England, The Argus reported:

Mr. R. H. Horne sang a Spanish serenade with much feeling and expression, accompanying himself on the guitar very skilfully but the song did not seem to be appreciated by all present.

A musical "drawing-room" entertainment (also advertised as a "literary and musical lecture on national songs") he gave at the School of Arts in Sydney in December 1862 was reviewed in the Herald:

In a brief introductory address Mr. Horne stated, in explanation of his falling into the autobiographical vein, that he had travelled through many foreign countries, and had always taken an interest in learning their characteristic songs. He would have liked to have given some of the patriotic songs of those countries, but as they would produce very little effect without an orchestra, be must give up the thought of singing them. Mr. Horne proceeded to give a selection of the characteristic songs of different nations, accompanying himself upon the pianoforte or upon the guitar. The first of these was a German song entitled "Alexi", describing a lady sending a love message by a bird, which was followed by a German Student's duelling song. The next performance, which was a canzonetta, the words and music by Salvator Rosa, the celebrated painter, was stated by Mr. Horne to have been selected for the purpose of trying the acoustic properties of the hall. The piece, which affords good scope for vocal display, was sung with much power and animation . . . As a further test of the acoustic properties of the hall, Mr. Horne gave a solo on the guitar, "The Last Rose of Summer" . . . Other pieces in the first part of the entertainment were a Spanish fantasia "Vamos a las montanas", the Welsh song "Of a noble race was Shenkin", and a Tyrolese song. After a short interval Mr. Horne gave, with the guitar accompaniment, the Quirka Marjorr, a Mexican song dance, and described the dance as he had seen it at the Government balls at Vera Cruz, the effect being extremely brilliant and romantic . . .

In The Southern Cross in December 1859, he also published a "Chinese Song".

Documentation:

"LATE ENGLISH NEWS", Colonial Times (17 September 1852), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8772073

"NEW MAGISTRATES", The Argus (1 September 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4796437

"QUEEN'S THEATRE. GARRISON THEATRICALS", The Argus (4 July 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4811141

. . . Mr. R. Horne subsequently made his appearance in a Spanish costume, and sang a very pretty romance in that language. Although deficient in vocal power, the singer imparted such an exquisite delicacy of finish to his execution of the graceful melody he sang, that the audience complimented him by demanding an encore, and the morceau which Mr. Horne substituted was similarly treated. In addition to manifesting considerable ability as a singer, Mr. Horne proved himself, by his guitar accompaniment, a good musician . . .

"AMATEUR PERFORMANCE", The Argus (28 July 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4813513

[Advertisement], The Argus (28 November 1855), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4824430

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (17 December 1859), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13034590

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (8 December 1862), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13070571

"MR. HORNE'S MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT", The Sydney Morning Herald (10 December 1862), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13070711

[News], The Argus (8 March 1869), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5820191

"NEW OPERA", Australian Town and Country Journal (24 June 1871), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70467454

"Musical and Dramatic Review", Australian Town and Country Journal (13 April 1872), 20

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70494008

"THE LATE R. H. HORNE", The Argus (17 March 1884), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11848717

"BOOK OF THE WEEK", The Advertiser (8 September 1928), 28

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29296111

Bibliography and resources:

Edmund Gosse, "ORION HORNE", Portraits and Sketches (London: Heinemann, 1913), 97ff

https://archive.org/stream/portraitssketche00goss#page/96/mode/2up

He had been baptized Richard Henry Home, but in late middle life he had changed the second of these names to Hengist. It was in 1874 that I set eyes on him first, in circumstances which were somewhat remarkable. The occasion was the marriage of the poet, Arthur O'Shaughnessy, to the eldest daughter of Westland Marston, the playwright. There was a large and distinguished company present, and most of the prominent "Pre-Raphaelites," as they were still occasionally called. In the midst of the subsequent festivities and when the bride was surrounded by her friends, a tiny old gentleman cleared a space around him, and, all uninvited, began to sit upon the floor and sing, in a funny little cracked voice, Spanish songs to his own accompaniment on the guitar. He was very unusual in appearance. Although he was quite bald at the top of his head, his milk-white hair was luxuriant at the sides, and hung in clusters of ringlets. His moustache was so long that it became whisker, and in that condition drooped, also in creamy ringlets, below his chin. The elder guests were inclined to be impatient, the younger to ridicule this rather tactless interruption. Just as it seemed possible something awkward would happen, Robert Browning stepped up and said, in his loud, cheerful voice: "That was charming. Horne! It quite took us to 'the warm South' again", and cleverly leading the old gentleman's thoughts to a different topic, he put an end to the incident . . . This scene was very characteristic of Horne, who was gay, tactless, and vain to a remarkable degree . . . When he came back from Australia, I think about 1869, he was in very low water. He had managed very deeply to offend Charles Dickens, who had taken up the cause of Horne's neglected wife . . . A little later Robert Browning, who had always felt a sincere regard for Horne, was able to be of practical service to him . . . In these days one used to meet him at afternoon parties, carrying with great care, under his arm, the precious guitar, which he called "my daughter", and was used ceremoniously to introduce as "Miss Horne". A little later in the evening Horne would be discovered on a low stool, warbling Mexican romances, or murmuring with exaggerated gallantry to the prettiest girl in the room. All this time he was thirsting for publicity - if he could only be engaged to sing in public, to box in public, to swim in public, how happy he would be!

Ann Blainey, The farthing poet: a biography of Richard Hengist Horne 1802-84: a lesser literary lion (London: Longmans, 1968)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17003799

Ann Blainey, "Horne, Richard Henry (1802-1884)", Australian dictionary of biography 4 (1972)

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/horne-richard-henry-3797

HORNIDGE, John Pryce (John Pryce HORNIDGE; J. P. HORNIDGE)

Musician, vocalist, flautist, cornet player, flute player

Born London, England, 6 February 1828; baptised, St. Pancras Old Church, 8 March 1828, son of William HORNIDGE (c.1798-1859) and Frances HORNIDGE (c. 1796-1839)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, January 1853 (per Janet Mitchell, aged 24)
Married Emma Maria PARSONS (c. 1836-1930), VIC, 1859
Died Albert Park, VIC, 16 October 1913, "in his 86th year; a colonist of 60 years"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Pryce+Hornidge+1828-1913 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HORNIDGE, Francis Ernest (Francis Ernest HORNIDGE; F. E. HORNIDGE)

Professor of music, violinist, pianist

Born Albert Park, VIC, 1 August 1865
Died Warrandyte, VIC, 16 July 1929, aged 64

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Francis+Ernest+Hornidge+1865-1929 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

[CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION] "THE ORCHESTRA", The Argus (2 August 1888), 5 supplement

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6896635 

. . . 12 second violins, played by Messrs. Buttery, Conolly, Robins, Kruse, Hunter, Wilson, A. C. Quin, Hess, jun., L. Quin, Busch, Hornidge, jun., and Stevens . . .

"MUSICAL", Traralgon Record (19 August 1892), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59312789 

Mr. F. E. Hornidge advertises that he has commenced the practice of his profession in Sale, and is prepared to take pupils for the violin, pianoforte and harmony. Mr. Hornidge who was formerly playing with the Victorian Orchestra under Cowen and Hamilton Clarke, also acted as first violin at the Princess Theatre, which should be a sufficient guarantee that he is a first-class musician. Mr. Hornidge proposes to visit Traralgon once a week, and full particulars as to the date and terms may be had on application to this office.

[Advertisement], The Maffra Spectator (6 February 1899), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67409539 

F. E. HORNIDGE, (Pupil of George Weston and H. Curtis), Formerly of the Exhibition and Victorian Orchestras, PROFESSOR OF THE VIOLIN, PIANOFORTE, HARMONY, &c. . . .

"PERSONAL", Gippsland Times (20 October 1913), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65280077 

Mr. F. E. Hornidge for years was favorably known in Sale as a professor of music, and his friends will regret to learn that his father, Mr. John Pryce Hornidge, died at Albert Park on Thursday, in his 86th year.

"DEATHS", The Argus (17 July 1929), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4022054 

HORNIDGE. - On the 16th July, at Warrandyte, Francis Ernest, beloved husband of N. W. Hornidge, loved father of Ferdinand and Briarly.

HORNSBY, John Marryat (John Marryat HORNSBY; Marryat HORNSBY)

Amateur vocalist, songster printer and publisher, journalist, memorist

Born London, England, 18 March 1832; baptised Hackney, London, 28 May 1837; son of John Thomas HORNSBY and Ann Elizabeth HILL
Convicted Clerkenwell Quarter Sessions, London, 6 July 1847 (7 years)
Arrived Hobart Town, TAS, 28 May 1851 (convict per Lady Kennaway)
Married Sarah TURNER (1826-1906), St. David's cathedral, Hobart, TAS, 28 December 1858
Died Hobart Town, TAS, 29 April 1903

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Marryat+Hornsby+1832-1903 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Marryat Hornsby, 1896 (frontispiece, Old time echoes of Tasmania)

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2843031630/view?partId=nla.obj-2843032714#page/n3/mode/1up (DIGITISED)

Summary:

John Marryat Hornsby was born in the east end of London on 18 March 1832, and baptised at St. John's, Hackney, on 28 May 1837, the elder son of John Thomas Hornsby, a weaver, and his wife Ann Elizabeth Hill, who had married at St. Matthew's, Bethnal Green, on 1 November 1830.

Hornsby was convicted of theft at Clerkenwell Quarter Sessions in 1847, and sentenced to seven years, but was not transported until 1851, when he was aged 18. He arrived in Hobart Town on the Lady Kennaway on 28 May 1851, and spent a year on probation working in gangs. Shortly before his original sentence expired, in December 1853, he received a secondary sentence of two years hard labor for assault and robbery.

Hornsby received a certificate of freedom in October 1855, and by early 1857 had joined the police force as a constable. On 13 March 1857, a son, John Thomas Marryatt Turner was born to his common-law partner Sarah Turner. Hornsby having meanwhile left the police force, he and Turner married in December the following year.

In the second half of 1867, With his eldest son, and with the musician Jacob Cohen, Hornsby undertook a concert tour of the main towns in the north of the island. It was probably around this time that he published the surviving "third edition" of his The Tasmanian songster. He was probably also responsible for two earlier "editions" with the same title, advertised in Hobart in April and May 1867, but apparently larger and with different content, although no complete copies are known to exist.

Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Hackney in the county of Middlesex in the year 1837; register 1823-40, page 165; London Metropolitan Archives

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1558/images/31280_195155-00397 (PAYWALL)

No. 1317 / May 28th / John Marryat s. of / John & Ann / Hornsby / Morning Lane / Weaver / Reported born: March 18, 1832
No. 1318 / May 28th / Edward s. of / John Marryat s. of / John & Ann / Hornsby / Morning Lane / Weaver / Reported born: Jan'y 3 1836

Convict record, John Hornsby, per Lady Kennaway, 1851; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1403120; CON33/1/102

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1403120 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-102$init=CON33-1-102P112 (DIGITISED)

Hornsby John / Tried Clerkenwell Q.S. 6 July 1847, 7 yrs / Arrived 28 May 1861 /
C. of E. can read & write a little / Stealing 2 pewter pots / prison report before convicted very bad
Disorderly & insolent, frequently punished for theft and gambling / Single . . . /
Trade Laborer / Height 5' 4 1/4 / Age 18 / . . . Native place Bethnal Green /
Period of Gang probation One year . . .

Offences & Sentences: . . . Tried Hobart Town 2d 5 December 1853 Assaulting James White and st'l'g 10s from his person . . . hard labor two years . . .

1858, marriages in the district of Hobart Town; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:858579; RGD37/1/17 no 160

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/858579 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-17$init=RGD37-1-17P87 (DIGITISED)

No. 531 / 160 / 28 Dec. 1858 St. David's Cathedral Hobart Town / John Marryatt Hornsby / 26 / Laboruer . . .
Sarah Turner / 29 / Widow / . . .

[Advertisement], The Mercury (1 August 1864), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8827616 

THEATRE ROYAL. MONDAY NIGHT, 1ST AUGUST.
GRAND DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE, By all the available talent in Hobart Town,
For the JOINT BENEFIT of MESSRS. T. COOK AND M. HORNSBY.
Musical Melo-drama (first time in Tasmania) entitled, the
WHITE FARM, OR THE WIDOWS VISION . . .
Lautoutte (a postillion) - MR. T. COOK
Boule D'Amour (ditto) - MR. M. RICHARDS . . .
Madame Leblanc (post-mistress) - MRS.HORNSBY . . .
AN INTERLUDE BY THE CHAMBERS FAMILY . . .
MESSRS. DENTITH AND GAGLIARDI'S BAND . . .
To conclude with BINKS, THE BAGMAN.
Binks (A Commercial Traveller) MR. M. HORNSBY
Kit Crimmins (Hotel Keeper) - Mr. T. COOK . . .
Bear - MASTER HORNSBY . . .
Mrs. Robinson - Mrs. HORNSBY . . .
J. EMSELL, Secretary.

[Advertisement], The Mercury (10 December 1866), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8843183 

THEATRE ROYAL. REGATTA NIGHT. GRAND EXTRA PERFORMANCE! . . .
TUESDAY EVENING, December 11th . . .
THE FLAG OF FREEDOM; OR, THE CREOLE BRIDE.
FOLLOWED BY A GRAND TERPSICHOREAN AND MUSICAL MELANGE . . .
Dance Highland Fling (full costume) - Master Hornsby . . .
Song - "Ragged Coat," - Mr. M. Hornsby . . .
ORIGINAL LOCAL COMIC SONG AND DANCE, "The Main Trunk Line" - Master Hornsby
POLITICAL LOCAL HIT IN CHARACTER, "Where are we now?" - Mr. Hornsby . . .

[Advertisement], The Mercury (16 August 1867), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8847538 

TAKE NOTICE! MR. M. HORNSBY,
IN CONJUNCTION WITH MASTER HORNSBY & MR. J. COHEN, Pianist and Violinist, in
NEW GREAT SENSATION ENTERTAINMENT, STREET AND STAGE!! Will visit as under:
Biidgewater - MONDAY, 19th August
Green Ponds - TUESDAY, 20th August
Oatlands - WEDNESDAY, 21st August
Tunbridge - FRIDAY, 23rd August
Campbell Town - MONDAY, 26th August
Avoca - TUESDAY, 27th August
Fingal-THURSDAY, 29th August.

ASSOCIATIONS: Jacob Cohen (piano, violin)

"LONGFORD (From our own Correspondent)", Launceston Examiner (12 September 1867), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36645984 

On Monday evening Mr. Marryatt Hornsby, assisted by Master Hornsby and Mr. Cohen, gave an entertainment at the Prince of Wales Assembly Room. The following was the programme:
Overture, piano; comic dialogue, Shakespeare and Lord Byron; song, Work Boys Work; song, Finnagan's Wake; chant, My Mary Jane; serenade, Leave us a lock of your Hair; song, Tearing of the Green; song, Creep afore ye Gang; song, the Weepin' Willer; pianoforte solo, Lays of Many Lands; songs, Sarah Walker, the Bonny Wee Wife, Round goes the World, Ching Chong, and Pretty little Sarah; dance, Highland Fling; song, Have you seen the Ghost; pianoforte solo; songs, The ragged Coat, Main Line Railway, Roll drums merrily, Hame came our gude man at eve, Maggie Mooral, and Put your shoulder to the Wheel.
The majority of the songs were sung in appropriate dresses, and the audience testified their approval by frequent encores. At the request of those present Mr. Hornsby will appear at Longford on the evening of the ploughing match.

"Evandale (From our own Correspondent), Thursday, 19th Sept., 1867", The Cornwall Chronicle (21 September 1867), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72181223 

The second entertainment given here by Messrs. Hornsby and Cohen on Tuesday evening was even better attended than the first. The large room at the Macquarie Hotel was densely crowded, and the applause was vigorous and genuine. Mr. Hornsby is rapidly becoming as great a favorite as Barlow, and will always command a large audience here whenever he can pay us a visit. His entertainment - "The Street and the Stage; or, Out and Home Again" - is a very pleasing one. I understand he is to give an entertainment at the Cressy Hotel this evening, and at the Nile Hotel on Friday and Saturday.

[News], Launceston Examiner (19 October 1867), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36646733 

We stated on Thursday that Mr. Hornsby's entertainment, announced for the previous night, had been unexpectedly postponed. On making further enquiries on Thursday we were informed that the person mentioned had rather unceremoniously taken his departure, leaving several to deplore their loss - amongst them the printer.

[Advertisement], The Mercury (8 May 1871), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8863395 

TASMANIAN TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE ROOMS.
MONDAY EVENING, 15th May. SELECT CONCERT, OPERATIC OLIO.
SPLENDID BAND OF THE WORKING MEN'S CLUB.
COMPLIMENTARY FAREWELL BENEFIT TO MR. MARRYAT HORNSBY.

