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List of Plates...................................................xv
Foreword......................................................xxvii
Acknowledgments............................................... xxix
Descriptive Conventions........................................xxxv
The Term Piano ............................................xxxv
Note Names...............................................xxxviii
Textual Conventions.................................... xxxviii
Online References........................................xxxviii
Introduction......................................................1
Discovery......................................................1
Investigation.................................................11
Chapter 1........................................................17
The First Piano to be Brought to Australia....................22
The Piano in London . ........................................23
The First Pianos in London.................................23
Samuel Crisp s Piano, Made by Father Wood..................27
Fulke Greville Purchases Samuel Crisp s Piano..............29
Rutgerus Plenius Copies Fulke Greville s Piano.............31
William Mason s Piano, Made by Friedrich Neubauer(?). ... 33
Georg Friedrich Händel Plays a Piano.......................36
Johann Christoph Zumpe.....................................43
Zumpe s Small Piano-Forte .............................43
What or Who Inspired Zumpe to Invent His
Small Piano-Forte ?....................................43
Kramer s Tafelklavier...................................43
The Pantalon............................................45
Herman Vietor...........................................47
Zumpe s Genius..........................................48
No Escapement...........................................49
Mutations. .............................................49
Zumpe s House..........................................51
Johann Christian Bach s Support........................56
The Bach-Abel Concert Series...........................58
Gabriel Buntebart......................................62
Frederick and Christian Schoene........................62
Zumpe s Pianos are an Inspiration......................63
Zumpe s Pianos in England and Abroad......................66
The Professional Class: Piano music and hedonism .... 66
Zumpe s Small Piano-Forte Copied Abroad..........71
The Cost of Zumpe s Pianos.............................72
The Popularity of the English Piano in Paris.........73
Un Inventaire sous La Terreur..........................75
The First Pianos in America............................85
The Triumph of the Piano in London.....................89
Chapter 2......................................................91
Surgeon George Worgan s Square Piano
{Frederick Beck, London, 1780/86?)...........................91
Frederick Beck...............................................92
Frederick Beck: A time line.................................110
Beck s House................................................111
Beck and Square Piano Production............................115
George Worgan s Piano (Frederick Beck, London, 1780/86?) 117
Date.......................................................117
Serial Number: Frederick Beck s estimated output —
What five serial numbers suggest.........................124
Serial Number: George Worgan s square piano.........129
A Unique Stand...........................................130
The Advantages of Beck s Unique Folding Stand.........153
Trestle Stand.........................................153
French Frame..........................................154
Campaign Furniture.......................................155
Extant Pianos by Frederick Beck.............................157
The Stands of Extant Beck Instruments.......................163
Storage Box................................................ 176
Mahogany Veneer.............................................178
Beck s Inlay..............................................180
Frederick Beck and Christopher Fuhrlohg...................185
Dampers...................................................192
Beck s Absorption of Zumpe s Ideas........................193
Chapter 3....................................................195
George Bouchier Worgan: The owner of the first piano
to be brought to Australia................................195
The Life of a Surgeon.....................................198
What Did George Worgan Look Like?.........................204
George Worgan s Father, Dr John Worgan....................209
George Worgan s Father, Dr John Worgan,
the Harpsichordist........................................220
George Worgan s Father, Dr John Worgan, the Organist. . . . 222
George Worgan s Father, Dr John Worgan,
the Teacher...............................................229
George Worgan s Father, Dr John Worgan, the Composer . . 232
The Ancient Style.....................................233
The Scientific Style..................................237
Compositional Output....................................239
Keyboard Music..........................................246
Chapter 4....................................................251
Surgeon George Worgan Purchases a Square Piano............251
When Did George Worgan Purchase His Piano?..............251
If the Instrument Dates from 1780 .................. 252
If the Instrument Dates from 1786 .................. 253
How Much Did George Worgan s Piano Cost?................253
When was George Worgan s Piano First Brought
on Board the Sirius?....................................260
Why Did George Worgan Purchase a Piano to
Bring with Him to Botany Bay?...........................260
The Sirius................................................263
The Berwick.............................................263
After Refurbishment.....................................266
The Wreck of the Sirius.................................267
Housing George Worgan s Piano on the Sirius...............269
The Great Cabin.........................................269
The Ward Room...........................................270
George Worgan s Square Piano Heard in the Ward
Room of the Sirius....................................270
Chapter 5..................................................273
The First Fleet Departs from England.....................273
George Worgan s Piano Heard on the Sirius as a
Solo Instrument..........................................275
Liebhaber and Kenner..................................278
Music for the Liebhaber...............................280
The Battle of Prague..................................282
Music for the Kenner..................................287
George Worgan Plays Music Written by English
and/or London-Based Non-English Composers.............290
George Worgan Plays Music Written by Continental
Composers......................................... 293
