Museums of History NSW | Elizabeth Bay House Concert: Fairy Quadrilles and Waltzes by William Joseph Cavendish @MuseumsofHistoryNSW | Uploaded August 2022 | Updated October 2024, 23 hours ago.
William Joseph Cavendish (1789-1839): ‘Fairy Quadrilles and Waltzes’ (Sydney, 1833) – FIRST MODERN PERFORMANCE (arr. for pianoforte trio):
[i] Pantalon (Radoma); [ii] L’Été (Betanimena); [iii] Poule (Kurry Jong); [iv] Pastourelle (Woo-loo-moo-loo) [sic]; [v] Finale (Matitanana); [vi] Waltz No. 1; [vii] Waltz No. 2
Annie Gard (violin)
Daniel Yeadon (violoncello)
Neal Peres Da Costa (pianoforte)
Until he tragically drowned in Sydney Harbour during the annual regatta on 26 January 1839, Cavendish was a popular local teacher of music and dance, and a cellist and pianist in the theatre band. On first arriving in Sydney from London via Mauritius in 1833, he composed this set of music for ballroom dances, including two quadrilles with local Aboriginal titles, Woo-loo-moo-loo and Kurry Jong. The manuscript compositions survive in a letter sent from Sydney to London in 1833.
‘On the Plains of Emu: Settler Art Music in Early NSW’, Elizabeth Bay House, Sydney, 27 February 2022. A concert presented by the Sydney Living Museums Foundation and Hearing the Music of Early New South Wales 1788-1860, Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney. Australian Research Discovery Project DP210101511 – 2021–24.
William Joseph Cavendish (1789-1839): ‘Fairy Quadrilles and Waltzes’ (Sydney, 1833) – FIRST MODERN PERFORMANCE (arr. for pianoforte trio):
[i] Pantalon (Radoma); [ii] L’Été (Betanimena); [iii] Poule (Kurry Jong); [iv] Pastourelle (Woo-loo-moo-loo) [sic]; [v] Finale (Matitanana); [vi] Waltz No. 1; [vii] Waltz No. 2
Annie Gard (violin)
Daniel Yeadon (violoncello)
Neal Peres Da Costa (pianoforte)
Until he tragically drowned in Sydney Harbour during the annual regatta on 26 January 1839, Cavendish was a popular local teacher of music and dance, and a cellist and pianist in the theatre band. On first arriving in Sydney from London via Mauritius in 1833, he composed this set of music for ballroom dances, including two quadrilles with local Aboriginal titles, Woo-loo-moo-loo and Kurry Jong. The manuscript compositions survive in a letter sent from Sydney to London in 1833.
‘On the Plains of Emu: Settler Art Music in Early NSW’, Elizabeth Bay House, Sydney, 27 February 2022. A concert presented by the Sydney Living Museums Foundation and Hearing the Music of Early New South Wales 1788-1860, Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney. Australian Research Discovery Project DP210101511 – 2021–24.