"Obituary", The Mercury (30 April 1903), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12270387 

There passed away yesterday an old and respected resident of Hobart in the person of Mr. John Marryat Hornsby. The deceased, who came from good old English stock, first saw the light of day in Lincolnshire in the year 1832. When 15 years of age he came to Tasmania, and at the age of 19 joined the police force of the colony. Mr. Hornsby lived in a stirring age and some of the adventures he met with in the Huon district when in the pursuit of his duty he put into readable form, and these were printed in a publication called the "Advance," issued in Hobart in the seventies. After he left the police he identified himself with newspaper and theatrical matters. He was a keen dramatic critic and wielded a facile and pungent pen. In the early eighties Mr. Hornsby pioneered a party to Fortescue Bay, on Tasman Peninsula, and here he did yeoman's work. He was residing at Fortescue Bay when the S.S. Tasman of the T.S.N. Company's line, was wrecked on the Hippolyte Rock, and afforded relief to the ship wrecked passengers who were conveyed to Fortescue. The company made liberal recognition of his good service. After he left that district Mr. Hornsby joined the Government service, and had a trusted position in the Education Department until about sixteen months ago, when he was attacked by a serious disease, to which he eventually succumbed. For many years the deceased contributed articles to various colony papers, and was the author of a book of Tasmanian reminiscences entitled "Old Time Echoes." The deceased was a genial, companionable man, and had a marvellous memory. Mrs. Hornsby and a family of six sons and three daughters survive him. One son, Mr. T. M. Hornsby was a Member of Parliament for Wairarapa, New Zealand. Four other sons occupy responsible positions in the Australian States and another, Mr. Walter Hornsby, is bandmaster of Hobart City Band. The deceased in the year 1863 was a prominent member of the Hobart City Guards under the late Mr. John Davies who was captain of the regiment.

"CLACKERY", The Clipper (2 May 1903), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83627910 

John Marryat Hornsby, who died at 73 the other day, was an authority on and fossicker among old time records. He was a vigorous policeman in the early days, and maintained his full energy until cancer came along and claimed him 16 months ago. Since then he had been slowly dying of the curse, but he went down hill as cheerily and brightly as he climbed up, and died game as a good man should.

Musical publications

The Tasmanian songster ([first edition], April 1867)

NO COPY IDENTIFIED

[Advertisement], The Mercury (26 April 1867), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8845485 

READ "THE TASMANIAN SONGSTER."
PRICE-THREEPENCE. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY). To be had of all Booksellers.
SEE "THE TASMANIAN SONGSTER," PRICE-THREEPENCE, FOR "LIVERPOOL-STREET ON SUNDAY."

"THE TASMANIAN SONGSTER", The Mercury (29 April 1867), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8845527 

We have received a copy of "The Tasmanian Songster," a publication issued on Saturday, and containing about forty popular and local songs, including many which have been sung at entertainments given throughout the country, and a selection of the best songs rendered by Mr. Barlow in his popular entertainment. Some of the parodies contain very telling political and local hits of an inoffensive character. The publication is got up in the style of the London penny songsters, and the front page is embellished with a portrait of the celebrated Catherine Hayes. The price of the songster is threepence, and it will no doubt have a considerable sale.

ASSOCIATIONS: Catherine Hayes (vocalist)

The Tasmanian songster ([new edition], May 1867)

NO COPY IDENTIFIED

"THE TASMANIAN SONGSTER", The Mercury (11 May 1867), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8845769 

A new edition of the "Tasmanian Songster" is to be published this morning, and a copy of it now lies before us. It contains about fifty new and popular songs, including many of Barlow's best. Several local ditties are also to be found in the collection, including "Pretty Little Salmon," (a parody on "Pretty Little Sarah") by a Tasmanian sportsman. This is not the song which was sung at the recent amateur concerts, but one written especially for the "Tasmanian Songster," the words of the first parody having been refused. The "Songster" is well got up, and being published at a cheap rate, will, no doubt, command a large sale.

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle (18 May 1867), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72185495 

FOR
WORK, BOYS, WORK,
AND BE CONTENTED!
Up with the Lark in the Morning,
MY MARY JANE,
ROUND GOES THE WORLD,
OLD SARAH WALKER,
THE WEEPIN' WILLER,
CHING CHONG! CHOW CHOW!
AND FIFTY OTHER LOCAL & POPULAR SONGS, SEE THE
Tasmanian Songster!!
To be had only at DAVIES' FANCY REPOSITORY, Next Brisbane Hotel. May 18.

[News], The Cornwall Chronicle (18 May 1867), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72185481 

Mr. Davies has now on sale at the Havana House, "The Tasmanian Songster," of the size of "The Australian Journal," containing a great variety of the popular songs of the day. Amongst these are the choicest gems of the inimitable Barlow - "Round goes the World," "Old Sarah Walker," "Work, boys, work," "The Weepin' Willer," "Ching Chong Chow Chow," "Sweet Jenny," &c.; "Finnigan's Wake," "My Johnny's a Volunteer," "Caller Herrin," and numerous others.

The Tasmanian songster ("third edition")

The Tasmanian songster, third edition ([Hobart]: Published by M. Hornsby, [? late 1867 or early 1868])

https://data.historicaltexts.jisc.ac.uk/view?pubId=bl-003582498 (DIGITISED)

[Main contents:]
[1] We love the songs, the sweet old songs [by] Howard Anstead
[2] Paddy's long dream [John Bull he was an Englishman]
[3] Our little game of speculation [Listen to the ditty, of a member of the City]: signed: "HM" [sic, ? M. H.]
[4] Who will care for mother now? [Why am I so weak and weary]
[5] Forget-me-not [O! were my love a lily fair] "H.A."
[6] I'm saddest when I sing [You think I have a merry heart]
[7] German band (Sung by Mrs. G. case) [Behold a poor deluded man]
[8] Jessie at the railway bar ['Twas at the Moorgate Station]
[9] Taffy's welcome (Cambria) [Sweet Son of a Sire, whose merit we cherish]
[10] Who wouldn't be an alderman (Air - The admiral) [How stately, and importantly we stride along the street] "M.H."
[11] She danced like a fairy [I'll relate to you, public the source of my woes]
[12] Fair Tasmanians [The maids of fair Tasmania] "H.A."
[13] Life in the bush, parody on the Outlaw [I am a child of the green bush wild] "M.H."
[14] What's to become of us all? "M.H."
[15] An acrostic, "M.H."
[16] Albert the good [RECITATIVE: In silent grief we mourn; AIR: Oh! that fatal day in Sixty-one]
[17] The game law (Recitation), "M.H." [18] Dark ideas [I come from ole Virginy wid my head full ob knowledge]
[19] He comes! he comes ['Tis said that many a maid bewails]
[20] An account of the voyage of H.M.S.S. "Galatea," for the year 1867, composed and sung by Edwin Jones, seaman of the above ship [On January the 24th, we heard in Plymouth Town]
[21] A strong plea for the rail, "M.H."
[22] Tasmania's welcome [Hail! Prince of England, Son of the ocean]; The sailor prince [I'm a plain and honest tar, boys, I plough the raging seas]
[23] The rustic beauty [If you'll list, I will sing you a S.O.N.G. - song]
[24] The man in the moon, or castles in the air [The sun had gone down in its beauty, and might], "H.A."
[25] The ghost [W[h]ere ignorance is bliss tis a folly to be wise]
[26] Champagne Charlie [I've seen a deal of gaiety throughout my noisy life]

ASSOCIATIONS: Nos. [20] and [22] Alfred (duke of Edinburgh)

Other publications and sources:

Old time echoes of Tasmania, by "The vet" (Launceston: Printed at the Daily Telegraph Office, 1896)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34622808 

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2843031630 (DIGITISED)

Papers of Marryat Hornsby, 1847-92; National Library of Australia, MS 3536

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/15416766 

Handbills, cuttings, copies, etc., of comedy-type entertainment; songs, poems, stories, for the theatre; performance companies and performers and represented include the Royal George Company, the Barlow Troupe, Bijou Diversity (M.I.) Club, Bijou Club, Professor Hennicke, Charles H. Compton, the Swiss Bearded Lady, Young Essau, Signor Ghio, Frank Durall, and the Durall Troupe

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert Barlow (comic vocalist); Charles Henry Compton (musician)

"The Tasmanian songster", pen and ink sketch (? by Edmund Thomas), State Library of New South Wales, PX*D 2/Item 7

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8GK7Nn 

Subtitled on upper part of sketch, "The cruise or crews of the Galatea by one of its crew. The Blades"; appears to be a design for a book cover, but was apparently never published [but see above]

ASSOCIATIONS: Edmund Thomas (artist)

Bibliography and resources:

David Hamer, "Hornsby, John Thomas Marryat", Dictionary of New Zealand biography (1996) / Te Ara - The encylopedia of New Zealand,

https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3h35/hornsby-john-thomas-marryat 

Stefan Petrow, "History from below: John Marryatt Hornsby's reflections on Tasmania's past", Tasmanian historical studies (2013), 75-102

https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/INFORMIT.876609321362492 (PAYWALL)

HORSFORD, Mr. (Mr. HORNSFORD)

Comic vocalist

Active Ballarat, VIC, 1858

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Star (29 September 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66050371

MONTEZUMA THEATRE, Mons. Fleury's Monster Promenade Concerts.
PRINCIPAL VOCALISTS: MRS. TURNER, of the Philharmonic Concerts.
MR. HORSFORD, the Comic Vocalist, MR. W. F. SAYERS, & MR. T. KING.
SOLOISTS:
Mons Fleury, Violin.
Mr. T. King, Clarionet.
Mr. W. F. Sayers, Flageolette.
Herr L. F. Palin, Flute and Piccolo.
Messrs. Palin and King, Pianists.
PART I . . . Comic Song, "The Little Fat Gray Man," Mr. Horsford (Blewett) . . .
PART II . . . Buffo Song - "The Spider and Fly," Mr. Horsford (H. Russell) . . .
M. FLEURY - Leader, and Conductor . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Achille Fleury (violinist, conductor); Charlotte Turner (vocalist); Thomas King (pianist, clarinettist, vocalist, violinist); Lawrence Palin (pianist, flautist)

HORSLEY, Charles Edward (Charles Edward HORSLEY; C. E. HORSLEY)

Musician, pianist, organist, conductor, composer

Born London, England, 16 December 1822 (son of William Horsley)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 10 December 1861 (per British Trident)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, June 1867 (per Wonga Wonga)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 1870
Departed Melbourne, ? August 1871 (per Great Britain, for England)
Died New York, USA, 28 February 1876  

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Charles+Edward+Horsley (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-783654 (NLA persistent identifier)

THIS ENTRY IS A STUB ON PERSONNEL FIRST ACTIVE IN AUSTRALIA AFTER 1860

DISAMBIGUATION: Many colonial performances of musical works by his father William Horsley are documented, beginning with the song The tempest in the Sydney Amateur Concerts in 1826, and up to, for instance, at Charles Horsley's own concert in Melbourne in March 1863, when "Two well-known glees by Mr. W. Horsley, the father of Mr. C. E. Horsley, By Celia's arbour, and See the chariot at hand, were given in a style worthy of the composer. The former is one of the loveliest glees ever written".

Documentation:

"THE SYDNEY AMATEUR CONCERT", The Australian (21 June 1826), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37073597

[Advertisement], The Argus (17 January 1862), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5708634

[News], The Argus (24 February 1862), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5710534

On Saturday afternoon, the first of a series of four instrumental concerts, arranged by Mr. Horsley, a gentleman lately arrived in Melbourne, took place at the Mechanics' Institute, Collins street. The first piece selected was one of three quartets composed by Mozart, in G minor, in which the piano is one of the instruments. It was performed by Messrs. Horsley (piano), King (violin), Thomas (viola), and Reed (violoncello). The music is of a character rather classical than generally pleasing, though in the rondo movement the ear is delighted with the beauty of the modulations introduced. The piece, on the whole, was well played, but would have been better for more distinctness and less sound in the piano passages. The violin part had scarcely justice done to it. The piano generally was too loudly played, and Mr. Horsley does not seem entirely free from the very general error to which pianists are liable of forgetting the greater power and compass of their instruments as compared with the others, and by which these last are placed at a disadvantage. The difficulty and art of stringed instrument playing is to bring out the tone satisfactorily, whereas the greater amount of tone, or noise, with the piano, is often exhibited by the most inexperienced performers. While making these comments, however, we must not omit to state that many passages in this and the other pieces were played by Mr. Horsley with much delicacy and neatness. The next pieces were selections from Mendelssohn's beautiful "Songs without Words," played on the piano by Mr. Horsley . . . The third piece was a quartet for two violins, viola, and tenor, a selection in which, next to the quintet, the most perfect balance of sound is preserved. It was one of Haydn's in G major, known as including the best of his minuets and trios. The quartet was performed by Mr. King, first violin; Herr Strebinger, second violin; Mr. Thomas, viola; and Mr. Reed, violoncello, and would have gone off much better, to our thinking, had the second violin changed places with the first. It is difficult to perceive why so accomplished a violinist as Herr Strebinger should play "second fiddle" to any artist at present in Melbourne, and although such arrangements may sometimes be done simply that each performer may have a turn, yet the public have a right to expect the best man will be placed foremost, as they do not meet to hear how this or that gentleman can do this or that, but how the composer's music may be best rendered. The next piece is known as the "Moonlight Sonata" of Beethoven. Mr. Horsley's rendering of this difficult piece was very fair, but the most brilliant and finished touch is required to bring the creation of the composer's genius to the mind's eye. The concert concluded with Mendelssohn's trio in D minor, by Messrs. Horsley, Strebinger, and Chapman . . .

"MR. HORSLEY'S CONCERT", The Argus (6 March 1863), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6483912

"THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT. HORSLEY'S DAVID", The Argus (2 July 1863), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6487000

[News], The Argus (12 September 1864), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5739781

"INSOLVENT COURT", The Argus (16 September 1865), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5783037

"L'AFRICAINE. TO THE EDITOR", The Argus (17 July 1866), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5768016

"INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION 1866. INTRODUCTORY CONCERT", The Argus (17 September 1866), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5773502

"THE EXHIBITION", The Argus (24 October 1866), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5776734

"LAW REPORT", The Argus (6 June 1867), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5768809

"METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COURT", The Sydney Morning Herald (11 August 1868), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13170813

"Mr. C. E. Horsley . . .", The Argus (29 May 1869), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5836070

"MR. HORSLEY'S CANTATA. TO THE EDITOR", The Argus (11 August 1870), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5828488

[Charles Wehle] . . . Having no local interest to guard, and no part to take - Mr. Horsley having no rival - I may say, without fear of having my opinion misinterpreted, that he is, without any doubt, the greatest musician in this part of the globe; and the colony of Victoria may and should congratulate itself on the possession of an artist of such value. 

"MR. KENDALL'S NEW VERSION of EUTERPE", The Argus (5 September 1870), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5830800

[News], The Argus (5 April 1871), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5845606

"INSOLVENCY COURT", The Argus (29 April 1871), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5846913

"MR. HORSLEY'S FAREWELL CONCERT", The Argus (15 May 1871), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5847836

[News], The Argus (24 January 1872), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5859063

"DISTANT MUSIC (by Henry C. Lunn, From the London Musical Times)", Dwight's Journal of Music (4 May 1872), 226-27

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ahVOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA227

[News], The Argus (1 May 1876), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7438081

By the mail steamer Bangalore news has been received of the death of Mr. Charles Edward Horsley, the well-known musician, on the 2nd of March [sic], at New York, where he had been living for the last two years. Mr. Horsley received his musical education in London, and arrived in Melbourne about 15 years ago, and at once took a leading position in the musical world. Shortly after his arrival he succeeded Herr Elsasser as conductor of the Melbourne Philharmonic Society, and he was so earnest in his endeavours to make the society take a leading position, that he succeeded in giving it the prestige which it has ever since maintained. During this time he had a large musical practice in the city, and when the Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866 was proposed, he was engaged to compose a cantata. This he did, and it was performed with great success. The cantata was named the "South Sea Sisters", and the words were written by Mr. R. H. Horne, the author of "Orion". One chorus in the cantata, viz., the "Corroboree Chorus', has since been frequently performed in Melbourne, and always with success. Mr. Horsley was of an easy genial disposition, and by some means he got into difficulties, and about 1868 left Melbourne for Sydney. He was not at all successful there, and he decided upon again returning to Melbourne. Here he obtained the appointment of organist to St Francis' Church, was not so successful as he desired, but when the new Town-hall was opened, during the mayoralty of Mr. S. Arness, he was engaged to write a cantata for the occasion, and "Euterpe" was produced. In the following year Mr. Horsley left by the s.s. Great Britain for England, and settled down in Liverpool. About two years since he went across to New York, and obtained the appointment of conductor to one of the oldest musical societies in that city. He also obtained the appointment of organist to St. John's Church, which he held at the time of his death.

