Herbert De Pinna

Herbert De Pinna (1883–1936) was a medicine graduate from Cambridge University who trained at Middlesex Hospital.[1] He opened a hospital in Queensland, but claimed he made more money from music;[2] twenty of his published titles are preserved in Australian libraries.[3][4]

Herbert De Pinna is best remembered for Broadway style numbers written for successful theatre musicals The Bunyip[5][6][7] and Robinson Crusoe,[8] which toured major Australian cities.[9]

De Pinna won a successful Supreme Court case for defamatory remarks made to his medical clients.[10]

Works

  • Seven songs for the 1914 musical Bunyip[11]
  • 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[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Music Directors & Composers [Industry]". Australian Variety Theatre Archive. 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  2. ↑ "Dr. Herbert de Pinna, Composer". Mudgee Guardian And North-western Representative (2433). New South Wales, Australia. 21 June 1917. p. 18. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "A Successful Composer". Leader. New South Wales, Australia. 14 May 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Australian Panto Success". Leader. New South Wales, Australia. 26 January 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Pantomime Music". The Sydney Morning Herald (24, 644). New South Wales, Australia. 30 December 1916. p. 6. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "The Bunyip". The Northern Star. 41. New South Wales, Australia. 12 January 1917. p. 4. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Robinson Crusoe Panto". Daily Herald. 9, (2519). South Australia. 17 April 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Robinson Crusoe Pantomime". The Register (Adelaide). LXXXIII, (22, 289). South Australia. 17 April 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 18 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ De Pinna, Herbert; (Firm), Benjamin J. Fuller (28 January 2018). "Bunyip". Sydney : W.H. Paling & Co – via Trove.
  12. ↑ De Pinna, Herbert; (Firm), Benjamin J. Fuller (28 January 2018). "Moonlight surfing". Sydney : W.H. Paling & Co – via Trove.



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