Charles Neate 1784-1877

[giles.enders]

Charles Neate  Born London 28.3.1784  Died Brighton 30.3 1877.

Following mention elsewhere (Moscheles) on the forum, some fragmentry information on Charles Neate: When time permits I will try to find the missing opus numbers and more biographical material.

He was initially a pupil of John Field and W M Sharp. He was mostly a pianist but composed a small number of mainly piano pieces. His first public concert was at Covent Garden in 1800.  He later studied with Joseph Woelfl. He bacame a member of The Philharmonic Society, London in 1813. In 1815 he went to Vienna for eight months where he met and remained friends with Ludwig Beethoven, following which he moved to Munich where he took lessons in counterpoint with Peter Winter.

Orchestral

Symphony in E flat  1814  in manuscript

Chamber

Op.21. Piano Trio No.1. published 1830.
Op.22. Piano Trio No.2. in C published 1831.
Piano Trio No.3

Piano

Op.1. A Grand Sonata, for the Piano-Forte  pub. by Clementi, Banger, Hyde, Collard & Davis
Op.2. A grand sonata  pub. by Chappell & Co. 1821
Op.3. A military air : with introduction and coda pub. by Chappell & Co. 1821
Op.4. A fantasia for the piano forte : upon the savage dance in Robinson Crusoe pub. by Chappell & Co. 1821
Op.5. A second toccata pub. by Chappell & Co. 1822   ^*
Op.6. A grand rondo for the Piano Forte 1822
Op.7. Spazza-cammin; a Venetian ariette, arranged as a rondo for the Piano Forte.  1822
Op.8. Three select movements for two performers on the Piano Forte pub. by Chappell & Co. 1823
Op.10. La scatola : a rondo for the piano forte : pub. by J. B. Cramer, Addison & Beale 1826
Op.13. A Pastoral Dance, composed by Henry R. Bishop, arranged for the piano forte, with variations and coda.  Printed by Goulding & D'Almaine 1823
Op.14. Tri chant o Bunnau; a Welsh air, arranged as a rondo for the Piano Forte 1825
Op.15. A serenade for two performers on one Piano Forte. 1826
Op.16. "Kinloch;" a Scotch air [composed by G. Kinloch], arranged for the Piano Forte. 1827
Op.20. A hundred impromptus or short preludes. pub by S. Chappell 1832
Op.24. L'Allegrezza : aria originale con variazioni e coda per il piano forte Genoa, 1833, Manuscript
Op.34. Six characteristic songs without words pub. by Addison & Hodson 1844-1848
Op.35. Fantasia, for two performers on the Piano Forte, on the Scotch airs "Lewie Gordon" and "The Campbells are coming". 1848
Op.40. 'Sunshine' waltz for the piano  1855

* was there a first Toccata ?

[Gareth Vaughan]

RCM appears to have the mss of 3 piano trios: in C, E flat and E minor, respectively. National Library of Poland has, according to WorldCat, the printed score and parts of the Op. 22 trio. RCM also lists the ms score of a Symphony. A fair amount of the printed solo piano music seems to be available in a number of libraries.

[eschiss1]

Imslp has the 2nd trio, in C. IMSLP has an inprogress list of his works.

[giles.enders]

Is there a  date for the symphony ?

[Gareth Vaughan]

Yes. Symphony in E flat, 1814.

[giles.enders]

Thanks just added it, always like to start the list with a symphony !!! Does any one have an opinion about the trios, are they worthy of a performance ?

[Gareth Vaughan]

Incidentally, re. Op. 14, "tri chant o bunnau" means simply "three hundred pounds" - but I do not know the song.