[News], The Argus (9 May 1876), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7438679

"MUSIC", The Australian Sketcher (8 July 1876), 58

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60606482

"THE LATE MR. C. E. HORSLEY. TO THE EDITOR", The Argus (16 October 1876), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5906015

Musical works (selected):

http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Horsley,_Charles_Edward 

Trio in B minor ("published years since in Germany" [1840]), Melbourne September 1864

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/498846045 

See also Musikalisch-kritisches Repertorium, 2, 52

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BgctAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA52 

Violin concerto in D minor (1849), MS parts at National Library of Australia, Papers of J. S. Kruse

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/17606858

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/43961607 (modern edition by Richard Divall)

Piano concerto in C minor, op. 24; incomplete MS in British Library; photocopy at University of Melbourne

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/41427274 

Gideon, a sacred lyrical oratorio, op. 50 (London: G. Rodwell, 1860)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/29616824

Too late (choral scene; first time), Melbourne, July 1862

[Advertisement], The Argus (7 July 1862), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5717806

Comus (cantata, England 1854), Melbourne 7 December 1862

The evening star ("song with flute obligato"), Melbourne March 1863 

David (oratorio, England ?), Melbourne, 30 June 1863

"THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT", The Argus (2 July 1863), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6487000

String quartet no. 2 in E major (Melbourne, 1864) (modern edition: Richard Divall) also

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/42216962 (facsimile edition of MS, at Musical Society of Victoria)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/46578499 (modern edition by Richard Divall)

The song of the nuns at Amesbury ("a new motete")

"In the world of music . . .", The Argus (25 April 1865), 1s

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5735428

Motett (Collect for the First Sunday in Advent; composed expressly for the Orpheus Union)

[Advertisement], The Argus (23 December 1865), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5763007

Intercolonial Exhibition march 1866, op. 62 (Melbourne: W. H. Glen, 1866)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/15200702 

The South Sea sisters, a lyric masque written for the opening of the Intercolonial Exhibition, op. 73 (Melbourne, 1866; words: R. H. Horne), Melbourne, 24 October 1866; original 1866 edition of the words only

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11323451 

The Galatea waltz (Sydney: The composer, 1867)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7874835 

England's welcome galop (Sydney: H. Marsh, [1868])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/156931463 

Tell me Mary how to woo thee [Hodson]; newly edited and arranged by C. E. Horsley) (Sydney: J. R. Clarke, [1868?])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10085208 

My Bud is in heaven [Massett] (pianoforte accompaniment newly edited by C. E. Horsley) (Sydney: J. R. Clarke, [1868?])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/22271513 

A musical joke (the famous nursery rhymes, Jack and Gill; and Sing a song of sixpence, set to music, and arranged as four-part songs by Charles Edward Horsley) (Sydney: J. R. Clarke, [1868])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/8764964 

Chota waltz (played at Madame Bishop's concert by the composer) ([Sydney: ?, 1868])

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (7 December 1868), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13176911

Communion service responses (September 1869) (MS: Sydney, Christ Church; facsimile: Forsyth, 528 (532)

http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/2447

Euterpe, op. 76: an ode to music (words: Henry Kendall), Melbourne, 9 August 1870)

Extracts from the above:

All hail to thee, Sound (chorus; modern edition by Philip Legge)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/101048

Ah and when that meek eyed maiden from Euterpe (Melbourne: published for the composer by W. H. Glen, [1870?])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11386558

Three pieces from Euterpe (arranged for Florence Mary James by the composer, Charles Edward Horsley. Florence Mary James, from C. E. H. 1871): 1. Slumber song (MS); 2. Waltz chorus from "Euterpe" (MS); 3. Ah and when that meek eyed maiden (printed edition, Melbourne: W. H. Glen)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/11615333

Dreams of the past (ballad: words: Eliza Cook; Composed by Charles Edward Horsley for Mr. T. B. Browning, Melbourne 1871); facsimile edition of MS

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/33505370 

Other writings:

Charles Edward Horsley, "Reminiscences of Mendelssohn, by his English pupil", Dwight's Journal of Music (14 December 1872), 345-47

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ahVOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA345

In the summer of 1832 I saw Mendelssohn for the first time. I was then a mere child barely ten years old, but I well recollect the occasion. My father's house was the rendez-vous of all great artists both English and foreign, and invitations were immediately given to all who either brought letters or were introduced to my father by his numerous professional friends. My father himself, the most distinguished Glee writer and soundest musician that England has yet produced, was the most genial host, and it is to his constant desire to collect around him all that was good and great in his own profession, as well as the cream of the painters and literary men of the time, that his children owed the privilege of seeing all those whose genius and talent so largely contributed to the art progress of England since the commencement of the century. Thus among the musicians constantly at the house, were Moscheles, Hummel, Paganini, Mendelssohn, Spohr, Thalberg, Benedict, Sir George Smart, Mr. Neat, Mrs. Anderson, and many others; amongst the painters, Sir Augustus Calcott (my mother's uncle), Sir Thomas Lawrence, F. R. A., Collins, Wilkie, Etty, Redgrave, Mulready, Webster, Stone, Dyce, Sir W. Boxall, Uwins, &c. Our most intimate friends in literature were Dr. Rosen, the celebrated Oriental scholar, Carl Klingemann, the Secretary to the Hanoverian Embassy, Mr. H. F. Chorley, Hogarth, &c., &c.; and of the engineering celebrities, we constantly saw the Brunels, father and son, the latter having married my sister in 1836. Thus I may truly say that I and my family were constantly surrounded by an atmosphere of art, literature and science; and to this fact is of course traceable the great love of Music and Painting which seems almost hereditary amongst us.

[continued] (28 December 1872), 353-55

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ahVOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA353

[continued] (11 January 1873), 361-63

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ahVOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA361

Bibliography and resources:

"Horsley, Charles", British musical biography (1897), 209

http://archive.org/details/britishmusicalbi005704mbp

Horsley, Charles Edward, composer and organist, son of William Horsley, was born in London, December 16, 1822. He studied under his father, Moscheles, and at Leipzig under Hauptmann and Mendelssohn. Organist of St John's, Notting Hill, London. He went to Australia in 1868 [sic], and afterwards settled in the United States. He died at New York, May 2, 1876. WORKS. Oratorios: David, Joseph, Gideon: Glasgow, 1860; Comus, cantata for solo and chorus (Milton), 1874, Impromptu for pf., op.12 , Trio, No. 2, for pf ., viola and cello, op. 13; Sonata for pf . and cello (1844); Quartet for pf. and strings, 1845; six Lieder for voice and pf., op. 21, Anthems, Pf.pieces, various, Songs, part-songs, etc. Text-book of Harmony for schools and students.

Thérèse Radic, "Horsley, Charles Edward (1822-1876)", Australian dictionary of biography 4 (1972)

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/horsley-charles-edward-3800

Anna Bunney (cataloguer), Papers of the Horsley family, 18th-20th cent. (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1990; online resource, 2011

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/horsley/horsley.html

HORWITZ, Hannah (Hannah HORWITZ; Mrs. Sigismund JACOBY)

Musician, pianist

Born Stepney, London, England, 1851 (3rd quarter); daughter of Henry HORWITZ (d. 1899) and Sarah PYKE (c. 1830-1888)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, by c. 1856 (with parents)
Married Sigismund JACOBY, Bourke Street Synagogue, Melbourne, VIC, 1869
Died St. Kilda, VIC, 1935

HOSE, Henry Judge (Henry Judge HOSE; Rev. H. J. HOSE)

Musical amateur, Anglican cleric

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469458 (NLA persistent identifier)

HOSIE, Daniel (Daniel HOSIE)

Musician, drummer and bandsman Band of the 73rd Regiment

Born Airdlie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 18 July 1792; son of Hugh HOSIE and Margaret ARNOT
Enlisted c. 1806
Arrived with regiment, Sydney, NSW, 28/30 December 1809 / 1 January 1810 (per Dromedary, from Yarmouth, 8 May)
Departed Sydney, NSW, 5/6 April 1814 (per General Hewett, for Colombo, Ceylon, 17 August)
Discharged 1836

Documentation:

Pay-list of the 1st Batt'n Seventy Third Regiment of Foot from 25 September to 24 December 1812 (Australian Joint Copying Project, from Records of the UK War Office)

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1661014076 (DIGITISED)

Drum-Major as Serjeant / Gosling William . . .

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1661014646 (DIGITISED)

Corporals . . . Curtis William

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1661015808 (DIGITISED)

Drummers and Fifers . . .
Griffin George
Hosie Daniel
Inglis Andrew
Mason John . . .

Pay-list of the 1st Batt'n Seventy Third Regiment of Foot from 25 December 1813 to 24 March 1814 (Australian Joint Copying Project, from Records of the UK War Office)

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1661153879 (DIGITISED)

Drum-Major as Serjeant / Gosling William . . .

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1661154411 (DIGITISED)

Corporals . . . Curtis William

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1661155681 (DIGITISED)

Drummers and Fifers . . .
Griffin George
Hosie Daniel
Inglis Andrew
Mason John . . .

Payment request, Lachlan Macquarie to bandsman, musicians, 73rd regiment, 10 March 1814; Wentworth family papers, MS A763, 79 (and receipt verso), State Library of New South Wales

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nvgPQRp1/Ew068wxE3JQZK (DIGITISED)

Sydney, 10th March 1814.
Sir, Please to pay the undermentioned seven me belonging to the Band of the 73d Regiment, the sums herein annexed, to their respective names (in lieu of shoes agreed to be given them) in remuneration for their performing Sacred Music at Church on Sundays from 1st Oct'r 1812 to the 31st March 1814; there being 3 pairs of shoes one to each man, viz:
1 Wm. Curtis - Corporal - £ 1. 5. 6
2 Alex'r Goodall - Musician - 1. 5. 6
3 James Learmouth - [Musician] - 1. 5. 6
4 Andrew Inglis - [Musician] - 1. 5. 6
5 Daniel Hosie - [Musician] - 1. 5. 6
6 George Griffin - [Musician] - 1. 5. 6
7 John Mason - [Musician] - 1. 5. 6
[Total] £ 8. 18. 6.
Charging the said amount of £ 8. 18. 6 to the Police Fund.
L. Macquarie.
To D. Wentworth Esq., Treasurer Police Fund

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nvgPQRp1/lBpRekXBpglrJ (DIGITISED)

We the undermentioned persons acknowledge to have had from Mr. Wentworth the different sums [? ? ?] on the other side.
William Curtis
A. Goodall
Jas. Learmouth
Andrew Inglis
Daniel Hosie
George Griffin
John Mason

Report of invalid soldiers examined at Chelsea Hospital, 14 September 1836; UK National Archives

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FWO23%2F8%2F00126 (PAYWALL)

Dan'l Hosie / [age] 43 /
[formerly] Private 73rd Foot / [Corporal] 10 1/12 / Private 2 / East India 4 7/12
[Regiment] 56th [Foot] / [private] 15 5/12 /
[total service] 29 9/12 / [underage] 4 / [total of age] 25 9/12 /
[debility] Chronic dyspnea / [born] Barony Airdrie Lanarks. / [residence] [illeg/]

HOSIER, Frederick (Frederick HOSIER)

Amateur vocalist

Active Sydney, NSW, by 1850s
Died Potts Point, NSW, 21 June 1886, aged 57

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Frederick+Hosier+d1886 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HOSKING, John (John HOSKING)

Alderman and first mayor of Sydney, merchant

Born South Brent, Devon, England, 17 April 1805; baptised, 21 April 1805; son of John HOSKING (1774-1855) and Ann Elizabeth MANN (d. 1853)
Arrived (1) Sydney, NSW, 29 January 1809
Departed (1) Sydney, NSW, July 1819
Arrived (2) Sydney, NSW, December 1825 (per Sir George Osborne)
Married Martha TERRY, St. James, Sydney, NSW, 16 June 1829
Died Penrith, NSW, 9 September 1882

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Hosking+1805-1882 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465288 (NLA persistent identifier)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-H-2.php#HOSKING-John (shareable link to this entry)

HOSKING, Martha (Martha Foxlow TERRY; Mrs. John HOSKING)

Amateur musician, pianist

Born Sydney, NSW, 31 October 1811; baptised St. Philip, Sydney, 24 November 1811; daughter of Samuel TERRY and Rosetta PRACEY
Married John HOSKING, St. James, Sydney, NSW, 16 June 1829
Died Mount Pleasant, Penrith, NSW, 30 June 1877

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Martha+Terry+Hosking+1811-1877 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-H-2.php#HOSKING-Martha (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

Register of births, 1773-1828, Wesleyan Metropolitan Registry; UK National Archives, RG 4 / 4677

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/2972/images/40612_B0151992-00172 (PAYWALL)

No. 1322 / John the son of John Hosking of London in the Parish of St. Pancras in the County of Middlesex and of Ann Elizabeth his wife, who was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Mann, was born at South Brent on the [17 April 1805] and . . . baptized [21 April 1805] at South Brent in the County of Devon . . .

"COURT OF REQUESTS, FRIDAY, OCT. 5. Symons and Annette his wife v. Samuel Terry", The Monitor (8 October 1827), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31758983

The plaintiffs had lately been resident in Sydney, but were now on their passage to England. Mrs. Symons, previously to her marriage (which took place in the Colony the latter part of last March) had given a quarter's tuition in musick to Miss Martha Terry, daughter of the defendant. The latter had been repeatedly called on to pay the amount charged (three guineas sterling), and had evaded payment, first, by saying he would settle it when convenient; but finally he denied all knowledge of his daughter's having been a pupil of Mrs. Symons, but acknowledged that he had heard that she had visited Mrs. S. as a young friend, when it was probable they might amuse each other with a tune on the piano; but as to receiving lessons, he knew nothing of it.

The Rev. W. Horton deposed, that he and Mrs. Horton had been intimate with Mrs. Symons, as well before her marriage as subsequently, and had heard somewhere, that Miss Terry was a pupil of Mrs. S. but did not know it of his own knowledge. The Rev. Ralph Mansfield deposed that Mrs. Mansfield and himself had also been intimate with Mrs. Symons previously, as well as subsequently to her marriage. Mrs. Mansfield one day expressed her gratification to him, Mr. M., that Miss Terry was added to the number of her, Miss Spencer's, (now Mrs. Symons) pupils; but he did not know of his own knowledge that the young lady had been a pupil of Miss Spencer, except from Miss S. herself, at the time. On being asked the nature of the conversation he had had with Miss S. on this subject, Mr. Terry, the defendant, objected to such a question being put. The attorney for Mr. Symons observed to the Commissioner, the ungracious part Mr. Terry was acting. Although his daughter had been regularly subpaened to appear that morning, Mr. Terry would not allow her to come, knowing, as he did, that the plaintiffs could only, by her evidence, prove their case with that distinctness which was desirable. What species of labour was more deserving the consideration of that Court, than the teaching of accomplishments by females, situated, as Miss Spencer had been, whose support in a strange country depended on the honour of her pupils, or of their parents, in paying her her just demands? He, therefore, trusted the Court would give a latitude to his questions to witnesses in this case, seeing it was not possible Miss Spencer could have foreseen that so wealthy a man as Mr. Terry would refuse to pay three guineas for the instruction of his only daughter. For, if Miss Spencer had really repeatedly explained to her friends, at the time, such as the two Reverend Gentlemen and their ladies, that she now numbered Miss Terry among her pupils, such testimony, under the circumstances of Mr. Terry refusing that his daughter should obey the authority of that Court, ought, in his opinion, to be received by that Court, as a Court of Conscience. The Commissioner agreed, at all events, that the question should be put, but he would put it himself, Mr. Mansfield then distinctly proved, that Miss Terry had been a pupil of Miss Spencer, and afterwards of Mrs. Symons, according to the testimony of the latter, made to him at the time she was teaching Miss Terry, (viz. from March 5 to June 5 of the present year).

Mr. Terry then cross-examined Mr. Mansfield at some length, and elicited the following particulars. That after Miss Spencer left the family with whom she had come out from England in the capacity of governess, he, Mr. T. had had some conversation with Mr. Mansfield, as to some reports which affected the character of Miss Spencer. And that Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield being present, at dinner on the day Miss Spencer was married, and seeing Miss Terry then, he, Mr. Mansfield, had concluded that Mr. Terry was by that time quite satisfied as to the correctness of Miss Spencer's conduct. (The Commissioner here remarked, that they were not trying the moral character of either the plaintiffs or the defendant, though, with regard to that of one of the plaintiffs, Miss Spencer, now Mrs. Symons, the circumstance of her having been visited all along, as well before as after her marriage, by Mrs. Mansfield, was quite sufficient to satisfy his mind as to her character.)

On his being further cross-examined by the defendant, Mr. Mansfield was of opinion that Miss Spencer, she being, in his opinion, inclined to benevolence, would teach the daughter of a person in decayed circumstances without charge, even though she were herself, at the time, in a sickly state of health. Miss Charlotte Hall deposed to her having been a pupil of Miss Spencer, and subsequently of Mrs. Symons; but that she received her tuition in a morning, whereas Miss Terry attended to receive her lessons in an evening. But it so happened that, at two several times, Miss Terry casually mentioned to the witness, that she was taking lessons on the piano of Miss Spencer.

Mr. Terry, in his defence, called on Mrs. Smith. (This person is the wife of a respectable shop-keeper in Pitt-street, who is one of the deacons of the church under the charge of the Rev. R. Mansfield and W. Horton.) Mrs. S. deposed, that previously to Miss Spencer's marriage she had lodged in her house. Witness was present when Miss Terry first called and conversed with Miss Spencer about her terms for teaching the pianoforte. Miss Terry called for the next two months in an evening, and went up stairs to Miss Spencer; but whether to drink tea, or to practise music, witness could not positively swear. Used to hear the instrument being played upon. Never saw Miss Terry go upstairs more than six or seven times, but as witness was often employed in the back part of the premises, Miss Terry might have called and gone up stairs a great many time more than six or seven, without witness seeing her. (No more witnesses were called.)

The defendant addressed the Court in explanation. He said, his daughter had taken instructions in music from Miss Spencer, and afterwards, when she became Mrs. Symons, without his knowledge. He admitted he had heard of her going to Mrs. Symon's lodgings, but he understood it was in the way of a friendly call. His daughter being a minor, was not competent to make such engagements as the one on which the action was founded and consequently he was not liable to judgment. (Being reminded by the plaintiff's attorney that Miss Terry could have given better evidence on such points than himself, if she had made her appearance.) Mr. Terry went on to say, that he would not allow his daughter to come into that Court on such a paltry occasion; and that, in his opinion, Mr. Hall ought to be ashamed of himself for permitting Miss H. to attend there, and give evidence as she had done. If Mr. S. had wanted three guineas, or even five guineas, he would chearfully have given it him; and that he was sure the plaintiffs had received from him aforetime, that which was equivalent to several fives: but he would resist a demand of this sort, when set up as a legal claim. (The attorney for the plaintiffs begged the defendant to desist from such insinuations; for that although he admitted Miss Spencer had not been rich, and could not afford to give the daughters of wealthy men tuition and tea parties all for nothing, her husband, Mr. Symons, was a gentleman of property, and needed not, nor would accept any gifts from Mr. Terry.) The Commissioner summed up in few words. He was satisfied in his own mind Miss Terry had been instructed by Miss Spencer, and therefore should give judgment for the plaintiffs. Damages £3 3s. sterling, and costs.

