y separately published work icon The Australian Melodist No 11 series - publisher   anthology   lyric/song  
Issue Details: First known date: 1866... 1866 The Australian Melodist No 11
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A series of pocket-sized booklets containing the words to popular songs, The Australian Melodist was an imprint of the Melbourne printing and publishing firm Clarson, Massina and Co (also the proprietors the Australian Journal among other periodicals). It's early covers typically described the series as 'containing the most popular songs, as sung at the theatres and concert halls, by the several minstrel troupes which have visited the colonies.' No 11 (1869) was devoted largely to the songs performed by Weston and Hussey's Minstrels.

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]

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  • Although first and last known publishing dates for The Australian Melodist have not yet been identified, the earliest volume could only have been published in or after 1866, when the original printing firm, