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The Fripp and Pocock families of Bristol, UK

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Prof. Edward Sydney Smith

Edward was a popular 19th century composer and pianist. He used his 2nd name, Sydney, and also the pseudonym, Paul Beaumont. The following information was found at: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=206626

Paul Beaumont is a name used by the English nineteenth century composer and music teacher, Sydney Smith. Edward Sydney Smith was born in Dorchester in 1839. His parents taught him music at first but when he was sixteen he went to Leipzig, in Germany, to continue his studies. There he studied piano, cello, harmony and composition.

In 1859 he settled in London and "developed a considerable reputation" as a piano teacher as well as composer. His compositions included dances and what are now called "salon pieces", works to entertain and impress people at a social gathering in a salon or drawing-room. Many of his pieces gave the pianist a chance to show off technical brilliance, but he also composed pieces to help children learning to play, and arranged opera for piano performance.

His work was very popular in England and continental Europe for some decades. The New Grove Dictionary of Music says that his knowledge of piano technique led him to compose pieces exhibiting "brilliance and showmanship", with "rapid scales, arpeggios, felicitous ornamentation and elaborate figuration". I found no explanation for his decision to take Paul Beaumont as a pseudonym, so that is still a puzzle. He died in 1889.

Another surprise for me was that he wrote not one, but four, tarantellas. Like many of his works, he gave them French titles, so tarantella becomes tarantelle. They are:
Tarentelle Brillante pour le Piano Op. 8, 1862 (Sparkling Tarantella for piano)
Deuxième Tarantelle pour Piano Op. 21, 1862 (Second Tarantella)
Troisième Tarantelle pour Piano Op. 66, 1868 (Third Tarantella)
Quatrième Tarantelle pour piano Op. 217, 1886 (Fourth Tarantella)

Considering how little information there is about Beaumont/Smith, I was interested to find that two of his tarantellas can be heard on the net:
Tarantelle Brillante in E minor Op.8 : http://www.absolute.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/the_music.htm#Smith

Another tarantella (don't know which) http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/markavitch5

You can also hear part of the very romantic piece "Le Jet d'Eau" (The Fountain): Romantic Piano Discoveries www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000007P2G/qid=1055164617/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/102-5248369-5665708?v=glance&s=classical&n=507846

"Le Jet d'Eau" and the "Tarantelle Brillante" in E minor are among his most popular pieces. The Grove Dictionary says they are the most successful of his works along with "La Harpe Éolienne" (Aeolian Harp), "The Spinning Wheel", and "Chanson Russe" (Russian Song).

If you want a very long list of his compositions you can type "Smith, Edward Sydney" into the author search box at the British Library: http://blpc.bl.uk

Some of his work is available to buy from http://www.sheetmusicwarehouse.co.uk They have "Caprice Espagnole" and "Con Amore" listed under Beaumont, and Tarantelle Brillante, the Harp and the Fountain with several others under Sydney Smith.

There are a couple of other pieces of his you can listen to online:
Fête hongroise, mazurka élégante op. 43 (Hungarian Festival: elegant mazurka)
Dances in French Salons in the 19th century http://w1.neuronnexion.fr/~goninet/danses.htm
Smith's piano version of Carmen: http://www.tip.net.au/~apurdam/noteworthy.html

Thanks for the question. I enjoyed getting to the truth of Beaumont's identity - though I still want to know *why* he published some work under a pseudonym. Please feel free to ask for clarification if any links don't work smoothly, or if anything is unclear. Regards - Leli

Reference books: Catalogue of Printed Music in the British Library to 1980 (volume 4) New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (volume 23) ed.Sadie Macmillan (2001) searches on his names combined with piano, composer, tarantella, tarantelle etc.: "paul beaumont" "p beaumont" "sydney smith" etc.