ASSOCIATIONS: Annette Symons (pianoforte teacher); Ralph Mansfield (Wesleyan clergyman, witness); William Horton (Wesleyan clergyman, witness); Charlotte Hall (pupil) daughter of Edward Smith Hall (editor of the Monitor)

"MARRIED", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (18 June 1829), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2192688 

MARRIED, On Tuesday last, at St. James's Church, by the Rev. RICHARD HILL, JOHN HOSKING, Esq., son of JOHN HOSKING, Esq. of London, and formerly of this colony, to MARTHA, youngest daughter of SAMUEL TERRY, Esq.
Immediately after the ceremony, the happy pair drove off to Box Hill, one of the numerous beautiful estates of the opulent parent.

Musical dedications:

The Sydney Corporation Quadrilles (1842)

The Sydney Corporation quadrilles, dedicated by permission to Mrs. John Hosking, composed by Fredrick Ellard (Sydney: Published by F[rancis] Ellard, [1842])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18822147 

http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-165404774 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Frederick Ellard (composer); Francis Ellard (publisher)

[W. A. Duncan], "NEW PUBLICATIONS", Australasian Chronicle (17 December 1842), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31738259

The Sydney Corporation Quadrilles. Dedicated to the Mayoress. By F. Ellard.

No great originality or depth of science is looked for in the composition of quadrilles, for the reason, we presume, that few, if any, real masters have ever condescended to devote their time to such trifles. Any combination and division of sounds which may give the time and enliven the steps of the party is considered, and perhaps justly, sufficient. In this view the "Corporation Quadrilles" will, we doubt not, serve their object, and give an additional interest to the Mayoress's Ball . . .

Australia, the wide and the free (1842-43)

Australia the wide and the free! a national song, written by W. A. Duncan, esq're, as sung at the great civic dinner, December 21st 1842, composed and respectfully inscribed to the Right Worshipful John Hosking, mayor of Sydney, by I. Nathan (Sydney: Published by the composer, [1842])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16495344

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-165977791 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: William Augustine Duncan (lyricist); Isaac Nathan (composer)

[W. A. Duncan], "THE MAYOR'S DINNER", Australasian Chronicle (22 December 1842), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31738318 

Yesterday evening the Right Worshipful the Mayor, John Hosking, Esq., gave a splendid dinner in the saloon of the Royal Hotel . . . The band of the 80th regiment was in attendance, and played, several appropriate pieces during dinner. The company, consisting of 349 gentlemen sat down to dinner about eight o'clock, the band playing "The Roast Beef of Old England." Amongst the gentlemen present we observed his excellency the Governor in his vice-regal uniform . . .

. . . a number of appropriate toasts were drunk and several songs were sung, among the rest the following new song, composed expressly for the occasion, on the city and corporation of Sydney, was sung by Mr. Nathan, and received with very great applause -

A song for Australia, the wide and the free . . . [gives full text]

The Aboriginal father (18430

The Aboriginal father, a native song of the Maneroo Tribe . . . versified from the original words . . . by Mrs. E. H. Dunlop, the melody, as sung by the Aborigines, put into rhythm & harmonized with appropriate Symphonies & accompaniments, respectfully inscribed to the lady mayoress, by I. Nathan (Sydney: [I. Nathan], [1843])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16497064

http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-165998456 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (lyrics for singing); Ngarigu traditional (original words and melody); Isaac Nathan (arranger)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (21 January 1843), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12417181 

THIS DAY is published for the composer, Elizabeth-street South,
THE ABORIGINAL FATHER, A NATIVE MELODY; Inscribed to the MAYORESS.
Poetess, Mrs, Dunlop. Composer, J. Nathan.
ALSO, AUSTRALIA the WIDE and the FREE, A NATIONAL MELODY; Inscribed to JOHN HOSKINS, Esq., the Right Worshipful Mayor of Sydney.
Poet. W.A. Duncan, Esq. Composer, J. Nathan.

Bibliography and resources:

Vivienne Parsons, "Hosking, John . . .", Australian dictionary of biography 1 (1966)

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hosking-john-2200 

Graeme Skinner (University of Sydney), "Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, Irish and colonial melodist: her songs for music and collaborations with Isaac Nathan", in Anna Johnston and Elizabeth Webby (eds), Eliza Hamilton Dunlop: writing from the colonial frontier (Sydney: Sydney University Press, 2021), (121-58), 152-53

https://dx.doi.org/10.30722/sup.9781743327487 (print and ebook)

ONSITE PDF (DOWNLOAD)

. . . Nathan released the lithographed sheet music of "The Aboriginal Father" in January 1843. He dedicated it to Martha Hosking, wife of the first Mayor of Sydney, making it a pair of another sort with the previous number of the series, "Australia the Wide and the Free", dedicated to her husband John, on the occasion of his election as first Mayor of Sydney. Nathan himself had sung John's song (to Duncan's words) at the inaugural mayoral dinner, on 21 December. However, there does not appear to have been any public performance of Martha's song, and there is no record of its private reception, even by its dedicatee. Victims of the colonial financial crisis of the 1840s, the Hoskings withdrew from public life in mid-1843, and thereafter also largely from public record . . .

John Hosking (1805-1882), Sydney's Alderman, City of Sydney

http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/john-hosking 

HOSKINS, Mary Sarah (Mary Sarah HOSKINS; Miss HOSKINS)

Amateur vocalist

Born England, c. 1838; daughter of Joseph Thomas HOSKINS (1806-1859) and Anne CLEMENTS (d. 1851)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, by late 1850s
Died Windsor, VIC, 2 April 1886, aged "48"

Documentation:

"DEATHS", Leader [Melbourne, VIC] (17 April 1886), 42

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198050399 

HOSKINS. - On the 14th April, at her late residence, Aldine Villa, Peel-street, Windsor, Mary S. Hoskins, of apoplexy, late member of Philharmonic Society.

HOSKINS, William (William HOSKINS; Mr. W. HOSKINS; Mr. HOSKINS)

Actor, comedian, manager

Born Newton-Solney, Burton on Trent, England, 17 February 1816, son of Abraham HOSKINS and Mary ?
Married (1) Julia WALLACK ("Miss Julia HARLAND"), St. Margaret Next Rochester, Kent, England, 3 September 1842
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 27 June 1856 (per James Baines, from Liverpool, England, 6 April)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 30 June 1856 (per London, from Melbourne, 28 June)
Married (2) Maud Anna BOWMAN ("Miss Maud DOUGLAS"), NZ, 4 December 1881
Died Fitzroy, VIC, 28 September 1886

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=William+Hoskins+1816-1886 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hoskins_(actor) (Wikipedia)

ASSOCIATIONS: Julia Harland (wife, musician, vocalist, actor, performing and business partner)

Documentation:

Marriages, St. Margaret Next Rochester, Kent, 1842; England, select marriages

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/944390:9852 (PAYWALL)

3 September 1842 / William Hoskins / son of Abraham Hoskins / and Julia Susannah Wallack / daughter of Henry John Wallack

"MR. WILLIAM HOSKINS", The Age (17 December 1884), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191473034 

"DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM HOSKINS", The Era [London, England] (13 November 1886), 9

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/18861113/017/0009 (PAYWALL)

HOTHAM, Charles (Charles HOTHAM)

Governor, musical patron

HOTHAM, Jane (Jane Sarah; HOTHAM)

Governor's wife, musical patron

HOUDIN, Harry (Harry HOUDIN, alias of DOUGAN; ? DUGGAN)

Musician, entertainer, magician, mimic, concertina player, vocalist, dancer, photographer, photographic artist

Active Kyneton, VIC, by October 1859
Departed Hobart, TAS, January 1863 (per Hargraves, for New Zealand
Died Taranaki, NZ, June 1869

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Harry+Houdin+d+NZ+1869+Dougan (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

"AMUSEMENTS", The Kyneton Observer [VIC] (13 October 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240847075 

[Advertisement], Illawarra Mercury [Wollongong, NSW] (7 December 1860), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132222919 

Assembly Rooms, Queen's Hotel.
MR. W. H. STEPHENS, the celebrated Comedian and Comic Vocalist, will appear in his new Entertainment, entitled, "WHERE I WENT, AND WHAT I SAW" . . .
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY EVENINGS, DECEMBER , 10th and 11th.
Mr. HARRY HOUDIN will also appear in his great and equally surprising POLYNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT.
In the course of the evening, MISS RAYMOND will Sing several BALLADS AND SONGS.
Mr. MARMADUKE H. WILSON (the celebrated Composer and Pianist) will PRESIDE AT THE PIANOFORTE . . .
MR. W. H. STEPHENS and MR. HARRY HOUDIN, will Visit SHOALHAVEN ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, 12th AND 13th DECEMBER.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Henry Stephens (actor, vocalist); Marie Pauline Raymond (vocalist); Marmaduke Henry Wilson (pianist)

[Advertisement], Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle (22 December 1869), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59788481 

TEMPERANCE HALL!
MR. W. H. STEPHENS having secured the above building for the
CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR'S Holidays, begs to announce that on
MONDAY EVENING, Dec. 24th, MR. HARRY HOUDIN, The great Polynationalist, will make his first appearance in his
DRAWING ROOM MAGIC and wonderful POLYNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT.
Introducing Innumerable Characters, Songs, Dances, &c., of many Lands and Languages;
concluding with his great Negro Impersonation of
BROTHER BONES, Accompanying himself on the Concertina, Bones, Whistle, and various Instruments.
In the course of the evening, MISS MARIE PAULINE RAYMOND, (From the Exeter Hull Concerts) will introduce several Favourite Ballads, &c.
On WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20TH.
Mr. W. H. STEPHENS Will give (for the first time here) his New Entertainment, entitled WHERE I WENT, AND WHAT I SAW. Interspersed with Comic and Descriptive Songs.
Mr. MARMADUKE H. WILSON (The Celebrated Composer and 'Pianist) will preside at the Pianoforte, and execute several Musical Morceaux, embracing his newest compositions.
Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8.; Reserved Seats, 3s.; Front Do., 2s.; Back Do., 1s.

ASSOCIATIONS: Temperance Hall (Sydney venue)

"ENTERTAINMENT OF MESSRS. STEPHENS AND HOUDIN", The Sydney Morning Herald (28 December 1860), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28627050 

. . . To this exhibition of drawing-room magic succeeded a pleasing ballad sung by Miss M. P. Raymond, a fair young debutante who possesses a very fine voice, and bids fair to become a favourite. The entire absence of affectation, and the undeniably good taste and simplicity with which this lady sings, render her interpretation of ballad music extremely effective . . .

[Advertisement], Empire (31 December 1860), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60504299 

TEMPERANCE HALL. TO-NIGHT, December 31.
LAST NIGHT of Mr. W. H. STEPHENS' ENTERTAINMENT, WHERE I WENT AND WHAT I SAW!
Parts 1 and 2. From Sydney to New York, via California and Panama,
With new Songs, Anecdotes, and Characteristic Sketches.
LAST, NIGHT of Miss M. P. MAYNARD [sic], the favourite Ballad Singer.
LAST NIGHT of M. H. WILSON'S New Overtures.
Concluding with HARRY HOUDINS's Polynational Entertainment . . .

[Advertisement], Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser [Grafton, NSW] (21 January 1862), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61891684 

"SHIPPING", Hobart Town Advertiser [Weekly Edition] (14 February 1863), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264721632 

"TARANAKI (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) NEW PLYMOUTH, July 6th", Otago Witness (24 July 1869), 3

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18690724.2.7 

" Harry Houdin," - whose real name, I believe, was Dougan - whose name was familiar to the public some few years since aa that of a successful mimic, and who gave several entertainments in different parts of the colony, died in this town a few weeks since. For three or four years he was an almost helpless mortal, being affected with paralysis.

HOUGHTON, Mrs. (Mrs. HOUGHTON)

Musician, vocalist, teacher of Music and Singing (pupil of the Royal Academy of Music)

Active Melbourne, VIC, 1853

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Mrs+Houghton+RAM+c1853 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

? [Advertisement], The Argus (4 January 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4788697

"THE WEEKLY CONCERTS"", The Argus (2 February 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4789418 

It appears that the efforts of the anti-musical members of the Committee of the Mechanics' Institution have not hitherto, at all events been successful; as tomorrow night the usual concert is to be given, the programme containing many features of novelty. PART I . . . Ballad - Mrs. Houghton, "Scenes that are brightest," Balfe [sic] Pupil of the Royal Academy, London . . . PART II . . . Song - Mrs. Houghton, "Tell me my heart", Bishop . . . Scena - Mrs. Houghton, "Al Dolce Guiami," Donizetti . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus (19 February 1853), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4789936

[Advertisement], The Argus (9 April 1853), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4791445

HOULDING, John Richard (John Richard HOULDING; "Old Boomerang")

Author, songwriter / song recorder

Born Essex, England, 22 April 1822
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 26 January 1839
Died NSW, 25 April 1918

Documentation:

"OLD BOOMERANG. SEVENTY-SEVEN YEARS IN AUSTRALIA", The Sydney Morning Herald (26 December 1916), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15691149

"OLD BOOMERANG. DEATH OF MR. JOHN R. HOULDING", The Sydney Morning Herald (27 April 1918), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15769236

"HISTORY OF MUSIC . . . MORE CURIOSITIES", The Sydney Morning Herald (22 January 1829), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16525267

Songs:

The Australian emigrant's song (written by Old Boomerang; composed by E. K.) (London: Chappell & Co., [1867])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12944753 

Song of the Australian squatter (Air, "Rory O'More"), in Australian capers: or, Christopher Cockle's colonial experience, by Old Boomerang (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1867), 229-30

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CMsBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA229

Bibliography and resources:

Ruth Teale, "Houlding, John Richard (1822-1918)", Australian dictionary of biography 4 (1972)

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/houlding-john-richard-3804

http://www.warrenfahey.com/fc_stationlife.html

http://www.apfa.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/biogs/E000040b.htm

HOUSTON, James (James HOUSTON; Mr. HOUSTON)

Scotch and comic vocalist

Active Melbourne, VIC, 1856-57

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Age (16 May 1857), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154821487 

NATIONAL HOTEL MUSIC HAL, Bourke-street east. - Re-engagement of that eminent artiste, Madame Annie Vitelli . . .
Mr. Houston, the unrivalled comic vocalist, every evening . . .
Mr. Taylor, the admired tenor, every evening . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus (6 July 1857), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7134831 

TILKE'S CITY CONCERT HALL . . . James Houston, the Scotch and Comic Vocalist.

HOWARD, Mr. (Mr. HOWARD) = ? Thomas HOWARD below

Musician, bandmaster

Active Geelong, VIC, 1864-65

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (14 November 1864), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148769685 

ARTILLERY SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT.
Under the Patronage of Lieut-Col. REDE.
A SERIES of SIXTEEN PROMENADE CONCERTS AND SOIREES
Will be given by the Band of the G. V. V. Artillery, under the direction of Mr. Howard (late bandmaster to the 24th Regiment, and for several years leader of the band of the 2nd Life Guard,) assisted by Lady and Gentlemen Vocalists, in the Parade Rooms and Grounds, Little Malop-street.
To commence on Monday Evening, the 28th November, and continue each Monday evening during the Summer Months.
The proceeds to be devoted to the maintenance of a first class military band in the corps.
Admission to Single Entertainment 1s.
Season Ticket (not transferable) 7s 6d, to admit one to the 16 entertainments.
Do do, double ticket, 10s 6d, to admit lady and gentleman, to the 16 entertainments.
Do do, family ticket, 15s to admit three adults, or two adults and three children to the entertainments.
Tickets can be had of the gentlemen forming the band committee, who will canvass the town for subscriptions, &c.

HOWARD, Miss (Miss HOWARD)

Actor, vocalist, dancer, circus performer

Active Melbourne and Geelong, VIC, 1850-51
Active Sydney, NSW, 1852

HOWARD, George B. stage name of George Birkeck MASON

Musician, vocalist, instrumentalist, leader (Ethiopian Serenaders)

HOWARD, Charles V. stage name of Charles V. MASON

Musician, vocalist, tambourine player, leader (Howard's Serenaders), agent, theatre manager

HOWARD, James (James HOWARD)

Clarionet player

Died Melbourne, VIC, 10 August 1877

Documentation:

[News], The Argus (11 August 1877), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5932881

The orchestral work was greatly admired, and a beautiful solo for the clarionet, which Mr. Howard gave with that purity of tone for which his playing is remarkable, was redemanded and repeated, to the great satisfaction of the audience.

