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Isaac Nathan Isaac Nathan i(A79534 works by) (a.k.a. I Nathan)
Born: Established: 1792 Kent,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 1864 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1837
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1 y separately published work icon God Bless You i "When the rosy eve was dying into twilight dim and grey,", Edward Reeve , Isaac Nathan (composer), Sydney : Isaac Nathan , 1862 Z1391199 1862 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon The Southern Euphrosyne and Australian Miscellany : Containing Oriental Moral Tales, Original Anecdote, Poetry and Music Isaac Nathan (editor), London Sydney : Whittaker and Co. Isaac Nathan , 1849 Z1820642 1849 anthology poetry prose lyric/song
2 5 y separately published work icon Don John of Austria Jacob Levi Montefiore , Isaac Nathan (composer), 1847 (Manuscript version)x401649 Z1328879 1847 single work musical theatre opera
— Appears in: The Southern Euphrosyne and Australian Miscellany : Containing Oriental Moral Tales, Original Anecdote, Poetry and Music 1849; A three act opera based on Casmir Delavigne's Don Juan D'Austriche (1835).
1 y separately published work icon The Currency Lasses : A Song : Inscribed with the Utmost Devotion and Respect to the Fair Sex of Australia i "Fill with wassail the bowl, a theme yet unsung,", Isaac Nathan (composer), Sydney London : W. and F. Ford Falkner , 1846 Z1633587 1846 single work lyric/song
2 2 y separately published work icon Thy Greeting Home Again : A Paean on Leichhardt's Return from Port Essington i "Thy footsteps have return'd again, though wand'rer of the wild", A. K. Silvester , Sydney London : William Ford Addison and Beale Cramer , 1846 Z1581239 1846 single work poetry
— Appears in: Geelong Advertiser and Squatters' Advocate , 8 April vol. 6 no. 567 1846; (p. 1)
1 1 y separately published work icon Oh! for the Olden Time, Song : King Charles : From the Historical Operatic Drama of Merry Freaks in Troublous Times i "Oh! for the olden time,", Charles Nagel , Isaac Nathan (composer), Sydney London : Hibernian Press Falkner , 1845 Z1673351 1845 lyric/song
1 1 y separately published work icon Sweet Smiles and Bright Eyes : Song : King Charles i "Ah! why must it then be,", Charles Nagel , Isaac Nathan (composer), Z1673021 1845 single work lyric/song
2 1 y separately published work icon Sir Wilfred i "Sir Wilfred he mounted his war steed true", David Burn , Isaac Nathan (composer), 1845 Z1630901 1845 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: Geelong Advertiser and Squatters' Advocate , 18 October vol. 5 no. 509 1845; (p. 2)
1 No Humbug Isaac Nathan , 1845 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Atlas , 5 April vol. 1 no. 19 1845; (p. 223) Isaac Nathan replies to the Atlas's review of his musical work Humbug.
1 3 y separately published work icon Humbug Isaac Nathan , Sydney : W. Moffitt , 1845 Z1570782 1845 single work lyric/song satire
1 5 y separately published work icon Leichhardt's Grave : An Elegiac Ode on the Scarcely Doubtful Fate of the Amiable and Talented Naturalist, Leichhardt, Whose Life There is too Much Reason to Fear has been Sacrificed in the Cause of Science, Whilst Endeavouring to Effect an Overland Route to Port Essington i "Ye who prepare with pilgrim feet", Robert Lynd , Isaac Nathan (composer), Sydney London : Hibernian Press Falkner , 1845 Z524670 1845 single work lyric/song poetry The author hopes that the relics of his 'murder'd friend' may be found and fittingly buried by the search party.
2 2 The Aboriginal Father i "The shadow on thy brow my child", Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , Sydney : Isaac Nathan , 1843 Z1743016 1843 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: The Aboriginal Mother and Other Poems 1981; (p. 5) The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia 2001; (p. 192) An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 2007; (p. 92) The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009; (p. 34)
2 6 y separately published work icon Merry Freaks in Troublous Times : An Historical Operatic Drama in Two Acts Charles Nagel , Isaac Nathan (composer), 1843 Sydney : Charles Nagel , 1843 Z1756555 1843 single work musical theatre opera

Comic opera.

'The plot commences after the defeat of Charles II at the battle of Worcester, whence the King and Rochester escape under the assumed names of Jacob Tompkins and Peregrine Samson. The first act exhibited their "Merry Freaks" at the seat of Sir Henry Milford in which they are assisted by that indispensable hero of Comic Opera, a mischievous page who becomes instrumental in the King's safe escape to the continent. The second act takes the narrative several years hence, opening with Charles' small court of exiled Royalists in Holland. An under-current of that "course of true love which never does run smooth," flows in sinuous windings through the piece which, in its denouement, terminates at Milord Hall, whither the King and his faithful adherents return previous to the Restoration' (Australian Journal 29 May 1843, p2).

The opera is also said to have humorously portrayed and contrasted the characteristics of the Cavaliers and Puritans of that age.
1 1 y separately published work icon Star of the South : An Australian National Melody i "Hail star of the south Australasia advance", Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , Isaac Nathan (composer), 1842 Sydney : Isaac Nathan , 1842 Z1802618 1842 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon Australian Melodies Isaac Nathan (publisher), 1842 Sydney : Isaac Nathan , 1842- Z1799043 1842 series - publisher lyric/song
1 1 y separately published work icon Mable MacMahon, An Australian Melody Isaac Nathan (composer), Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (translator), 1842 Sydney : Isaac Nathan , 1842 Z1799034 1842 single work lyric/song
1 1 y separately published work icon Australia the Wide and the Free : A National Song i "A song for Australia, the wide and the free will I sing while the cup passes round", W. A. Duncan , Isaac Nathan (composer), 1842 Sydney : Isaac Nathan , 1842 Z1743129 1842 single work lyric/song
2 9 The Aboriginal Mother i "Oh! hush thee - hush my baby,", Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , Sydney : Isaac Nathan , 1842 1838 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian , 13 December 1838; (p. 4) Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser , 27 October vol. 16 no. 1979 1841; (p. 2) The Aboriginal Mother and Other Poems 1981; (p. 3-4) The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] 1993; (p. 84-86) The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995; (p. 2-4) Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology 1998; (p. 390-391)
1 4 y separately published work icon The Eagle Chief i "Hark to the sound! along the green hill side,", Eliza Hamilton Dunlop , Isaac Nathan (composer), Sydney : Isaac Nathan , 1842 Z237239 1842 single work lyric/song
1 Australian Glee i "'Tis true that all the world must Hum", Isaac Nathan , Isaac Nathan (composer), 1841 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser , 13 September vol. 16 no. 1960 1841; (p. 2)
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