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1881 Census: 45 Blandford Square, London, Middlesex
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Sydney SMITH Head M Male 41 Dorchester, Dorset, England Professor Of Music
Annie S. SMITH Wife M Female 37 Amersham, Buckingham, England
Leonard S. SMITH Son Male 10 Marylebone, Middlesex, England Scholar
Linda S. SMITH Daur Female 9 Marylebone, Middlesex, England Scholar
Grenville B.S. SMITH Son Male 7 Marylebone, Middlesex, England Scholar
Eustace S. SMITH Son Male 5 Marylebone, Middlesex, England Scholar
Reginald C.S. SMITH Son Male 2 Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Sarah J. BARBER Serv U Female 26 Frome, Somerset, England Cook Dom Serv
Ada J. DAY Serv U Female 18 Lee, Kent, England Housemaid Dom Serv
Augustine PINQET Serv U Female 23 (F), France Nurse Dom Serv
Sophia STAYTON Serv U Female 16 Whipsnade, Bedford, England Under Nurse Dom Serv

David Garrick

For detailed biography, see: http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/garrick001.html

David was a famous English actor and theatrical manager. The Garrick Theatre, at Charing Cross Road, London, was named after him when it opened on 24 April 1889. (Photo at: http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/uk/uk_london_garrick.htm) Many other theatres around the world are also named after him.

David was buried at the Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey, and can be found at the foot of Shakespeare's statue.

Paintings at: http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/guided_tours/drama_tour/18th_century/garrick.php

Aubrey Bethune Patton

Notes fron Judith Patton:
Aubrey emigrated to New Zealand, with his mother and other Corbett relatives, before moving to Australia. In his will he left legacies to "Mrs. Agnes Patton, 12 Taurarua Terrace, Parnell, Auckland" and to his Aunt, "Miss Hetty Corbett care of Miss Johnson, Sarawai Street, Parnell, Auckland," now a smart suburb of Auckland.

Judith also has a hand written trilogy about her 4x great uncle, David Garrick, the Shakespearian actor and theatre manager. It was copied from an original manuscript, either by Aubrey's grandmother, Matilda Patton, or her companion, and then given to Aubrey's aunt, Georgina Patton (2nd wife of Col. Henry Bethune Patton) as a gift, who then passed it to Aubrey. He then sent it to Harold's widow.

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BIRTHS 1864 From the 'New Zealander' newspaper, Auckland,NZSource: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GENANZ/2001-01/0979328772
PATTON On 13th February 1864 at Bishop's Hull House, near Taunton, Somersetshire, the wife of A L Patton Esq, HM 14th Regt, of a son. [NZ'er 5 May 1864]

Birth Certificate details:
Born: 13 Feb 1864, Bishops Hull
Name: Aubrey Bethune Patton
Father: Aubrey Lisle Patton, Ensign 14th Regiment of Foot
Mother: Agnes Patton (Formerly Corbett) of Bishops Hull
Registered 10 Mar 1864 at Taunton, St. James, Somerset

Baptised 15 May 1864, at Bishops Hull, Somerset, by Warham Williams

Harold Bethune Patton

Notes from Judith Patton:
Harold fought in the trenches of France during WW1, and later died as a result of the after effects of being overcome by mustard gas. Following his injuries in France, he was hospitalised at the ANZAC Harefield Hospital in the Uk for some years. While there, he sent letters to his mother, which are now in Judith's posession.

Judith also has a hand written trilogy about her 4x great uncle, David Garrick, the Shakespearian actor and theatre manager. It was copied from an original manuscript, either by Harold's great grandmother, Matilda Patton, or her companion, and then given to Georgina Patton (2nd wife of Col. Henry Bethune Patton) as a gift, who then passed it on to her nephew, Aubrey Bethune Patton (Harold's father). He then sent it to Harold's widow.

Birth Certificate details:
Name: Harold Bethune Patton (not present)
Born: 14 Sep 1893, at 45? Hawthorn Grove or Crescent?, City of Hawthorn, County of Bourke, Victoria
Father: Aubrey Bethune Patton, Building Society Inspector, aged 29, born Taunton, England
Mother: Mary Patton (formerly Walker), aged 31, born Melbourne, Australia
Parents married 16 Nov 1892, Toorak, Victoria. (No previous issue)
Informant: Aubrey Bethune Patton of "B---mer", Hawthorn ----, Hawthorn