Herbert De Pinna
Herbert De Pinna | |
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 Herbert De Pinna 1914 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1883 |
| Died | 1936 (aged 52–53) |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Years active | 1910-1936 |
Herbert De Pinna (1883–1936) was a composer and medical doctor. He was a medicine graduate from Cambridge University who trained at Middlesex Hospital. He opened a hospital in Queensland, but claimed he made more money from music.
Herbert De Pinna is best remembered for Broadway-style numbers written for successful pantomimes The Bunyip and Robinson Crusoe, which toured major Australian cities. A song from the 'Bunyip was adopted by schools and enjoyed phenomenal sales
De Pinna won a successful Supreme Court case for defamatory remarks made to his medical clients.
During world war two, his son Arthur was shot down and killed by Imperial Japanese Army Air Service over Kupang, Indonesia.
Works
- Seven songs for the 1914 musical Bunyip (musical)
- I Wonder
- The Parsons' Glide : two-step & one-step
- Claire : graceful dance
- Dorothy : old English dance
- Eight interesting pianoforte solos
- Devil's Picnic : for piano
- E'er Dawns Another Day
- Moonlight Surfing
- All the Girls are After Me
References
- ↑ "Music Directors & Composers [Industry]". Australian Variety Theatre Archive. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ↑ "Dr. Herbert de Pinna, Composer". Mudgee Guardian and North-western Representative. No. 2433. New South Wales, Australia. 21 June 1917. p. 18. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "A Successful Composer". Leader. New South Wales, Australia. 14 May 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Dr. Herbert De Pinna Commencing Practice in Mudgee". Mudgee Guardian and North-western Representative. New South Wales, Australia. 26 July 1920. p. 9. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Australian Panto Success". Leader. New South Wales, Australia. 26 January 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Pantomime Music". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 24, 644. New South Wales, Australia. 30 December 1916. p. 6. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "The Bunyip". The Northern Star. Vol. 41. New South Wales, Australia. 12 January 1917. p. 4. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Robinson Crusoe Panto". Daily Herald. Vol. 9, no. 2519. South Australia. 17 April 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Robinson Crusoe Pantomime". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXIII, no. 22, 289. South Australia. 17 April 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Filmland, Vaudeville, and The Stage". The Journal. Vol. LII, no. 14329. South Australia. 26 May 1917. p. 4 (NIGHT EDITION). Retrieved 10 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "CLAIM FOR DEFAMATION". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express. New South Wales, Australia. 2 April 1926. p. 31. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "ENGAGEMENT". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 4 July 1939. p. 17 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Retrieved 10 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Shot Down Near Koepang". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1942. p. 3 (Second Edition). Retrieved 10 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ De Pinna, Herbert; (Firm), Benjamin J. Fuller (28 January 2018). "Bunyip". Sydney : W.H. Paling & Co – via Trove.
- ↑ De Pinna, Herbert; (Firm), Benjamin J. Fuller (28 January 2018). "Moonlight surfing". Sydney : W.H. Paling & Co – via Trove.
- ↑ De Pinna, Herbert; Benjamin J. Fuller (Firm) (1901), The girls are after me [music] / words & music by Herbert de Pinna, W.H. Paling & Co
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