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American composer, conductor and theatre director
Frederick J. Eustis
, sometime referred to as
F. J. Eustis
, (c. 1858, in
Boston, Massachusetts
? March 28, 1912, in
Toronto, Canada
)
[1]
was an American
composer
,
conductor
, and theatre director. He is best remembered for writing music for several
Broadway
musicals
.
Career
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Eustis first drew attention as a theatre composer with the 1879 musical
Sancho Pedro
, with a book by
Charles Felton Pidgin
, staged at the Gaiety Theatre on Broadway in 1879.
[2]
This was followed by the musical
Penny Ante; or The Last of the Fairies
, with a book and lyrics by Jeff S. Leerburger and premiered at Broadway's
Fourteenth Street Theatre
on June 9, 1884, It featured the actor Charles H. Drew performing the title heroine in
drag
.
[3]
He wrote music for the 1890 musical
Blue Beard, Jr.
which was a tremendous success when it premiered at the
Grand Opera House, Chicago
;
[4]
[5]
ultimately touring to
Broadway
's
Niblo's Garden
.
[6]
Eustis composed music for two Broadway musicals based on classic fairy tales:
Mother Goose
(Fourteenth Street Theatre, 1899) and
Little Red Riding Hood
(
Boston Museum
, 1899; and
Casino Theatre
, 1900).
[7]
[8]
He also directed the musical
The Ameer
, which was staged at
Wallack's Theatre
in 1899?1900,
[9]
and served as the music director for the Broadway musicals
Miss Simplicity
(1902)
[10]
and
The Tenderfoot
(1904).
[11]
Eustis died at the age of 53 on March 28, 1912, in Toronto, Canada.
[1]
References
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- ^
a
b
A W. Fisher, L. Carson, ed. (1913). "American Obituary From December 1, 1911, To End Of November, 1912; Eustis, Frederick J.".
The Stage Year Book
: 222.
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Bordman & Norton, p. 52
- ^
Bordman & Norton, p. 84
- ^
Franceschina, p. 1889
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"CHICAGO'S NEW SPECTACLE.; "BLUEBEARD, JR.," AS PRESENTED BY MANAGER HENDERSON"
.
The New York Times
. June 13, 1889. p. 5.
- ^
Ganzl, p. 76
- ^
Dietz, pp. 3-4
- ^
Kurt Ganzl (2001).
The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre: O-Z
.
Schirmer Books
. p. 1703.
ISBN
9780028655741
.
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Franceschina, p. 1899
- ^
Dietz, p. 95
- ^
Franceschina, p. 1903
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