George Savin De Chanéet

George Savin De Chaneet was a Hungarian-Australian composer, conductor, choir master, organist and music teacher. [1] He was born in Hamburg,[2] only son of Frederich de Chanéet.[3] He arrived in Melbourne on 22 April 1884, where he spent his active life, seeking naturalisation in 1899.[4]

George Savin De Chaneet
Herr G S De Chaneet 1897
Background information
Born(1861-01-01)January 1, 1861
Hamburg, Germany
DiedMay 2, 1926(1926-05-02) (aged 65)
Java, Indonesia
Occupation(s)Composer, conductor, teacher
Years active1880-1910

He dedicated much of his time to St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in West Melbourne,[5] and composed church music for other parishes and denominations.[6]

Works
  • Hungarian dance[7]
  • Mass for worship[8]
  • In the Cathedral (a Christmas song)[9]
  • The children's prayer : song / words by Louis Voight ; music by G.S. de Chanéet
  • Summer dreams : song / words by Louis Voight ; music by G.S. de Chaneet
  • The children's prayer : song / words by Louis Voight ; music by G.S. de Chaneet
  • The two cities : song / words by Margery Browne ; music by G.S. De Chaneet
  • The rover : song / words by Margery Browne ; music by G.S. de Chaneet
  • The goblin bat : song / words by Margery Browne ; music by G.S. de Chaneet

Recordings

None known

Personal

His first wife, Johanna Julianna (née Paasch),[10] died in Melbourne in September 1887 in childbirth.[11] De Chanéet then married Martha Matilda Orams (died 1930 in Surabaya)[12] in December the same year.[3] They had a daughter, Myra Matilda (born 1888)[13][14] and two sons, Victor (born 1895)[15] and Eric George (born 1902).[16][17] Victor served in the AIF in World War I, winning the Military Medal for bravery in the field in 1918.[18]

De Chaneet had moved to Java before June 1920. He died in Lawang on 2 May 1926, survived by his wife and three children.[19]

References
  1. "Herr de Chaneet". North Melbourne Gazette. IV (2). Victoria, Australia. 11 June 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 11 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Representative Professional Men". North Melbourne Gazette. II (8). Victoria, Australia. 26 July 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 11 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Family Notices". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1888-01-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  4. "RecordSearch". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  5. "Representative Professional Men". North Melbourne Gazette (Vic. : 1894 - 1901). 1895-07-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  6. "SCHOOL SPEECH DAYS". The Argus (Melbourne) (25, 071). Victoria, Australia. 16 December 1926. p. 17. Retrieved 11 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. Chanéet, G. S. de, -1926, Hungarian dance, op. 17, no. 5 [music] : piano solo / by G.S. de Chaneet, Allan & CoCS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. Chanéet, G. S. de, -1926; St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church (West Melbourne, Vic.) (1893), G. S. de Chanéet's first mass [music] (in German)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. Chanéet, G. S. de, -1926; Voight, Louis, In the cathedral [music] : song / words by Louis Voight ; music by G.S. de Chaneet, Chappell & Co. ; W.H. Glen & CoCS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. "Births deaths and marriages Victoria". my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  11. "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne) (12, 865). Victoria, Australia. 14 September 1887. p. 1. Retrieved 11 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "Family Notices". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1930-10-21. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  13. "Births deaths and marriages Victoria". my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  14. "Family Notices". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1889-01-10. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  15. "Family Notices". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1895-12-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  16. "Births deaths and marriages Victoria". my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  17. "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne) (17, 350). Victoria, Australia. 19 February 1902. p. 1. Retrieved 11 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. "Distinctions". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1918-07-20. p. 12. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  19. "Family Notices". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1926-05-08. p. 5. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
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