Music Publishing in Late Eighteenth-Century London .... 297
George Worgan s Piano Heard on the Sirius as an
Accompanying Instrument..................................301
Canons................................................302
Catches and Glees.....................................302
Accompanied Glees.....................................308
Playing with the Lid Closed..............................310
Tuning George Worgan s Square Piano:
A keyboard all at C......................................317
Fixing the Basic Pitch................................319
Dividing the Octave into its 12 Constituent Notes.....322
The Common Established Temperament
( Well Temperament )..................................323
Maintaining George Worgan s Square Piano............325
String Breakage.......................................325
Re-Leathering Hammerheads.............................328
Chapter 6..................................................333
George Worgan Plays His Piano in Rio de Janeiro..........333
What Feelings were Engendered by George Worgan s
Recital?..............................................342
The Effect of the Weather on George Worgan s Square
Piano: Weather during the First Fleet s voyage...........347
Portsmouth to Tenerife................................348
Tenerife to Rio de Janeiro............................348
Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town...........................350
Cape Town to Botany Bay: Ferocious storms,
violent extremes...........................................351
Van Diemen s Land.......................................356
The South Coast of New South Wales......................356
A Recalcitrant Goat...................................357
Botany Bay..............................................357
Port Jackson............................................359
The Voyage of George Worgan s Piano: Particulars......359
Chapter 7....................................................361
George Worgan s Piano Arrives at Sydney Cove.............361
Jean-Françoise de Galaup, Comte de La Pérouse.........364
Increasing Disillusionment with Captain Cook............368
Spanish Imperial Designs................................370
Where was George Worgan s Piano First Housed?............371
The Hunter/Bradley Map, 1 March 1788.................. 371
The Hospital and the Barracks...........................373
Francis Fowkes Drawing, 16 April 1788 ............... 374
The Dawes/Medland/Hunter Map, July 1788 .............. 376
Newton Fowell s Letter, 12 July 1788.................. 376
Reverend Johnson s Letter, 15 November 1788 ........... 377
George Worgan s Piano Remains on the Sirius.............379
George Worgan s Piano is Taken Ashore...................380
The Sirius Circumnavigates the World....................380
The Wedgwood Medallion..................................383
George Worgan Puts His Piano on Land....................385
Was George Worgan s Piano Placed in Governor
Phillip s House?...........................................387
The King s Birthday Celebrations, 4 June 1789.......... 387
George Farquhar s The Recruiting Officer................389
Incidental Music for The Recruiting Officer.............392
The Effect of the Weather on George Worgan s Square
Piano: Weather at Sydney Cove..............................397
1788 ..................................................401
1789 ................................................. 403
1790 .................................................. 403
Summer 1790-91 ......................................... 404
1791 .................................................. 405
1792 .................................................. 406
The Drought Breaks.......................................406
1796................................................... 407
Protective Measures for Pianos............................407
Chapter 8...................................................413
Some of the Music Heard during the Fledgling Colony s
First Two Years...........................................413
The Official Reading of Governor Phillip s Commission,
7 February 1788........................................ 413
The Rogue s March , 9 February 1788 ................... 415
The King s Birthday Celebration, 4 June 1788........... 417
Repertoire Played at Social Functions.....................417
The Quadrille in Sydney................................418
Mr Girard...........................................421
National Airs.........................................424
A Dinner Party, 1 January 1789 ......................... 428
The Kinds of Music Predominantly Played at Social
Occasions in the Colony...................................429
The Subscribers Ball , 20 October 1810...............429
The Bail Held at Bellmont ..............................430
The Band ...............................................430
Lieutenant-Governor Erskine s Concert, September 1818. . 432
The Queen s Birthday Ball, 23 January 1819...............433
The Band at St Mary s Cathedral in 1825............... 434
Chapter 9.....................................................437
Women and the Piano.........................................437
Learning the Piano......................................... 442
1) Private Lessons Given at Home throughout Childhood . 442
2) Intermittent Periods of Intensive Application.........448
3) Being Perceived as an Accomplished Player...........452
4) A Protracted Decline................................ 452
Performances Given by Women Virtuosi........................454
Chapter 10....................................................461
George Worgan and the Macarthurs.........................461
Elizabeth Macarthur.....................................461
John Macarthur..........................................462
The Macarthurs Sail to Sydney Cove with the
Second Fleet............................................464
What Did John and Elizabeth Macarthur
Look Like?.................................................465
Two Authenticated Portraits.............................465
Two Unauthenticated Portraits...........................470
The Macarthurs at Sydney Cove..............................471
Initial Accommodation...................................472
Elizabeth Macarthur Seeks Company.......................473
The Macarthurs New Thatched Wattle-and-Daub Hut.........475
George Worgan s Piano in the Macarthurs New Home........477
When Did George Worgan Place His Piano into the
Macarthurs Thatched Wattle-and-Daub Hut?...............478
Elizabeth s Piano Lessons..................................479
George Worgan Gives His Piano to Elizabeth Macarthur .... 481
God Save the King and Foot s Minuet .................483
Elizabeth Macarthur, the Piano Student..................490
Elizabeth Macarthur, the Socialite......................491
Rose Hill..................................................492
Who Tuned George Worgan s Piano for Elizabeth Macarthur? . 493
Professional Piano Tuners in Sydney.................495
