Frederick Augustus Packer

Frederick Augustus Packer (1839–1902) was an Australian composer of Anglican spiritual and romantic music.[1] He was born in Reading, Berkshire, in the United Kingdom[2] He worked as a parliamentary civil servant and music teacher.[3] He was a nephew to fellow composer Charles Sandys Packer and a postal telegraph operator.[4][5] He came from a musical family [6] He died after some years in Sydney [6] He was an uncle to media mogul R. C. Packer.[7]

Frederick Augustus Packer

Works

  • 1800s For the old love's sake[8]
  • 1879 Under The Snow
  • 1880 Listening
  • Is my lover on the sea
  • The Garrison polka
  • Violette : I dream of thee
  • Nearer to Thee (hymn 114)
  • Withered (sunshine through rain) song
  • 1890 Susie Bell[9]

Recordings

  • 2011 Songs of Fred Packer by Kerry Garland [10]
  • 2015 When the Wattles Was in Bloom[11]
  • 2016 Three pieces of Frederick A. Packer: Sion Reade concert band[12]

References

  1. Wettenhall, R. L. "Packer, Frederick Augustus (1839–1902)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  2. "FREDERIC A. PACKER, AN AUSTRALIAN COMPOSER". Illustrated Sydney News. Vol. XXIX, no. 3. New South Wales, Australia. 30 January 1892. p. 6. Retrieved 13 November 2020 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Trove".
  4. Henshaw, Warwick Bardon. "Biographical Dictionary of the Organ - Frederick Augustus Packer". www.organ-biography.info.
  5. "F.A. PACKER, HOUSE of ASSEMBLY, HOBART (1839-1902)". www.auspostalhistory.com. 4 April 2023.
  6. "DEATH OF MR F. A. PACKER". Daily Telegraph. Vol. XXII, no. 183. Tasmania, Australia. 4 August 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 13 November 2020 via National Library of Australia.
  7. R. L. Wettenhall, 'Packer, Frederick Augustus (1839–1902)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/packer-frederick-augustus-4354/text7073, published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 13 November 2020.
  8. Packer, F. A. (14 September 2017). "For the old love's sake". Hobart : J. Walch & Sons via Trove.
  9. Packer, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), Susie Bell [music] : a Man O'Wars song in answer to Nancy Lee / words and music by F.A. Packer, Walch and Sons
  10. "Songs of Frederick Augustus Gow Packer".
  11. "When the yellow wattle was in bloom by Frederick Augustus Packer : Work : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au.
  12. "Three pieces of Frederick A. Packer : concert band by Frederick Alexander Packer, Frederick Augustus Packer and Simon Reade : Work : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au.
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