Nicholas La Feuillade Nicholas La Feuillade i(A104455 works by)
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: ca. 1865
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BiographyHistory

Australian-based musician, music director, composer, and conductor.

Nicholas La Feuillade is believed to have first arrived in Australia in 1865, when he toured the country as violinist with the Christy Minstrels. He later toured as music director with La Feuillade, Peel and Western's Christy Minstrels (1869), Western and La Feuillade's Minstrels (1870-1871), and Harry Rickards's London Star Company (ca. 1874). Between 1883 and 1886, he was music director for Hiscocks' Federal Minstrels. Managed by F. E. Hiscocks and starring comedian W. Horace Bent, the troupe was arguably the most successful minstrel show to operate in Australia during the late nineteenth century. After briefly working for Charles and Harry Cogill in 1887, La Feuillade returned to Hiscocks's management the following year. His last known engagements were in Melbourne during the 1890s, when he appeared on the bill of such variety shows as the Peoples' Concerts (Temperance Hall) and the St George's Hall Minstrel, Variety and Specialty Company.

La Feuillade's symphony Irish Patrol, which represents 'the gradual approach, passing and disappearance of the Enni Killen Brigade', is believed to have been first performed in Melbourne at the People's Concerts (Temperance Hall) on 17 April 1897 (Age 17 April 1897, p.10).

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • MUSIC THEATRE PRODUCTIONS:

    Music theatre productions known to have included original music by Nicholas La Feuillade are:

  • ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS:

    All dates and venues above are first known performances.

      • 'Australians on Parade' [march] (People's Concerts, Melbourne ; 27 November 1897).
      • 'Banquet Polka' (Victoria Hall, Melbourne 30 June 1883).
      • 'Cora Dean Quadrille' (Victoria Hall, Melbourne;16 June 1883).
      • 'For the Old Land's Sake' [words by Beaumont Read] (Academy of Music, Sydney ; 14 March 1885).
      • 'Franco-Prussian Galop' (Victoria Hall, Melbourne; 26 May 1883).
      • 'Schottiache de Concert' (Victoria Hall, Melbourne; 18 August 1883).
      • 'Violin Symphony' (Victoria Hall, Melbourne; 14 July 1883).

    NB: The Argus records that 'The Banquet Polka' was 'composed and dedicated to the Hon. James G. Beancey' (30 June 1883, p.16).

  • Entries connected with this record have been sourced from historical research into Australian-written music theatre and film conducted by Dr Clay Djubal.

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