Chapter 11....................................................499
Why Did George Worgan Return to England?...................499
George Worgan s Return Journey to England..................500
The Colony s First Pipe Organ...........................502
George Worgan in England...................................504
George Worgan is Embroiled..............................505
George Worgan, the Farmer...............................512
Liskeard...................................................514
At the Inn..............................................519
George Worgan Marries...................................525
George and Mary Worgan s Children.......................528
George Worgan, the Published Author....................529
George Worgan, the Inventor............................533
George Worgan, the Schoolmaster........................534
George Worgan, the Church Organist.....................540
Financial Hardship.......................................543
Wadeland House..............................................549
The Service Cottage......................................563
Chapter 12....................................................569
George Worgan s Youngest Son, John Parsons,
Immigrates to Sydney........................................569
John Parsons, His Father s Journal and Dr John Lhotsky . . 571
George Worgan s Eldest Son, George William, Immigrates
to Sydney...................................................576
George William Performs..................................578
Francis Ellard s Piano-Tuning Tours......................580
W. J. Johnson s Piano-Tuning Tours......................581
George William, Organist of St Mary s Cathedral..........583
George William is Declared Insolvent.....................586
George William Marries...................................587
Further Performances.....................................587
Scandal and Public Ridicule..............................588
Grocott s Dissolving Views .............................589
George William Leaves Sydney.............................591
Sydney s Prodigal Son Returns............................592
George Bouchier Worgan Dies in Liskeard.....................594
Whispers and Rumours: Who was Charles Parsons
Worgan?..................................................600
i) Charles Parsons Mother............................600
ii) Charles Parsons Father...........................603
George Bouchier Worgan s Character and Personality..........610
Significant Events in George Bouchier Worgan s Life:
Summary.....................................................614
Chapter 13....................................................617
Elizabeth Farm Cottage, Parramatta........................ 617
Worgan s Piano at Elizabeth Farm.........................622
Alterations Made to Elizabeth Farm Cottage...............625
John Macarthur s Duel........................................629
John Macarthur s Happy Sheep.................................632
John Macarthur Returns to New South Wales....................634
George Bouchier Worgan s Piano In Elizabeth
Macarthur s Life.............................................636
George Bouchier Worgan s Piano Escapes Destruction
for the First Time...........................................638
The Convict Uprising is Defeated..........................641
Elizabeth Macarthur at Leisure...............................645
Two Hundred and Seventeen Years Later, Worgan s
Piano Returns to Elizabeth Farm..............................647
Mrs Macquarie s Piano: An anecdote...........................650
George Bouchier Worgan s Piano Escapes Destruction
for the Second Time..........................................652
Elizabeth Macarthur Purchases Thomas Laycock s Piano . . . 652
Thomas Laycock............................................658
Thomas Laycock s Estate Auction...........................659
Music Books...............................................662
Why Did Elizabeth Macarthur Purchase Thomas Laycock s
Piano?.................................................663
Pianos with additional keys .............................664
John Macarthur Dies..........................................668
Elizabeth Macarthur Dies.....................................669
Chapter 14.....................................................671
George Bouchier Worgan s Piano Offered
for Sale?....................................................671
Simeon Lord...............................................671
1810: David Bevan.........................................673
1813: Robert Jenkins......................................674
1814: David Bevan.........................................674
1815: Mr Charters, 68 George Street, Corner of
Market Street.............................................674
George Chartres...........................................676
1817: Simeon Lord.........................................677
1838: John Blackman.......................................678
Chapter 15...................................................685
That Accounts for the Coke in the Milkanut: William
Bradshaw s stock book entry and three differing
provenance versions.......................................685
William Bradshaw s Stock Book: The entry dated
29 October 1973 ......................................... 685
Provenance Version 1: George Bouchier Worgan s
piano at a farm 30 miles out of Sydney .................690
George Bouchier Worgan s Piano in Windsor...............690
John Blackman in Windsor................................693
Windsor, Floods and the Absence of Water Damage .... 693
Provenance Version Two: William Bradshaw purchases
George Bouchier Worgan s piano in London................696
Provenance Version Three: William Bradshaw purchases
George Bouchier Worgan s piano from a vendor who had
purchased the instrument in London........................698
Another Path of Investigation: Kenneth Muggleston s
memories and George Worgan s piano in Windsor.............700
New Horizons: Stewart Symonds.............................704
An Instrument Drained .................................707
Bradshaw is Caught Out?.................................708
Intersections.............................................710
Varney Monk.............................................711
Varney Monk s Piano is Stewart Symonds 1780/86?
Frederick Beck........................................713
Varney Monk in Windsor..................................714
Far from the Public Eye...................................715
Chapter 16...................................................719
The History of George Bouchier Worgan s Piano:
A speculative summary.....................................719
Provenance Continued: Alternative one...................720
Provenance Continued: Alternative two...................721
Provenance Continued: Alternative three.................722
Bibliography.................................................723
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