[News], South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (18 August 1877), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90945469

Mr. James Howard died very suddenly last evening. To all who have been patrons of opera in Melbourne for the last five years, Mr. Howard was known as the first clarionet player in the orchestra, and was admired in that position as an artist who could produce a tone quite soft and musical from an instrument which is generally regarded as the most intractable of all. Henry Lazarus, the greatest of masters, would have listened to him with approval. Mr. Howard was playing on Thursday night in the opera of "Faust," and his share of the instrumental performance on that occasion was marked by those who watched it with consummate grace and masterly finish. At about 6 o'clock yesterday evening he had an apoplectic seizure in the Victoria Hotel, where he resided, at the corner of Lonsdale and Russell streets. He lived in an unconscious state for about 20 minutes, and then died. Mr. Howard leaves a widow and children in Sydney. The suddenness of his death was a great shock in more than professional musical circles.

HOWARD, John (John HOWARD)

Owner of a violoncello

Active SA, 1859

Documentation:

"LAW AND CRIMINAL COURTS", South Australian Register (17 September 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49828732 

HOWARD, Mr. (Mr. HOWARD; ? John H. HOWARD)

Actor, prompter

HOWARD, Mrs.

Actor, dancer

HOWARD, Louisa (Elizabeth Louisa MILLS; Miss Louisa HOWARD; Miss HOWARD)

Actor, dancer, vocalist

? Born Hampshire, England, 24 December 1839 (? 1838)
Married James MUNRO (MELVILLE), Sydney, NSW, 1854
Died Baldwin, Ohio, USA, 22 March 1915, aged "75"

Documentation:

? List of families per Lascar, arrived Sydney, NSW, 11 November, 1841; State Archives and Records Authority of NSW, Persons on Bounty Ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists), series 5316

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/81760:1204 (PAYWALL)

Mills William Duff / 28 / Gardener / [native place] Hampshire
Anne [sic] / 23 / Wife // Elizabeth Louisa / 2 1/2 / Daughter . . .

[Advertisement], Adelaide Observer (29 August 1846), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158923038 

"SUPREME COURT", Port Phillip Gazette and Settler's Journal (8 November 1847), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223152892 

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (14 August 1849), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93138822 

HOWARD, Amy (Mrs. Amy HOWARD; Mrs. A HOWARD; Mrs. HOWARD; Mrs. Edward WRIGHT)

Actor

Born England, c. 1824
Arrived Sydney, NSW, by (? late 1854) March 1855
Departed Melbourne, VIC, by mid 1861
Died Fordham, New York, NY, USA, 13 November 1880, aged "56"

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Empire [Sydney, NSW] (29 March 1855), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60176643 

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (19 October 1855), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12983074 

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE, CASTLEREAGH-STREET. This EVENING, OCTOBER 19 . . .
To conclude with the musical burletta, entitled THE WATERMAN.
Tom Tug (with the Songs of "Did you never hear tell of a Jolly Young Waterman" - "Then farewell my trim-built werry" and "The Bay of Biscay" Madame San Flower;
Bundle, Mr. C. King; Robin (with the Song of "Cherries and Plums,"), Mr. F. Howson;
Wilhelmina, Mrs. Guerin ; Mrs. Bundle, Mrs. A. Howard.
F. HOWSON, Manager.

"MRS. AMY HOWARD . . .", The Era [London, England] (16 November 1862), 11

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/18621116/032/0011 (PAYWALL)

. . . who has been playing in Comedy and Burlesque at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool, for some time with success, will leave for America to fulfil an engagement of six months on the 20th proximo. This lady was in Australia for many years, and held a high position in her profession; she was also esteemed in private circles for her kindness to those who required aid and support in their misfortunes.

"MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES, No. 1 (By 'Hayseed.')", Sydney Sportsman (8 January 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166734968 

An interesting note from Mr. Lyons: " . . . Jimmy Melville was the best Australian circus rider of his day. A native of New South Wales, he married a daughter of Mrs. Amy Howard, the Mrs. Howard who was afterwards the wife of the Mr. Wright, you mention in 'Memoirs' . . . [Melville's] real name Munro . . . Mr. Wright and his wife, Amy Howard, went to America. Wright returned to Sydney after the death of his wife, and died somewhere in Sydney, about the year 1881 . . .

US census, 3 June 1880. Thomas Avenue, New York City; USA National Archives, 1880 census, 900/507C/678

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/3245473:6742 (PAYWALL)

Wright Amy / 13 / daughter / - / Born NY / Father born Scotland / Mother born England
Wright Edward / - / 47 / Newsagent / [all born] England
Wright Amy / 56 / Wife / Keeping House / [all born] England

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (21 January 1881), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13477195 

WRIGHT. - November 13, 1880, at Fordham, New York, U.S.A., Amy Howard, wife of Edward Wright, formerly of Sydney, N.S.W. Interred at Woodlawn Cemetery, Fordham.

HOWARD, Sam (Samuel Howard TAYLOR; alias Samuel HOWARD; Sam HOWARD)

Actor, comedian, vocalist

Born c. 1818/28
Active VDL, SA, VIC, mid 1840s
Married (? 2) Sara FLOWER, St. James's, Sydney, NSW, 20 December 1851
Died Sydney, October 1886, aged "58/68"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Sam+Howard+d1886 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Bibliography and resources:

Ann V. Beedell, Terminal silence: Sara Flower and the diva enigma: explorations of voice and the maternal in operatic experience in colonial Australian history ca. 1850-1865 (Ph.D thesis, Griffith University, 1999), especially 300-04

HOWARD, ? (Mr. S. HOWARD; Mr. HOWARD)

Actor, comedian, vocalist, theatrical manager and lessee

Active VDL (TAS), 1840s until early 1850s

ASSOCIATIONS: Gibson Stubbs (actor)

HOWARD, Thomas (Thomas HOWARD)

Musician

Died Melbourne, VIC, 10 August 1877, aged "50"

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Argus (4 October 1864), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5739295 

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (14 November 1864), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148769685 

ARTILLERY SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT.
Under the Patronage of Lieut-Col. REDE.
A SERIES of SIXTEEN PROMENADE CONCERTS AND SOIREES
Will be given by the Band of the G. V. V. Artillery, under the direction of Mr. Howard (late bandmaster to the 24th Regiment, and for several years leader of the band of the 2nd Life Guard,) assisted by Lady and Gentlemen Vocalists, in the Parade Rooms and Grounds, Little Malop-street.
To commence on Monday Evening, the 28th November, and continue each Monday evening during the Summer Months.
The proceeds to be devoted to the maintenance of a first class military band in the corps.
Admission to Single Entertainment 1s.
Season Ticket (not transferable) 7s 6d, to admit one to the 16 entertainments.
Do do, double ticket, 10s 6d, to admit lady and gentleman, to the 16 entertainments.
Do do, family ticket, 15s to admit three adults, or two adults and three children to the entertainments.
Tickets can be had of the gentlemen forming the band committee, who will canvass the town for subscriptions, &c.

[News], The Age [Melbourne, VIC] (2 March 1868), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176995769 

With relation to an advertisement inserted some months since by Mr. Coppin in the Era, the following reply has been published in that journal: -
"Theatre Royal, Melbourne, 21st October, 1867. -
With reference to an advertisement (signed George Coppin) in the London, Era, and copied into Melbourne's Bell's Life of 19th October, asserting that
"All members of the (Theatre Royal) company, down to the poor ballet girls, are compelled to contribute two-thirds of their salaries towards temporary losses, without the least participation in ultimate profits, even to the receipt of arrearage, is indignantly condemned by all members of the profession, including those unfortunates that are forced, through circumstances, to accept 6s 8d in the pound until something better turns up,"
we, the members of the Theatre Royal company, musicians, ballet girls, and employes of that establishment, most distinctly contradict the above statement; inasmuch that during the present spirited and successful management, viz., from 13th February to 21st October, 1867, we have never been offered one-third of our salaries, as above stated, but, on the contrary, have received for thirty-two consecutive weeks full salaries to present date, and the other three weeks at the commence ment of the season, respectively 12s, 10s and 15s in the pound, although in many instances the management have been very heavy losers: -
. . . [orchestra members] Benjamin Levy [sic], Julius Siede, Samuel Chapman, C. R. Berg, Edward L. Bentley, James Hore, Thomas Reed, Thomas Howard, Robert Ilsley . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Barnett Levy (violin); Julius Siede (musician); Samuel Chapman (musician); Charles Berg (musician); Edwin Bentley (musician); Thomas Reed (musician); James Hore (musician); Robert Ilsey (musician); Theatre Royal (Melbourne venue)

"NEWS OF THE DAY", The Herald [Melbourne, VIC] (11 August 1877), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244272013 

A very sudden death occurred last evening in the Victoria Hotel, corner of Russell and Lonsdale Streets. A man, named Thomas Howard, a musician from Sydney, who had been stopping at the hotel for the last three weeks, and appeared to have good health was dressing to go out when he suddenly became ill, and died in about a quarter of an hour. The body was removed to the morgue where it now lies awaiting an inquest, which will be held on Monday forenoon.

"INQUEST", The Age (14 August 1877), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206918526 

Dr. Youl held an inquest at the Victoria Hotel, Russell-street, yesterday, upon the body of Thomas Howard, aged fifty years, a musician engaged at the Opera House, who died suddenly on the 10th inst. A few minutes before his death he was in his usual health, and stated that he had an unusually good appetite. He suddenly fell upon the floor in an insensible condition, and died a few moments after a medical man arrived. The post mortem examination showed that the cause of death was sanguinous apoplexy, and the jury returned a verdict to that effect.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (3 November 1877), 15

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28397117 

WANTED to Sell Clarionet and other MUSIC, belonging to the late Thomas Howard, first clarionet player in the Opera Company. Apply at No. 2, Jones's buildings, Pitt-street.

HOWELLS, Philip Arthur

Musician, music-seller, reviewer, memorialist, music publisher

Active Adelaide, SA, by 1868
Died Adelaide, SA, 24 August 1921, aged "65"

Summary:

According to his own account, Howells started in the Adelaide music business as a shop boy for Samuel Marshall in 1868.

Documentation:

"THE GROWTH OF MUSIC IN ADELAIDE", The Advertiser (29 March 1913), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5387808

P. A. Howells. "MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. REMINISCENCES FROM 1868. I", The Register (5 October 1918), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57542713

"MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. REMINISCENCES FROM 1868 [II]", The Register (5 November 1918), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60527884

"MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. REMINISCENCES FROM 1868 [III]", The Register (12 November 1918), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60524417

"MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. REMINISCENCES FROM 1868 [IV]", The Register (30 November 1918), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60525993

"MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. REMINISCENCES OF 1891-2-3" [V], The Register (14 December 1918), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60528977

"MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. REMINISCENCES OF 1893", The Register (18 January 1919), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60543195

"MUSIC. From P. A. HOWELLS", The Register (25 February 1919), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60537967

"DEATHS", The Register (26 August 1921), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63191965

"DEATH OF MR. P. A. HOWELLS", The Advertiser (25 August 1921), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73367628

Musical publications:

Gladys gavotte ("pour piano par W. R. Knox") (Adelaide: P. A. Howells & Co., [189-])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16393893 

Tarantelle in E mineur ("pour piano par W. R. Knox") (Adelaide: P. A. Howells & Co., [189-])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/19243635 

When love is done ("a reverie; dedicated to and sung by Miss Ada Crossley;  music by A. Wyatt Mortimer) (Adelaide: P.A. Howells & Co., [1892])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22472566 

HOWITZ, Samuel (Samuel HOWITZ; ? HORWITZ)

Musician, music master

Active Adelaide, SA, 1850

Documentation:

Reportedly "a German", "Samuel Howitz" was allegedly victim of an assault in Adelaide on 26 December 1849; according to the court report Howitz, "described himself as a merchant, but seems also to be a hawker and music master". A "Horwitz, Samuel Julius, Adelaide, Confectioner" appears in a later list.

Documentation:

"LAW AND POLICE COURTS", South Australian Register (1 January 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38450015

HOWSON FAMILY

HOWSON, Alfred

HOWSON, Charles Edwin (1848-1907)

HOWSON, Emma (RICHARDSON; Mrs. Frank HOWSON)

HOWSON, Francis (senior) (c.1794/5-1863)

HOWSON, Frank (Francis junior) (1817-1869)

HOWSON, Frank Alfred Girolamo (Frank junior) (1841-1926)

HOWSON, Henry (1822-1893)

HOWSON, John (senior) (1819-1871)

HOWSON, John Jerome (John junior) (1842-1887)

HOWSON, Emma (1844-1928)

HOWSON, Clelia (Sarah Clelia) (b.1845)

HOWSON, Walter

HOWSON, Frederick

Go to Howson family main page:

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/howson-family.php

HUBBARD, Mr. (Mr. HUBBARD)

Actor, vocalist

Active VDL (TAS), 1849

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Hubbard+actor+vocalist+1849 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HUDSON, Mr. (mr. HUDSON)

Musician

Born c. 1831
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, March 1852 (per Emma Prescott, from Sydney, aged "21")

Documentation:

Names and descriptions of passengers per Emma Prescott, from Sydney, March 1852, for Melbourne; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/63F36E90-FA01-11E9-AE98-7719AB5CD4F8?image=50 (DIGITISED)

. . . Mr. Hudson / 21 / Musician / English . . .

HUDSON, George Pridden (George Pridden HUDSON; George HUDSON; G. HUDSON)

Musical amateur, book and music seller

Died Launceston, TAS, 1896

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Launceston Examiner (13 February 1869), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36702267 

NEW MUSIC. A monthly supply of the above received by each Overland Mail, consisting of the best and latest music published in London.
Agents - London: Mr. Robert Sharpe, late of Launceston. Melbourne: Messrs. Wilkie, Webster, and Allan.
HUDSON & HOPWOOD.

"Obituary", Launceston Examiner (14 April 1896), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39631339 

HUDSON, George W. (George WALL; ? George Wall HUDSON)

HUDSON, Eliza (Elizabeth; Eliza KING; ? Charlotte HUDSON; Eliza WALL; Charlotte Elizabeth WALL)

HUDSON, George (junior; Master HUSDON, junior; Mr. G. HUDSON junior; Mr. George WALL)

Go to George Hudson and family main page:

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/hudson-george-and-family.php 

HUDSON, James (James HOLMES; performed as James HUDSON; Mr. HUDSON)

Irish actor, comedian, comic vocalist

Born Dublin, March 1811
Married Amelia TYLER (1813-1882), Alverstoke, near Portsmouth, 1832
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 23 February 1859 (per Result, from London, 26 November 1858, and Plymouth, 1 December)
Departed Melbourne, VIC, 10 January 1860 (per Suffolk, for London)
Died London, England, 6 March 1878

Portrait of Mr. Hudson, the Irish comedian (1852)

Summary:

The Irish actor and comedian, James Hudson (a stage name of James Holmes), after touring Britain and the United States, finally retired from the stage late in 1855, and spent the next few years in early retirement at Boulogne.

In 1858, two of his sons, Alfred Holmes Hudson (1839-1912), and Henry Holmes Hudson (1843-1809), decided to emigrate to Melbourne, arriving early in 1859.

Evidently prompted by their decision, James also arrived in Melbourne on the Blackwall liner Result on 23 February 1859, to make a professional tour of the colonies. After his Australian tour, he returned to England, and again to retirement.

Alfred also had a short stage career as an actor and vocalist, appearing in his father's role as Rory O'More at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, and in Ballarat, in 1863, and later as an Irish comedian.

Hudson, as Rory O'More (New York, 1852)

Documentation:

Names and descriptions of passengers, per Result, from Plymouth, 26 November 1858, for Port Phillip,

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B0DE06F-F96C-11E9-AE98-4BA0F0071BF0?image=280 (DIGITISED)

. . . James Hudson . . .

SHIPPING, ARRIVED (HOBSON'S BAY)", The Age (24 February 1859), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154837953 

February 23 - Result (Blackwall liner), 1465 tons, Henry Thomas Diokinton, from London, via Plymouth, 1st December. Passengers - Cabin : Misses Dunlop, Miss Sherwell, Messrs. Anstay, Musgrove, Hudson . . .

"MEMOIR OF MR. JAMES HUDSON, CELEBRATED IRISH COMEDIAN", Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle (26 February 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201379114 

[Advertisement], The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (5 April 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66334974 

"GAWLER", The South Australian Advertiser (27 July 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1195493 

Last evening (Monday) Mr. Hudson, a celebrated Irish vocalist and comedian, was to have given an entertainment in the Oddfellows' Hall, in connection with the Gawler Institute, but in consequence of the Havilah's late arrival from Melbourne, in which Mr. Hudson was a passenger, he was unable to get his luggage from her in time, and therefore his first appearance will take place to-night, when it is hoped that the exertions of the Committee in obtaining the services of this talented gentleman will be duly appreciated by the peopla of Gawler.

"GAWLER", South Australian Weekly Chronicle (30 July 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96491724 

. . . the first appearance did not come off until last evening, when, I am very glad to say, a large audience assembled to hear him. Mr. Ignaz Roitzch presided at the piano. Mr. Hudson, who is exceedingly humorous, kept his audience in a state of laughter during the greater part of the evening. He was loudly cheered and encored when appearing in the character of Paddy O'Rafferty, as also were severa1 of the songs he sung. His account of "Paddy's Journey to Naples," and "Horticultural and Floricultural pursuits, illustrated by a Mrs. Gardener" - a Gardener by name and also by nature - was highly interesting, and called forth loud applause from the audience. At the conclusion of the first part Dr. Nott announced that Mr. Hudson's second entertainment would take place about the end of next week. Mr. Hudson took his departure for Kapunda this morning.

