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. 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. XXIX (3). New South Wales, Australia. 30 January 1892. p. 6. Retrieved 13 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-513028
  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.
  6. "DEATH OF MR F. A. PACKER". Daily Telegraph. XXII (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. https://linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/library/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1086557/one
  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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