William Ellard’s Much Admired Australian Quadrille 1835
“The much admired Australian Quadrilles, published in Dublin by our enterprising fellow colonist, Mr. Ellard, of Hunter-street, Sydney. There is a simplicity and beauty in the former which we are sure will attract the attention of all young ladies studying the pianoforte, and will be a very good addition to their initiatory studies. With regard to the second, we are satisfied that they will afford many a happy hour of amusement to the Australian daughters and sons of Terpsichore. We strongly recommend them to the attention of the public.”
The Sydney Gazette 12 December 1835 1
“The cover bore an illustration of Sydney Harbour, and a dedication ―to Miss Hely of Engehurst the daughter of Frederick Hely, Superintendant of Convicts. While there was nothing Australian about the musical contents (based on melodies by, among others, Bellini, Adam, and Lover), the set’s dedicatee, sale destination, and titles were clearly aimed at a colonial market.”
First National Music. 1788-c.1860. Graeme Skinner. 2
La Sydney
Listen to La Sydney (midi)
Ellard’s La Sydney,
Much Admired Australian Quadrille 1835.
The State Orchestra of Victoria, conducted by Richard Divall, has a recording of La Sydney on the CD Australia Unite! [ABC Classics. 2001]
La Wooloomooloo
Listen to La Wooloomooloo (midi)
Ellard’s La Wooloomooloo,
Much Admired Australian Quadrille, 1835.
La Illawara
Listen to La Illawarra (midi)
Ellard’s La Illawarra.
Much Admired Australian Quadrille, 1835.
La Bong-Bong
Listen to La Bong Bong (midi)
Ellard’s La Bong-Bong.
Much Admired Australian Quadrille.1835.
La Engehurst
Listen to La Engehurst (midi)
Ellard’s La Engehurst.
Much Admired Australian Quadrille, 1835.
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Other music available online
SLNSW has digitised The Sydney Quadrilles music (1869) and it includes instructions for each figure. http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/search~S2?/aread%2C+chas/aread+chas/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aread+charles+mrs&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=–
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Sources
1The Sydney Gazette 12 December 1835. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2201678
2Skinner, Graeme. First National Music. 1788-c.1860 Toward a General History of Australian Musical Composition. Thesis, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 2011.
http://www.graemeskinner.id.au/australharmony.html
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