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[[Frederick Carl Lemming]] (17**-18**) A music teacher, composer and musician in Cape Town, who participated as musician and musical director in theatrical productions.

== Biography ==

He was possibly of Danish extraction and his name is first mentioned in 1802. He left the colony in 1817.

He may have taken a South African woman with him, for there is a report in the ''[[South African Commercial Advertiser]]'' (Wednesday 26 October 1836) of a Mrs Frederica Rosina Heyns, "the Consort of Mr. [[F.C. Lemming]], of the King's Orchestra, and native of this place", who had recently died in Copenhagen.

==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

He is named as one of the members of a German Music and Drama Society (begun in 1802), and gave frequent musical concerts in the [[African Theatre]], the [[Good Hope Theatre]] and other venues, possibly with his own ''Musicaal Liefhebberygezelschap''. He is especially acgtive in this respect in 1816-17. From 1812 onwards Lady Cradock , wife of the Governor, was his patroness.

He was a founding member of [[Charles Etienne Boniface|Boniface's]] amateur company [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]] and composed, directed and played the music for a number of the ballets and pantomimes presented by the company, including ''[[Het beleg en het nemen van Troyen]]'' (11 September and 9 October 1813), ''[[Sapho]]'' (22 June, 1815), ''[[De Verhinderde Dansparty, of Het Orchest onder den Tafel]]'' (29 July 1815),

[JH & TH]

== Sources ==

[[South African Commercial Advertiser]] - Wednesday 26 October 1836[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE/2008-07/1216808735]

[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp 137-139, 145, 149, 175 and 520.

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 [[Frederick Carl Lemming]] (17**-18**) A  music teacher, composer and musician in Cape Town,  who participated as musician and musical director in theatrical productions.
 == Biography ==
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 He is named as one of the members of a German Music and Drama Society (begun in 1802), and gave frequent musical concerts in the [[African Theatre]], the [[Good Hope Theatre]] and other venues, possibly with his own ''Musicaal Liefhebberygezelschap''. He is especially acgtive in this respect in 1816-17. From 1812 onwards Lady Cradock , wife of the Governor, was his patroness.
-He was a founding member of [[Charles Etienne Boniface|Boniface's]] amateur company [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]] and composed, directed and played the music for a number of the ballets and pantomimes presented by the company, including  ''[[Het beleg en het nemen van Troyen]]'' (11 September and 9 October 1813), ''[[Sapho]]'' (22 June, 1815), ''[[De Verhinderde Dansparty, of Het Orchest onder den Tafel]]'' (29 July 1815),
+He was a founding member of [[Charles Etienne Boniface|Boniface's]] amateur company [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]] and composed, directed and played the music for a number of the ballets and pantomimes presented by the company, including:
+* ''[[Het beleg en het nemen van Troyen]]'' (in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 11 September and 9 October 1813)
-[JH & TH]
 == Sources ==

Frederick Carl Lemming - Revision history

Darryl at 15:46, 21 July 2024

Darryl: Created page with "Frederick Carl Lemming (17**-18**) A music teacher, composer and musician in Cape Town, who participated as musician and musical director in theatrical productions. ==..."

Darryl: Created page with "Frederick Carl Lemming (17-18) A music teacher, composer and musician in Cape Town, who participated as musician and musical director in theatrical productions. ==..."