"TOWN TALK AND TABLE CHAT", The Cornwall Chronicle (21 December 1859), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65988232 

Mr. Hudson, the distinguished Irish Vocalist, and Comedian, late of Theatre Royal Haymarket, Drury Lane, Dublin, Melbourne and Sydney Theatres, having been very successful at Hobart Town, will make his first appearance here at the Cornwall Assembly Rooms, on Monday evening next, when he will open his inexhaustible portfolio in the humourous characters of Dr. Polyphemus O'Gander, Mr. Felix Fitzgerald O'Flan, Ned Murphy, Paddy O'Rafferty, Mrs. Gardener, &c., &c., &c. Mr. Robert Sharpe of the Music Bazaar, Brisbane-street, having proceeded to Hobart Town to assist Mr. Hudson as an instrumental accompaniest, will, we believe, preside at the piano on the above occasion.

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE . . . CLEARED OUT. JANUARY 10", The Argus (11 January 1860), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5695274 

Suffolk, ship, 975 tons, J. B. Martin, for London. Passengers - cabin . . . Mr. James Hudson . . .

"THE THEATRES. THE ROYAL", The Age (24 April 1863), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154961138 

Mr. Hudson, a son of the celebrated Irish comedian, whose fame rests principally upon his impersonation of Rory O'More, in Samuel Lover's three-act drama of that name, made his debut at this theatre last night. The announcement of his appearance drew a crowded house, the recollection of the original Rory O'More being strong in the minds of the theatre habitues who had seen the elder Mr. Hudson's inimitable impersonation both in this colony and the old country. The audience, indeed was a most enthusiastic one, the Celtic element largely predominating, and a most hearty reception was accorded to Mr. Hudson on his appearance. The piece chosen by Mr. Hudson the younger for his first appearance was that with which his father's name has become permanently connected, of course appearing as the hero of the story. The son emulated the excellences of the father, and it is no slight praise to say that the copy was a very truthful one. Mr. Hudson is a young man, of rather small stature, possessing a countenance of some mobility, but the expression of Irish humor is not so thorough and spontaneous as that of his clever prototype. A lithe, active figure, and much vivacity of manner, however, are considerable aids to a successful portraiture of Rory, and Mr. Hudson's chief defect appears to be in his voice, which is scarcely susceptible of sufficient modulation. Occasionally in rapid utterance, which is a distinguishing peculiarity of the actor, he was almost inaudible, but this will, no doubt, be easily remedied with a little more practice, and when the acoustic properties of the building have been fairly ascertained. We understand that this is Mr. Hudson's first public appearance, and if so, it was a very creditable performance indeed, and augurs well for future success, when a few trifling faults have been remedied. The most perfect self-possession, and considerable knowledge of stage business, are qualities which Mr. Hudson is happy in possessing. He has introduced no novelty into the part, but has closely adhered to his father's impersonation, and all the chief scenes are faithfully reproduced, almost to a facsimile. Mr. Hudson even produces the songs, which were rendered with such inimitable humor and effect by his father, and though possessing a more melodious and sweetly toned than strong voice, he was very successful in "The Low-backed Car," "Mother, he's going away," and "Widow Malone," the last mentioned being given in answer to a well-deserved encore. He made his greatest point in the scene with Betty at the close of the first act, and in the relation of the fable of the fox, which bears so important a part in the plot of well-known drama. On the whole, there is every reason to believe that Mr. Hudson will, in a short time, form a very valuable addition to the ranks of modern actors. At the close of the first act, in answer to a unanimous call, he appeared with Mrs. Alfred Phillips (who performed the part of Betty very creditably); and, on the final fall of the curtain, Mr. Hudson, Miss Rosa Dunn (who played Kathleen), Mr. Lambert (who appeared as De Welskin), and Mr. Fitzgerald (to whom was allotted Shan Dhu), were honored with a call. The De Wehkin of Mr. J. C. Lambert was a very praiseworthy piece of acting, and the prominence given to the part almost challenged the primary interest of the real hero. Mr. Charles Young, as Scrubbs, was perhaps a little too farcical; and the remaining characters were very creditably sustained. The piece is very well mounted, and the scenery and appointments are all very good. It will be repeated to-night . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Elizabeth Phillips (actor); Joseph Charles Lambert (actor); Rosa Dunn (actor); Charles Young (actor)

"MUMMER MEMOIRS. IRISH COMEDIES OF THE PAST . . . (No. 194. - By Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (31 January 1912), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168602961 

. . . While Brooke was still the idol of the playgoing public, there arrived Mr. James Hudson, who came nearest to Brooke in his delineation of the Irish gentleman. He arrived in 1859, and I saw his first appearance at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne. His earlier career was as a stock actor, supporting Macready, at Drury Lane. His debut in Melbourne was made in "Born to Good Luck" and "The Irish Lion." His handsome, smiling face, sweet singing, and the absence of a "burlesque brogue," made him a favorite with the public. The characters he introduced were for the most part new to Melbourne audiences, "The Knight of Arva" and "The White Horse of the Peppers" being among them. "Rory O'More" and other old stock pieces were also on his list. He had an advantage over Brooke in Irish characters; Brooke could not sing, while Hudson could swing sweetly in Irish melodies. Closely following Hudson came John Drew from America, a totally different stamp of Irish comedian from Mr. Hudson. John Drew appeared first at the old Princesses' Theatre as Pat O'Brien in "The Irish Emigrant," and "Handy Andy," their first productions in Australia . . .

Bibliography and resources:

Tyas family Victoria Australia

http://www.justd.com/tyas 

HUDSON, James John (James John HUDSON; J. J. HUDSON)

Bookseller, musicseller, musical amateur

Active Launceston, TAS, c. 1860

Documentation:

"OBITUARY", Launceston Examiner (17 December 1888), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38325211 

HUDSON, Julia (Julia HUDSON) = Julia Hudson BYERS

Actor, vocalist, dancer

HUE, Theodore Felix (Theodor; Mons. HUE)

Professor of music and dancing, organist, pianist, violinist, guitarist, piano tuner

Active Melbourne, VIC, by mid February 1851 (recently arrived from England)
Married Jane ADCOCK, VIC, 1852 (reg. no. 5865)
Active Beechworth, VIC, 1857

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Theodore+Felix+Hue (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Port Phillip Gazette (18 February 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224813651 

MUSIC, DANCING, FENCING, DEPORTMENT, CALISTHENICS, AND ITALIAN EXERCISES.
MONSIEUR THEODORE. F. HUE, PROFESSOR AND ORGANIST. (Eleve de la Conservatoire de Paris.)
MOST respectfully begs to announce to the Ladies and Gentlemen, Heads of Establishments and Inhabitants of the City of Melbourne and its vicinity, his recent arrival from England, and his intention of establishing himself as a resident Master in the above professions : and trusts that from the long experience he has had in the above professions under his Father, Monsieur Louis A. Hue, (with eleven years instruction at the Conservatoire Royal a Paris,) he will be enabled by punctuality and unremitting attention, to prove himself worthy of the patronage of those who honor him with their support.
Dancing Taught in six Lessons.
By a peculiar system, invented by his Father, so as to enable any Lady or Gentleman to dance with ease, gracefulness and perfect credit to themselves, in any of the Fashionable Dances, Quadrilles, Polkas, Waltzing, &c., which no other teacher in the same Profession can accomplish except on the same system, which Monsieur Hue is perfectly aware is not known to them.
The newest and most Fashionable Dances, as taught by the most eminent Professors in Paris and London :-
La contra Danza Espagniola; Neapolitan Galop; the graceful Redowa Valse; Valse à Cinq Temps; the New Sauteuse à Trois Temps; Sauteuse à Deux Temps; Valse à Deux Temps; Valse Cellarius; Valse Hongroise; Neopolitan, French, German, English, Russian, and Spanish Waltzing; Mazourka Quadrilles; Russian Mazourka; Polka Quadrilles; Polka; Germam Polka; Bohemian Polka; Minuet de la Cour; and Gavotte de Vestris; Quadrilles, Lanciers, Gallopade, Hornpipes, Scotch Reels, Irish Jig, the correct Scotch Highland Fling, with a variety of Fancy Dances.
Monsieur T. F. Hue begs to state that in the Musical Department he undertakes to qualify pupils in Thorough-Bass, Counterpoint and Composition, so as to enable the scholar to acquire any or each of the following instruments of which he is a Master : -
Piano, Organ, Guitar, Violin, Violincello and Tenor; and he trusts that the fact of his style and system being formed under those celebrated artists belonging in the Academie Royale à Paris, will be sufficient guarantee for his competency. The science of Music with Piano, Organ and Violin unders Messrs. Kreutzer, Cherubini, Rode and Baillot; Guitar under the justly celebrated artistes Signor L. Shultz, and Signor Louis L. Sagrini; Violincello and Tenor by first rate professors attached to the Academie Dancing, Monsieur E. Coulon, Monsieur A. Cellarius and Monsieur P. A. Varin, Ballet Masters at the Academie à Paris.
Fencing under Monsieur Duval and Fouche with Calisthenic and Italian exercises of the most modern description.
Private Lessons at all hours - Families and Schools attended in the City or Country.
Terms, and every Information, can be obtained by appiying (personally or by letter addressed to Monsieur T. F. Hue at Mr. Glover's, Chemist and Druggist, Queen Street Melbourne.
Monsieur Hue can produce the highest reference as to ability and respectability. Payments in advance. - No entrance fees, but a quarters notice required. - Vacation twice a year, Mid-winter and Christmas.
Organs and Piano Fortes tuned on the newest principle and guaranteed to remain dor a long period in tune.
Private Parties and Balls attended either in the Musical Department or as Master of the Ceremonies.

[Advertisement], The Argus (13 March 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4776702 

MR. WILKIE BEGS to announce that the GRAND CONCERT in aid of the Funds for the relief of the sufferers by the late Bish Fires, will take place in the QUEEN'S THEATRE, On FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH, 1851. Lender of the Band - MR. REED.
PROGRAMME. PART I . . . Violin Solo - Mons. Hue, with Pianoforte accompaniment, Mr. Hemy - De Beriot . . .

[Advertisement], Ovens and Murray Advertiser (2 March 1857), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113014279 

DANCING. DANCING under the direction of the well-known talented conductor, Mons. Hue, of Reid's Creek celebrity, takes place at the Criterion Hotel, High street, Beechworth, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening, at seven.

HUENERBEIN FAMILY

HUENERBEIN, August (August Christian HÜNERBEIN; Augustus; August HUENERBEIN; Herr HUENERBEIN; HUNERBEIN)

Musician, pianist, vocalist, band musician, bandmaster, clarinettist, trombone, tuba and ophicleide player, music and instrument retailer, composer

Born Germany, 1823 (year on headstone)
Probably arrived Adelaide, SA, 9 December 1849 (per Pauline, from Bremen, 24 August, in company with Charles Albert Mater)
Active Adelaide, SA, by 1850
Active Melbourne, VIC, 24 January 1852 (per Helene, from Adelaide, 16 January)
Married Marie BREITSCHU [sic] (1828-1920), ? VIC, by c. 1854
Died Sydney, NSW, 29 November 1882, aged 59

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=August+Christian+Huenerbein+d1882 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HUENERBEIN, Franz (Franz George HUENERBEIN; Francis; Franz HUENERBEIN)

Musician, professor of pianoforte, singing, organ

Born Geelong, VIC, 21 January 1853
Active Melbourne, VIC, by 1872
Married Mary Ann DUKE, St. Luke's church, Emerald Hill (South Melbourne), VIC, 22 August 1877
Died Sydney, NSW, 23 January 1896

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Franz+Huenerbein+1853-1896 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HUENERBEIN, August (junior) (Herman Charles William August HUENERBEIN; August HUENERBEIN junior, Gus HUENERBEIN)

Musician, music retailer, piano tuner

Born Geelong, VIC, 1855; baptised Geelong, VIC, 27 February 1855; son of August HUENERBEIN and Marie BREITSCHU
Married Susan Gertrude DOBSON (1856-1938), Sydney, NSW, 1877
Died Sydney, NSW, 29 January 1941, aged "87"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=August+Huenerbein+1855-1941 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

HUENERBEIN, Charles (Charles Robert HUENERBEIN; Charles HUENERBEIN; C. HUENERBEIN)

Pianist, concert manager, music retailer and publisher, composer

Born Melbourne, VIC, 1859
Married Maria Atherton CALLAN (1861-1953), St. James's church, Sydney, NSW, 30 March 1882
Died Sydney, NSW, 11 March 1908, aged 48

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Charles+Huenerbein+1859-1908 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-597497 (NLA persistent identifier)

HUENERBEIN, Maria (Maria Atherton CALLAN; Mrs. Charles HUENERBEIN)

Pianist, teacher of piano and accompanying

Born Sussex, England, 11 August 1861; daughter of Henry Walter CALLAN and Elizabeth Ann HULBERT
Married Charles HUENERBEIN, St. James's church, Sydney, NSW, 30 March 1882
Died Springwood, NSW, 30 October 1953

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Maria+Atherton+Callan+Huenerbein+1861-1953 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Charles Huenerbein, c. 1880s

https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+16763/84 (DIGITISED)

Summary:

An associate of Andrew and Rachel Moore, George Coppin, and Spencer Wellington Wallace, "Augustus Huenerbein, musician, Pirie street" was active in Adelaide, in concerts, at the theatre, and for the Adelaide Choral Society in 1850 -51.

By June 1852, along with several other former Adelaide musicians, including his friend Charles Mater, he was in Victoria, where 20 years later he opened a new music warehouse in Russell Street, later trading under his late friend's name as "Mater and Co."

Having both recently been elected associates of Musical Association of Victoria, August and his son Charles moved themselves and their business to Sydney in the mid to late 1870s. At Aimee Saclier's concert there in November 1879:

The songs were accompanied by Mr. A. C. Huenerbein, who took part in the duet with Miss Saclier, and also in the tutti portions of the Mendelssohn Concerto."

August senior having died in 1882, Charles and his elder brother August junior were pallbearers at Charles Packer's funeral in July 1883, and they later raised funding for the publication, by Novello, Ewer and Co. in London, of a vocal score edition of Packer's oratorio, The crown of thorns, which became available in Sydney in April 1886. According to a report of Packer's death:

Mr. August Huenerbein has the scores of "David," an oratorio and of many other compositions, which will yet be published, and which will long preserve Charles Packer's name from oblivion.

Charles and August junior dissolved their business partnership in 1888.

Documentation:

"DECLARATION OF CONFIDENCE IN MR. JOHN STEPHENS", South Australian Register (7 March 1850), 2s

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38447147

. . . [Signed] . . . Augustus Huenerbein, musician, Pirie street . . . Lt. Mater, musician, Pirie street . . .

"PBOMENADE CONCERTS", South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal (30 March 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195939675 

The second of a series of six Promenade Concerts a la Julien [Jullien], under the direction of Mr. Wallace, took place in the great room of the Exchange on Tuesday evening last . . . we will venture to say that Herr Huenerbein's solo on the tuba basso - a recently invented instrument - with the brilliant accompaniments of the orchestra was worth the entire price of admission . . .

[Advertisement], South Australian (2 April 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71625965

SIX GRAND PROMENADE CONCERTS, A LA JULLIEN,
At the Exchange, King William-street. Under the Direction of Mr. W. Wallace.
THE Third Concert will take place this evening, the 2nd April.
PROGRAMME. PART I. Overture (The Slave) - Bishop - Orchestre . . .
Waltz (Les pas des Fleurs) - Jullien - Orchestre . . .
Koenig's celebrated Trumpet Polka - Orchestre.
PART II. Overture - Fra Diavolo - Auber - Orchestre . . .
Solo on the Tuba Basso with orchestra accompaniments - Herr Huenerbein . . .
Comic Duet from the Opera of Cinderella - Sir, a Secret - Rossini - Mr. Coppin and Miss Lazar.
Duet for two Clarionetts .. Herr Huenerbein & Herr Mater . . .
The Drum Polka (second time) - Jullien - Orchestre . . .

"CONCERT A LA JULIEN [sic]", Adelaide Times (3 April 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207115309 

The third promenade concert took place last night at the Exchange, and as regards attendance was more successful than the two that preceded it . . . Herr Huenerbein repeated the solo on the Tuba Basso, performed by him last week, and received an encore which was well merited, his mastery of that difficult instrument being seemingly perfect . . .

"HERR CRANTZ'S CONCERT", Adelaide Times (12 April 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207115466 

This concert took place last evening, at the Exchange, and was more fully attended than any other of the season. The music and artistes were almost exclusively German, and the audience in a great part so . . . Mr. Wallace's solo on the violin, and Herr Huenerbein on the trible [tuba] basso were greatly applauded.

"THE PROMENADE CONCERT", Adelaide Times (27 April 1850), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207115727 

The concert of Friday evening, as we anticipated, was more numerously attended than any that have preceded it . . . The solo on the tuba basso by Herr Huenerbein was played better than at Herr Cranz's concert. It was much relished by the audience . . .

South Australian Register (19 June 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38438015

Mr. G. Fischer's concert at the Exchange Hall last evening attracted a brilliant but not a crowded company . . . The solo, "Tuba Basso," by Herr Hunerbien, was deservedly well received, but somewhat inconsiderately encored. The performance of a solo on that instrument we consider a feat which leaves little desire on the part of the musician to repeat it immediately . . .

"THEATRE, MISS LAZAR'S BENEFIT", South Australian Register (28 August 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38450257 

We perceive by an advertisement in another column, that the benefit of this talented young lady will take place this evening. The bill of fare is more than usually attractive, as it announces the reappearance of Mr. Coppin in two of his favourite roles; and a concert in which Messrs. Moore, Wallace, Ellard, Huenerbein, and Mater, and the amateur brass band will perform . . .

