The ‘Coryton Quadrilles’
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In 1844, William Tucker Esquire of Coryton Park commissioned five short pieces of music for the piano titled: Le Georgio, L’Elizabetta, Le Guillaume, Le Roberto and La Marianne. Together, they make up the ‘Coryton Quadrilles’ – compositions intended for dance and sure to have been played in the grand ballroom with notes echoing through the corridors of the mansion between then and his death in 1855.
In 2023, the sheet music was rediscovered by the Kilmington History Group, probably after a silence of more than a century and a half. They have been brought back to life by the skill and interpretation of local and well-respected composer and musician, Peter Lea-Cox, who said that “The pieces are varied and attractive, obviously well suited to their purpose and whilst there are a few small and grammatical errors in the notation, the style shows that the composer kept pace with the current trends in compositional practice.”
We hope that you enjoy the compositions and whilst they are unlikely to make today’s download charts, they certainly transport the listener in time. Here, the five compositions have been combined into a single piece lasting about five minutes.
In 2023, the sheet music was rediscovered by the Kilmington History Group, probably after a silence of more than a century and a half. They have been brought back to life by the skill and interpretation of local and well-respected composer and musician, Peter Lea-Cox, who said that “The pieces are varied and attractive, obviously well suited to their purpose and whilst there are a few small and grammatical errors in the notation, the style shows that the composer kept pace with the current trends in compositional practice.”
We hope that you enjoy the compositions and whilst they are unlikely to make today’s download charts, they certainly transport the listener in time. Here, the five compositions have been combined into a single piece lasting about five minutes.
