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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 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 | + | 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) | |
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| + | * ''[[Sapho]]'' (22 June, 1815 for production by [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]], with dances choreographed by [[Mr Peterson]], repeated on 4 July and 29 July 1815) | ||
| + | * ''[[De Verhinderde Dansparty, of Het Orchest onder den Tafel]]'' (29 July 1815), | ||
| + | [JH & TH] | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Latest revision as of 17:46, 21 July 2024
Frederick Carl Lemming (17**-18**) A music teacher, composer and musician in Cape Town, who participated as musician and musical director in theatrical productions.
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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 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)
- Sapho (22 June, 1815 for production by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense, with dances choreographed by Mr Peterson, repeated on 4 July and 29 July 1815)
- De Verhinderde Dansparty, of Het Orchest onder den Tafel (29 July 1815),
[JH & TH]
Sources
South African Commercial Advertiser - Wednesday 26 October 1836[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp 137-139, 145, 149, 175 and 520.
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