"PROMENADE CONCERT", South Australian Register (27 November 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38446817

The last series of promenade concerts, given by Mr. Andrew Moore, took place last evening, and was tolerably well attended. The programme presented no very imposing array of performers or pieces, but everything attempted was done to the satisfaction of the audience, who appeared to enjoy most heartily the entertainment. Mr. Chapman's solo on the cornopean, and a duet on two clarionets by Messrs. Huenerbein and Mater, in the first part, were exquisite performances, and elicited loud and repeated manifestations of approval . . .

"HORTICULTURAL SHOW", Adelaide Times (14 February 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207067093 

. . . The Governor arrived about two o'clock, and having, from a rather ricketty platform, which had been previously occupied by Herr Huenerbein's band, delivered himself of a complimentary address to the committee on the admirable arrangement of the whole concern . . .

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", South Australian Register (12 March 1851), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38445644 

. . . On THURSDAY next, the 13th instant . . .
a GRAND CONCERT will be given, upon which occasion.
Messrs. Lazar and Coppin have great pleasure in announcing that, in conjunction with their own unrivalled Band, the AMATEUR BRASS AND REED BAND have kindly consented to attend, under the direction of their Leader, Herr Huenerbein, and will play during the evening some favourite pieces as performed at Mr. Moore's late Promenade Concerts.
1. March, Norma (Bellini) - Full Band
2. Solo, Tuba Basso, on a Theme from Mozart's Opera of Don Giovanni (Huenerbein) - Herr Huenerbein
3. Rondo, Grand Finale, from the Bohemian Girl (Balfe) - Mrs. Moore.
4. Polka, the Hyacinth, first time in the colony - Full Band
5. Song, "Ye Tormentors" (Rossini) - Mr. Lazar.
6. Solo, Violin - Mr. Andrew Moore
7. Quartette for four brass instruments on the favourite German air "Lorilu" - Messrs. Chapman, Harward, Huenerbein and Mater.
8. Solo, an air from Massaniello, with concertante accompaniments for full band (Mater) - Herr Mater
9. Grand March "Adelaide" (Huenerbein) - Full Band
Leader of Amateur Reed and Brass Band - Herr Huenerbein.
Leader - Mr. Wallace. Conductor - Mr. A. Moore . . .

"OLD COLONISTS' FESTIVAL", Adelaide Times (28 March 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207068058 

. . . At the Eastern end was placed the orchestra, composed of the Adelaide Amateur Band, under the able direction of Mr. Bennett, who acquitted themselves with the greatest credit . . . The Chairman proposed Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family. March, "Prince Albert," by the Band. The melody, composed by Herr Hunerbein, is a very beautiful one, and should be upon the piano-fortes of every lady in the colony . . .

"PROMENDADE CONCERT", Adelaide Times (25 April 1851), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207068856 

Instead of the usual dramatic performances at the Theatre last night, a promenade concert was substituted by the management . . . the whole of the arrangements much after the style of Drury Lane, a la Jullien . . . On this occasion the usual orchestra of the Theatre, which should be an attraction of itself, was supported by a great deal of extraneous talent, including our most obliging and ingenious friends, Messrs. Hunerbein and Mater; and the concert itself was, taken altogether, in no way inferior to any that has yet taken place in the colony. The overtures "Giovani" and "Pasquale" were rendered with precision and effect, and the galops and marches were quite equal to what might have been expected from so very efficient a band . . .

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (16 September 1851), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38434422

"SHIPPING . . . CLEARED OUT", South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal (17 January 1852), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195943903 

January 15 . . . Same day - The barque Helene, 400 tons, Andressen master, for Melbourne. Passengers . . . Messrs. Hunerbein . . .

Melbourne and Geelong, VIC (January 1852 to early 1864):

Names and descriptions of passengers per Helene, from Adelaide, 15 January 1852, for Melbourne, 24 January; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/63EA46CA-FA01-11E9-AE98-596C68610312?image=11 (DIGITISED)

. . . August Hunerbein / 28 / Musician / Germany . . .

"THE CONCERT", The Argus (18 March 1852), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4783858 

The following is the Programme of the Concert for this evening:
PART I. Overture - Il Barbiere de Seviglia; Song - Mr. St. George Hamilton; Song - The Captive Greek Girl, Mrs. Testar.
Solo - Tuba Basso, Mr. Hunerbeine; Buffo Song - Wanted a Wife, Mr. Cooze; Quadrille - Susanna.
PART II. Overture - Le Cheval de Bronze; Aria - Stanca di piu combatiere, Mrs. Testar; Solo - Violin, Mr. Megson; Song - Mr. St. George Hamilton; Song - I'm a Merry Zingara, Mrs. Testar;
Polka - Jenny Lind; Song - Mr. St. George Hamilton; Finale - God save the Queen.

"SATURDAY'S CONCERT", The Argus (17 April 1852), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4784428 

. . . Overture - Tancredi . . . Duet - Two Clarionets, Messrs. Mater, and Hunerbein . . . Overture - Masaniello . . .

"THE CONCERT", The Argus (8 May 1852), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4784901 

. . . Overture - Bohemian Girl . . . Solo - Tuba Basso - Herr Hunerbeine . . . Overture - La Gazza Ladra . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus (3 June 1852), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4785482

[Advertisement], The Argus (27 August 1852), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4786938

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (19 June 1852), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91930080

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (28 August 1852), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91928206

"THE CONCERT AT THE THEATRE ROYAL", Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (6 March 1854), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91932158 

Madame Sara Flower is beyond comparison the Prima Donna of the colony. Her singing on Saturday evening was magnificent . . . Herr Hunerbain is an accomplished performer on the tuba basso; and Mr. Moore elicited great applause, and was encored on the solo on the violin . . .

"SATURDAY'S CONCERT", Geelong Advertiser (30 April 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91859427

In spite of a very boisterous rainy night there was a very full attendance at the Theatre on Saturday, and those who did brave the storm were rewarded by a very good evening's amusement. Madame Carandini was in excellent voice . . . Herr Hunerbein played a modest little solo on the trombone which, although it did not draw down thunders of applause, was in good taste and fluently given . . .

"MUSIC AND THE DRAMA", The Age (12 January 1857), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154820943 

The Christmas pantomime continues to draw good houses at the Royal, and to improve upon nightly repetition. To Mr. W. M. Akhurst is due the credit of having produced a very excellent libretto, and to the stage and scenic facilities at the Royal, its production in a style certainly not to be surpassed out of London. The music played by the orchestra after the transformations have been effected, is the composition of Mr. Edward Loder, and its excellence is worthy of him. The credit of furnishing the music used in the opening scenes is due to Herr Hunabine, we believe, an executant in the orchestra. This gentleman has ably woven into it reminiscences of the musical experience of the Royal during the preceding twelve months. The screechowl's cry, from Der Freischutz, forms a telling accompaniment to the unearthly scene at the outset of the pantomime, and the more striking passages from Flotow's "Martha," and others culled from "La Passadita," with which Madame Anna Bishop has made us so familiar, are frequently introduced with capital effect . . .

"MUSIC AND THE DRAMA", The Age (19 January 1857), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154820756 

. . . Last week we stated that the opening music of the pantomime was the composition of Heir Hanabine. That gentleman has written to us to say that the credit is due to Mr. Frederick Coppin . . .

"Victoria", Süd Australische Zeitung (26 July 1862), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83805316 

Bezüglich im fünstigen Frühjahr in Melbourne stattfindenden allgemeinen deutschen Turn- und Gesang-festes . . . 5. "Vaterslandslied", Worte von Freiherr v. Boden, comp. von Hünerbein . . .
10. "Nur nicht verzagt" von Elsasser . . .

"THE TURNVEREIN AT CREMORNE", The Herald (25 November 1862), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244404946 

. . . The gardens were enlivened by the strains of Mr. Johnson's excellent band, while a very large orchestra, directed by Herr Elsaesser, and in which Messrs. Siede, Strebinger, Kohler, Coppin, Huenerbein, and other first-class musicians were engaged, performed the musical portion of the programme . . .

[News], The Argus (25 November 1862), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6481412 

. . . The two new pieces produced, a patriotic chorus by Herr Huenerbein, and "Never despair," a choral by Herr Elsaesser, were-received with manifest approbation; and as the audience, from its composition, was naturally a critical one, their reception may be taken as a criterion of their merits . . .

"FESTIVAL OF THE GERMAN ASSOCIATION", The Argus (29 December 1863), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5741573 

. . . The music on this occasion included an overture by Herr Siede, and a march by Mr. Huenerbein, both composed for the festival . . .

Castlemaine, VIC (from early 1864 to mid 1872):

[News], Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (10 March 1864), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197441515 

The Volunteer Band Concert, in the Market Hall, was very fairly attended considering the somewhat threatening character of the weather. Mr. Huenerbein, the new Band-Master, entered on his duties and from the excellent testimonials he brings with him, we have little doubt of his proving a valuable addition to our Volunteer Band. The performance of one or two of the selections were warmly applauded.

[News], Mount Alexander Mail (16 March 1864), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197443314 

The Volunteer Band, under the direction of Mr. A. Huenerbein, B. M., will perform the following selection of music, in the Market Hall, this (Wednesday) evening: -
March, from Linda - Donizetti
Quadrilles, Lord Dundreary - Spillane
Schottische, May Flower - Sewell
March, from the Hugenots, (as performed now by the Head-quarter's band with great success) - Meyerbeer
Waltz, Nymph of the Wave - D'Albert
Air, from Lucia - Donizetti
Chorus, Huntsman's, from Der Freischutz - C. M. Weber
God save the Queen.

"ITEMS OF NEWS", Mount Alexander Mail (18 December 1871), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198995555 

Mr. Huenerbein has received the first of an importation of pianos from Messrs. A. and R. Eylert, of Berlin, makers for the King of Prussia . . .

[2 advertisements], Mount Alexander Mail (20 May 1872), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201763177 

Bargains !! Selling Off !! MUSIC WAREHOUSE, MARKET-SQUARE.
A HUENERBEIN .having made arrangements which necessitate his removal to Melbourne, begs to offer his
LARGE STOCK IN-TRADE At Greatly Reduced Prices. No Reasonable Offer Refuses.

New Music Warehouse. H. HOWSON, successor to A. Huenerbein, will commence business on Thursday, June 3rd, in Lyttleton-street, nearly opposite the Post Office, with a New and Varied Stock of Music and Musical Instruments.

Melbourne, VIC (by mid 1872):

[Advertisement], The Argus (30 August 1872), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5837896

A. C. HUENERBEIN has the honour to announce to the public of Melbourne and suburbs, that he has taken those newly-erected spacious premises, 87 Russell-street, where he intends to carry on the business of IMPORTER of PIANOFORTES, HARMONIUMS, and FANCY GOODS . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus (2 October 1872), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5839822

MR. FRANCIS HUENERBEIN, TEACHER of PIANOFORTE and Harmonium. F. H. would be happy to attond schools, concerts, and musical soirees. Victoria Fancy and Musical Repository, 87 Russell-St.

[News], The Argus (3 November 1873), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5874664 

The bazaar at the Athenaeum in aid of the St. Vincent de Paul Orphanage, Emerald hill, was closed on Saturday night after a successful week . . . The committee of the bazaar wish to convey their sincere thanks to Mesdames Cutter and Herz, Signori Giorza and Cecchi, to Messrs. Hill, Herr Meyer, Duboulay, and J. Furlong, who kindly gave their professional services during the week; also to the bands of the Collingwood Rifles and Emerald-hill Artillery, and to Mr. A. C. Huenerbein (Mater and Co.), of Russell-street, who kindly lent a grand piano during the bazaar . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (13 July 1874), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13336149

LOYAL ORANGE INSTITUTION OF NEW SOUTH WALES. ANNUAL COMMEMORATION, MONDAY, 13th July, 1874. GRAND SOIREE of VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC . . .
Herr ALFRED MEYER, R.A.M., and Herr AUGUST HUENERBEIN will perform during the evening on the
TWO IMPERIAL IRON GRAND PIANOS recently imported by Herr Alfred Meyer direct from the Vienna International Exhibition . . .

Sydney, NSW (permanent move begun by early 1875, completed mid 1876):

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (19 March 1875), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13354053

SYDNEY PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSE. GREAT SUCCESS!
The great success of the late sale by auction of Piano-fortes and Harmoniums, at 218, PITT-STREET, by Messrs. Bradley, Newton, and Lamb, on March 12, has induced the undersigned to effect a lease of these spacious and central premises, where they intend to establish a business under the name of . . .
SYDNEY PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSE . . .
218, PITT-STREET. MATER and CO. (A. C. HUENERBEIN.)

"The Pianista", Evening News (18 January 1876), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107192755 

The pianista is a remarkably ingenious French invention, imported by Mater and Co. (A. C. Huenerbein), 218, Pitt-street, by which the pianoforte can be made to discourse. its sweetest music without the aid of a pianist. It is a wonderful combination of springs and bellows, which are contained in a case high enough for the artificial fingers, so to call them, to be placed upon the key-board of the piano without depressing the keys, and which extend throughout five or more octaves. The music is arranged in sets of perforated cards similar in appearance to the patterns of a Jacquard loom, and these are made to pass under a roller, below which is the set of springs communicating with the little bellows and levers that give motion to the pianista's keys. The requisite motion is given by means of a handle, so that any one can, with care, afford the pleasure of song or dance without fear of error or fatigue. Pedals communicate with those of the piano, and thus the various passages can be phrased, as directed, with great accuracy . . .

"City Property Sale", The Herald (5 July 1876), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244274698 

Gemmell Tuckett and Co offered by auction to-day, the valuable freehold property, comprising music warehouse, and dwelling house adjoining, in the occupation of Mr. A. C. Huenerbein. The building, substantially erected or bluestone and brick, two stories, with cemented front and slate roof contains a large music hall, with offices at the rear, and upstairs a large music saloon and other rooms. The house adjoining contains five rooms. The land frontage is 40ft to Russell street, and depth 60ft to right-of-way. Purchased by the Young Men's Christian Association for £3800.

[News], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (14 August 1876), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5898716

The trustees of the Musical Association of Victoria met on Saturday evening in the German Association's rooms. There was a full attendance. The following gentlemen, who were proposed at the last meeting, wore unanimously elected aa associates: Messrs. R. L. J. Ellery, E. Ascherberg, J. C. W. Nicholson (of the firm of Nicholson and Ascherberg), and Graham (of Messrs. W. H. Glen and Co.). Mr. J. Siede proposed Mr. W. H. Glen, and Mr. A. C. Huenerbein (of the firm of Mater and Co.); and Mr. C. G. Elsasser proposed Mr. R. J. Paling as associates, to be balloted for at the adjourned meeting on Saturday evening next.

[News], The Argus (2 October 1876), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5904386

The Musical Association of Victoria held its weekly meeting on Saturday evening, Mr. C. G. Elsasser presided. The following were ballotted for as members and unanimously elected: - Miss Bertha Swanwick, of Geelong, Messrs. Francis and Charles Huenerbein. Mr. J. C. Johnston was unanimously elected an associate.

"TO THE EDITOR OF . . .", The Sydney Morning Herald (1 January 1877), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28398426

SIR. - I am anxious to place before you and the public though your columns, a case of extreme hardship, asking information as to a remedy. On the 13th instant my son, Mr. Mater, and Mr. Morley were fishing and unwillingly landed on the Quarantine Ground. This was before the passengers from the Brisbane were landed there. They saw some signals made them from the Brisbane, but could not understand them. At length a boat came from the steamer and took the three on board among the passenger, ono of whom was stricken with an infectious disease. Since that time till now, those three young men, in perfect health, have been detained there exposed to the contagion, to say nothing of disastrous business loss. We hear now of another case of small pox, which prolongs their exile, and others may occur. Why were they not placed somewhere by themselves, for by this imprudent bringing of them into contact with the passengers their lives are in danger, and their minds in a state bordering on distraction. Is there no isolated building in which they can ensure their own safely, and, after remaining there for a time sufficiently long to convince the medical authorities that they are free from danger to themselves and the public, can they not be permitted to return home? As parents, my wife and I are sorely anxious about our son and his friend. Mr. Morley is also kept away from two small children who have only him to care for them. More infected ships may arrive, and this, from the beginning needless exile, so fraught with danger and serious inconvenience, may be indefinitely prolonged. Surely the authorities, if you kindly, through your columns, draw their attention to this peculiarly cruel case, will take some steps to allay the fears of the young men and yours, truly,
A. C. HUENERBEIN. 218, Pitt-street, December 30.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (1 February 1877), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13395809

MUSICAL. - Mr. CHARLES HUENERBEIN, desires to inform the Musical Public of Sydney that, at the request of several influential gentlemen, he intends remaining in Sydney for the purpose of following his Profession. Intending Pupils for Pianoforte, Harmonium, and Organ will please communicate to his address, 218, Pitt-street, Sydney.

[2 advertisements], The Sydney Morning Herald (2 February 1877), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13386885 

MR. CHARLES HUENERBEIN, Teacher of Piano-forte, Organ, Harmonium, &c., 218, Pitt-street.

SYDNEY PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSE, 218, Pitt-street.
MATER and CO. (A. C. Huenerbein), Importers of Piano-fortes, Harmoniums, and Organs; cheapest establishment in Sydney. Pianofortes sold on time payments.
Pianofortes tuned by Mr. A. Huenerbein. Pianofortes taken in exchange.
Please notice address. 218, Pitt-street (nearly opposite Farmer. and Co.)

