Frederick Augustus Packer (1839–1902) was an Australian composer of

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. He was born in Reading,

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, in the

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He worked as a parliamentary civil servant and music teacher. He was a nephew to fellow

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Charles Sandys Packer Charles Sandys Stuart Shipley Packer (1810–1883), commonly referred to as Charles S. Packer, was an Australian classical music composer, born in Reading, Berkshire, England. He was a graduate of The Royal Academy of Music in London. Packer was co ...

and a postal telegraph operator. He came from a musical family He died after some years in Sydney He was an uncle to media mogul R. C. Packer.

Works

* 1800s For the old love's sake * 1879 Under The Snow * 1880 Listening * Is my lover on the sea * The Garrison polka * Violette : I dream of thee * Nearer to Thee (hymn 114) * Withered (sunshine through rain) song * 1890

Susie Bell ''Susie Bell'' was a popular nineteenth century nautical tune collected by Frederick Augustus Packer around the port at Hobart, in Tasmania. First published in 1882 London. The song is dedicated to the blue jacket sailors of the Australian Squad ...

Recordings

* 2011 Songs of Fred Packer by Kerry Garland * 2015 When the Wattles Was in Bloom * 2016 Three pieces of Frederick A. Packer: Sion Reade concert band

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Packer, Frederick Augustus 1839 births 1902 deaths Australian conductors (music) Australian male composers Australian composers English emigrants to Australia Australian poets Packer family English Anglicans People from Reading, Berkshire Romantic composers 19th-century Australian businesspeople 19th-century male musicians 20th-century Australian male musicians 20th-century Australian musicians