Mr Bucke
Mr Bucke (fl. 1870-1880) was a musician and choral master.
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Biography
Nothing about his life, beyond his involvement in Cape Town from 1872-1873, and his leaving the Cape in 1873, has has yet been found.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
According to F.C.L. Bosman (1980), he was important in various capacities in the musical life of Cape Town between in the late 1870s-1880s. He apparently founded (or perhaps taken over or resuscitated?) the Cape Town Choral Society round about 1872 (Bosman has contradictory information about this).He seems to have become a rival in cultural matters for J.H. Ashley (fl. 1850-1870).
Among the works he put on with the society was the cantata[1], The Building of the Ship in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town in 1872, in association with the Rondebosch Choral Society ().
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.426-7
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 185, 287-8,
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