"Marriages", The Argus (11 September 1877), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5936910 

HUENERBEIN - DUKE. - On the 22nd inst. [sic, August], at St. Luke's Church, Emerald hill, by the Rev. Canon Dickinson, Franz George, eldest son of A. C. Huenerbein, of Sydney, to Marie, only daughter of G. S. Duke, of Albert-park.

"MUSIC & DRAMA", The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (6 July 1878), 26

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162694082 

Mdlle. Chabbonnet gave the last of her series of concerts at the Masonic Hall, on Saturday evening, before a crowded audience . . . among the instrumentalists were Messrs. Kretschman, Huenerbein, Fisher, Muller, Mater, Huenerbein (senior), Chambers, Schedle, and Gehde . . .

"ACTA POPULI", Freeman's Journal (8 January 1881), 13

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115456248 

I have always been in doubt whether a person who encourages music, and attempts to place it within the reach of all, should be considered as a public benefactor, or a public malefactor. Mr. Gus Huenerbein is evidently one of the two, as he has just opened about one of the handsomest show rooms in Sydney, and stocked it with a collection of pianos, organs, harmoniums, &c., from the celebrated foundries of Bluthner, Schwechten, Biese, and other buccaneers with like ungodly names, that I have never seen surpassed, since David played before the Ark. Gus is the very Chesterfield of musicians also, and rather than disappoint a lady customer, I have heard he frequently gives a cabinet organ for nothing when they haven't the means to pay, and throws in a stool and a photo of himself as well. The Royal Pianoforte Warehouse, 411 George-street, is the spot where Gus hangs out, and having a knowledge of the superiority of his wares, I can honestly recommend them to all who feel a desire to have the silvery chimes of "Grandfather's Clock," or the soothing tones of "Nancy Lee," or the "Babies on our Block," scooting about their respective homesteads. I do not know of a handsomer present that a young gentleman can give to a young lady than a 250 guinea "Bluthner," and I don't think I know of one that is scarcer either. However, Gus has them from five and twenty shillings, and that's a price that even a Scotchman wouldn't haggle over.

"Music and the Drama", Australian Town and County Journal (21 January 1882), 13

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70964800

The chief musical events of the past few days have been the Scotch concert of Miss Clara Hamilton, and the concert given on last Saturday afternoon in the Garden Palace by Mr. Charles Huenerbein . . . The "Konoowarra Polka", composed by Mr. C. Huenerbein, was then performed by the orchestra, aided by six young lady pianists, and went so well that Terpsichore herself, had she been present, might have justly placed a garland on the brow of the author.

"Marriage", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (14 April 1882), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11537747 

HUENERBEIN - CALLAN. - On the 30th ult., by special licence, at St. James's Church, Sydney, N.S.W., by the Rev. William Hough, Charles, youngest son of Mr. A. C. Huenerbein, to Maria Atherton, second daughter of Mr. H. W. Callan, of Balmain, Sydney.

"Miscellaneous", Evening News (8 November 1882), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107995394 

Mr. Franz Huenerbein, a well-known professor of music, and brother of Messrs. A. and C. Huenerbein, of this city, intends settling down in Sydney. We welcome this acquisition to our musical talent.

"Deaths", The Sydney Morning Herald (1 December 1882), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13527998

HUENERBEIN.- November 29, at his late residence, 178, Phillip-street, August Christian Huenerbein, aged 59 years.

"Funerals", The Sydney Morning Herald (1 December 1882), 16

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13528048

THE FRIENDS of the late Mr. A. C. HUENERBEIN are invited to attend his Funeral, to move from his late residence, Phillip-street, near St James' Church, THIS (Friday) MORNING, at 3 o'clock, for Waverley Cemetery. WALTER STEWART.

THE FRIENDS of Messrs. FRANZ, AUGUST, and CHARLES HUENERBEIN are invited to attend the Funeral of their late beloved FATHER, Mr. A. C. Huenerbein, to move from his late residence, Phillip-street, THIS DAY, at 9 a.m., for Waverley Cemetery.

[Notice], New South Wales Government Gazette (19 December 1882), 6723

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225823993 

In the Supreme Court; of New South Wales. ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. IN the will of August Christian Huenerbein, late of Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, gentleman, deceased. NOTICE is hereby given, that . . . application will be made . . . that probate of the last will and testament of the abovenamed deceased, who died on the 29th day of November, 1882, may be granted to Marie Huenerbein the sole executrix in the said will named . . .

"SOCIAL", The Sydney Morning Herald (28 July 1883), 11

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13540333

Charles Sandys Packer, one of the most accomplished musicians Australia has known, died on July 13 . . . His "Crown of Thorns" and "Song of the Angels," and some lighter efforts, are widely known and as widely admired. Mr. August Huenerbein has the scores of "David," an oratorio and of many other compositions, which will yet be published, and which will long preserve Charles Packer's name from oblivion . . .

[2 advertisements], The Sydney Morning Herald (11 October 1884), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13561156 

ON ACCOUNT of ENTERING into PARTNERSHIP with Mr. A. HUENERBEIN. All MONEYS due to the undersigned must be PAID on or before WEDNESDAY, 15th Instant, otherwise proceedings for recovery of same will be instituted.
CHARLES HUENERBEIN, 178. Pitt-street.

ON account of entering into PARTNERSHIP with Mr. CHARLES HUENERBEIN, all Accounts due to the undersigned are required to be Settled on or before WEDNESDAY, the 15th Instant, otherwise legal proceedings will be instituted.
AUGUST HUENERBEIN, 411, George-street.

"MESSES. A. AND C. HUENERBEIN'S NEW PIANO WAREHOUSE", Freeman's Journal (22 November 1884), 18

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110067304 

The Brothers Huenerbein, late of George and Pitt streets respectively, having combined their forces, have recently leased and suitably fitted up the premises well known as Piddington's book warehouse, George-street, near Hunter-street. For some weeks past they have been transferring their stock to their new premises, and in order to mark the occasion of their commencing business therein they adopted the pleasant plan of inviting their friends to a social reunion. Last Friday and Saturday were set aside for this festive gathering; and it might truly be said that the artistic and hospitable instincts of the energetic young gentlemen vied with each other for supremacy. On each occasion there was a fashionable assemblage of ladies and gentlemen in the large showroom, which had been fitted up and decorated into a really elegant hall, with a neat little stage for the performers. The programmes were carried out by the very best available vocal and instrumental artists, professional and amateur, available in the metropolis; and without going into details, we may say that the singing and playing afforded a delightful treat to the audience. What must have proved to the ladies a very acceptable feature in the entertainment was the handing round, during short intermissions, refreshments. And from the busy manner in which three or four men were employed drawing corks and serving out fruit and cake in the front shop, it would appear as though the Messrs. Huenerbein, though thoroughly aesthetic in the matter of music, deem something more substantial than "faint lilies" as fitting wherewith to regale themselves and their friends. With regard to the new warehouse, it is centrally situated, spacious, and well lighted; and complete in the matter of rooms for tuition purposes. Mr. Charles Huenerbein, in a neat little speech of thanks to both audience and artists, said that both his brother and himself having to devote much attention to business at their warehouse, he would not be able to appear so frequently as heretofore on the concert platform; but that whenever the cause of charity demanded his services they would be most cheerfully given. It is but a few years since Messrs. August and Charles Huenerbein entered into the musical business, and they must be congratulated on the sheer enterprise and ability which have landed them, both very young men, in their present high position in the music trade of Sydney.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (3 March 1885), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13577321

PATRIOTIC SONG. "TO THE FRONT: RAISE HIGH AUSTRALIA'S BANNER," which during the week has created such enthusiastic feelings in the hearts of all classes, as sung by Mr. Charles Harding at the Opera House, Mr. Knight Aston at the Gaiety Theatre, will be READY on WEDNESDAY.
PATRIOTIC MARCH, "TO THE FRONT." Dedicated to our Gallant Soldiers.
IN COURSE OF PUBLICATION.
N.B. - This March will be played by the Bands of the Regiments en route for embarkation to-day.
Composed by CHARLES HUENERBEIN.
Published by A. and C. HUENERBEIN, Royal Pianoforte and Music Warehouse,
318, GEORGE-STREET, Sydney.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (3 June 1885), 11

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13590086

FRANZ HUENERBEIN. Professor Piano, Singing, Organ. Royal Music Warehouse, 318, George-street.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (26 February 1886), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13612543 

NOTICE is hereby given that the PARTNERSHIP hitherto existing between CHARLES HUENEUBEIN and AUGUST HUENEUBEIN, and carried on at George-street, Sydney, under the name of "A. and C. Huenerbein," Pianoforte Importers, has THIS DAY been DISSOLVED by mutual consent . . . Dated this 23rd day of February, 1880.
CHARLES HUENERBEIN. AUGUST HUENERBE1N. Witness - E. LUCAS, Solicitor, Sydney.

NOTICE is hereby given that wee, the undernamed, AUGUST HUENEUBEIN and AUGUSTUS CORBETT have THIS DAY entered into PARTNERSHIP as Pianoforte, Organ, and Music Importers, and will carry on Business under the name of "August Huenerbein and Corbett," at the premises, No. 818, George-street, Sydney, lately occupied by A. and C. Huenerbein. Dated this 23rd day of February, 1886.
AUGUST HUENERBEIN. AUGUSTUS CORBETT. Witness - E. LUCAS. Solicitor, Sydney.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (3 April 1886), 15

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28356231

ROYAL PIANOFORTE AND MUSIC WAREHOUSE, 318, GEORGE-STREET.
A. HUENERBEIN and CORBETT (late A. and C. Huenerbein), Sole Agents for JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS' CELEBRATED HIGH-CLASS LONDON-MADE PIANOS . . .
The late CHARLES S. PACKER'S "CROWN OF THORNS" can now be obtained on application to . . .
A. HUENERBEIN and CORBETT, 318, George-street (near Hunter-street) . . .

"Musical Echoes", The Queenslander (1 May 1886), 690

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19804969

MANY in this colony will remember the late Charles Packer, and probably several have had the pleasure of hearing his "Crown of Thorns" unformed in the adjoining colony. Since the death of the composer the publication of this charming composition has been undertaken by subscription, and the subscribers, and musicians generally, will be glad to learn that the work has arrived by the Liguria, and is being delivered by Mr. August Huenerbein, of Sydney, the honorary secretary of the Packer Fund. As this is a purely Australian production it is to be hoped we shall have the pleasure of hearing it rendered by our Musical Union.

"THE OWL CLUB", Evening News (18 November 1886), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107317614 

This club gave the first of a series of complimentary concerts, under the conductorship of the society's musical director, "Humming Bird" (Mr. Charles Hunerbein), in the New Masonic Hall last night. There was a fair attendance. The programme had been judiciously arranged, and comprised a happy combination of instrumental and vocal pieces. A grand duo for piano, arranged by Gaden on airs from Verdi, was smoothly and prettily played by "Humming Bird" and a lady amateur . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (13 April 1888), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13683078

CHARLES HUENERBEIN, IMPORTER OF PIANOFORTES, has REMOVED from 318, GEORGE-STREET to 62, WYNYARD-SQUARE. SOLE AGENT for JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS' PIANOS. In consequence of a notice appearing in print that "A. and C. Huenerbein" are agents for John Brinsmead and Sons' Pianos, Charles Huenerbein desires to Inform the public that NO SUCH FIRM EXISTS, as will be seen from the following notice:

"Notice is hereby given that the partnership hitherto existing between CHARLES HUENERBEIN and AUGUST HUENERBEIN, and carried on at George-street, Sydney, under the name of A. and C. HUENERBEIN, Pianoforte Importers, has this day been DISSOLVED by mutual consent. Dated this 23rd day of February, 1886.
CHARLES HUENERBEIN.
AUGUST HUENERBEIN.
Witness - E. LUCAS, Solicitor."

CHARLES HUENERBEIN and COMPANY is the only firm in the Colony of N. S. W. who are supplied DIRECT from the PIANO FACTORY of JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS, London. The Public are requested to Inspect the Stock of Brinsmead Pianos at Charles Huenerbein and Company's Warehouse, 62, Wynyard-square, and to be guarded against any persons who may unlawfully use the name of
C. HUENERBEIN.

"DEATHS", The Daily Telegraph (24 January 1896), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238686287 

HUENERBEIN. - Jan. 23rd, at St. Vincent's Hospital, Francis George, eldest son of the late A. C. and brother of August and Charles Huenerbein, aged 43 years.

"DIED", The Sydney Morning Herald (12 March 1908), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14928045

HUENERBEIN. - March 11, 1908, Charles Huenerbein, aged 48 years. Interment at Waverley Cemetery, 10 a.m. to-day.

"PERSONAL", The Sydney Morning Herald (13 March 1908), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14916255 

The funeral of the late Charles Huenerbein took place yesterday morning. The deceased musician was buried at Waverley, where his widow, and his brother, Mr. Gus. Huenerbein, were amongst the mourners. The father of the pianist was an importer of pianos in Pitt-street, and nearly 30 years ago young Huenerbein began his career there, both as teacher and artist. He was at one time honorary pianist of the Sydney Liedertafel; he also took a keen interest in the Metropolitan Liedertafel; he became of note as one of the most sympathetic accompanists Australia ever produced, and, as an active entrepreneur, launched a number of musical enterprises. He first introduced Miss Marie Narelle in Sydney; and earlier still, about 1885, recognising the charm of Mme. Melba's girlish style as a singer, toured the country with her at the head of a concert party, which also included the late M. Willimoff (violinist), the late Mr. Hallowell (basso), and the comic opera tenor Knight Ashton. In 1886 Mr. Huenerbein organised a send-off concert to Mrs. Armstrong (as she was then), and for a decade and more thereafter he continued a prominent figure in musical circles. A good many years before his last long illness he practically dropped out of professional life, and died at the age of 48 years, leaving a widow and three children.

"PERSONAL", The Advertiser (16 March 1908), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5128986

The death of Mr. Charles Huenerbein, who in his palmy days was recognised as the best accompanist in Australia, occurred in Sydney on Wednesday. He played for all the leading singers who visited Sydney, and was an old friend of Madam Melba and of many other vocalists of great fame. The "Australian Star", referring to his death, said: "Recognising the artistic qualities of Madame Melba before her "discovery" by the English and foreign critics, in 1887 the late Mr. Huenerbein was one of those who induced the Melbourne singer to visit this city in 1885. This was shortly after David Mitchell's daughter had made her debut in Melbourne as the late Signor Cecchi's best pupil. Mr. John Lemmone made his first appearance the same year in Melbourne as a flautist. The singer and the flautist appeared on the same platform. In Sydney in 1885 Madame Melba sang at the Theatre Royal with John Kruse, the violinist, as the star performer, and she also assisted at a Sydney Liedertafel concert under the baton of the late John A. Delaney. A little later the brilliant Melbourne singer was taken on tour by the late Mr. Huenerbein. During her visit to Australia in 1902, and again while she was singing in Sydney towards the end of last year, Madame Melba made enquiries about the man who used to play her accompaniments divinely; but the pianist and the singer did not meet. For the past six or seven years the late Mr. Huenerbein had been in bad health and he was also in "low water" financially, having lost his income as a teacher.

"THE ART OF ACCOMPANYING", The Sydney Morning Herald (13 March 1909), 14

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15042579

Mrs. Charles Huenerbein, encouraged by the opinion of Signor De Beaupuis and other leading artists that some such training would prove most helpful to piano students, has decided to form classes especially to instruct in the art of accompanying singers at the pianoforte. Sight reading, transposition, and modulation will be included in the section, as noted in another column. The course should prove of genuine service to young players.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (30 March 1912), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15321694

MRS. CHARLES HUENERBEIN (after her six months' holiday) WILL TAKE A LIMITED NUMBER OF PUPILS for Piano, Harmony, Counterpoint, Modulation, Transposition, etc., at TAUNTON, DAY-STREET, DRUMMOYNE; and PALING'S-BUILDINGS, 4th floor, Room 53, COMMENCING 17th APRIL.

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (22 January 1941), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17730184 

HUENERBEIN. - January 20, 1941, at 30 Tressider Avenue, Haberfield, August C. H. W., relict of the late Susan Huenerbein, fond father of Charles F. (deceased), Maud, Cecilia (deceased), Herman (deceased), Augusta (Gussia) (deceased), and grandfather of Ernest, Berly, and Marie. Privately interred Waverley Cemetery, January 21.

Performances and musical compositions (August senior):

Waltz The Victoria

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (15 October 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38447962

[News], South Australian Register (16 October 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38451299

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (29 October 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38439165

March Adelaide

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (29 October 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38439165

Duet for 2 clarinets

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (26 November 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38435397

Galop Sonnambula

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (26 November 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38435397

Solo for tuba basso on a theme from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (12 March 1851), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38445644

Vaterlandslied (Worte von Freiherr v. Boden, comp. von Hünerbein)

"Victoria", Süd Australische Zeitung (26 July 1862), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83805316

Jagdlied (Chor und Orchester) v. Hünerbein

"Victoria", Süd Australische Zeitung (26 November 1862), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83805736

March (composed especially for the Festival of the German Association)

"The Festival of the German Association", The Argus (29 December 1863), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5741573

Publications ("A. Huenerbein", "A. and C. Huenerbein", selected):

Reminiscence of the Garden Palace schottische by Charles S. Packer (Sydney: A. Huenerbein, [1882])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12304061 

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-164595022 (DIGITISED)

Paddy's polka composed by Chas. S. Packer ["To my friend August Huenerbein"] (Sydney: A. Huenerbein, [1883])