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ZA UCT BC360
Title
Charles Etienne Boniface Manuscript
Date(s)
- 1835 (Creation)
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Fonds
Extent and medium
Five items
Name of creator
(1787-1853)
Biographical history
Charles Etienne Boniface (2 February 1787 – 10 December 1853) was an early nineteenth century music teacher, playwright, journalist and polyglot who was born in France, but who spent his adult life in Southern Africa. His writings and compositions are amongst the earliest publications of what was then the Cape Colony.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased at Dorothea Fairbridge sale, 1930s.
Scope and content
Boniface, Charles Etienne (1787-1853): Methode de la guitarre; composée par Monsieur Carmelo pour l’usage de Monsieur J de Wet. Original manuscript, [70p].
[Dr Johannes de Wet, 1794-1875, was the father of Mrs Koopmans de Wet. Probably written between 1828 and 1833 when de Wet may have taken guitar lessons from Boniface].
[Dr Johannes de Wet, 1794-1875, was the father of Mrs Koopmans de Wet. Probably written between 1828 and 1833 when de Wet may have taken guitar lessons from Boniface].
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- English
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2013
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- English