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thumb Charles Witto-witto Cawthorne (1 July 1854 – 26 June 1925) was a businessman who, with his father founded Cawthorne and Co, music publishers and retailers in Adelaide, South Australia. He was a proficient musician and important in the history of orchestral music of Adelaide. ==History== Charles Cawthorne was born in Adelaide the second son of W. A. Cawthorne and educated by his parents – his father was a noted schoolmaster〔W. A. Cawthorne had a serious interest in aboriginal culture, and several, perhaps all, of his children were given Kaurna middle names.〕 and his mother a talented pianist. He studied violin under F. Draeger and piano under Gustav Louis Esselbach (died 2 June 1885) and as an adult, music was his great interest, both as a performer and as a promoter and organiser. He was co-founder with his father of Cawthorne & Co. as a business involved in every aspect of music-making, and chairman of directors of Cawthorne's Limited, a family company formed to take over the business. He was also active in non-professional organisations such as the Adelaide Choral Society, Elder Conservatorium students' concerts, the South Australian State Orchestra, and Minda Home. At the age of 18 he was made conductor of the Adelaide Amateur Orchestra. He and W. C. Chapman formed the nucleus of orchestras for major social events at Government House and the Town Hall, and founded the Adelaide Orchestra, which became (Hermann) Heinicke's Grand Orchestra. He founded the Conservatorium Grand Orchestra which became the Adelaide Grand Orchestra. In 1910 he founded the Adelaide Orchestral Society. In each of these he played bassoon, and occasionally conducted.〔Suzanne Edgar and Joyce Gibberd, ('Cawthorne, Charles Wittowitto (1854–1925)' ), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1979, accessed online 26 January 2015〕 He also had some success as a composer of waltzes. He did much to promote local talent – he was prominent in raising funds to enable violinist W. L. Harris, pianist John Bishop and singer Helene Taylor to study overseas. He organised concerts starring the great soloists of the day – Madame Albani, Amy Castles, Peter Dawson, Clara Serena, Hilda Felstead, and Madame Delmar Hall. Three of his four sons, Gus (1887–1937), Cyril (1894– ) and Frank (1899 ), had a continuing involvement with the company. See main article for family details. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Cawthorne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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