Frederick Augustus Packer
musician and civil servant

Frederick Augustus Packer

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musician and civil servant
Gender:
Male
Places:
England
Is:
MusicianComposerPoetCivil servant
Work field:
LiteratureMusicPolitics
Birth:
1839(Reading, Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom)
Death:
1 August 1902
Instruments:
Organ
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Frederick Augustus Gow Packer (1839–1902) was an Australian composer of Anglican spiritual and romantic music. He worked as a parliamentary civil servant and music teacher. He was an Uncle to composer Charles Sandys Packer and a postal telegraph operator.

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

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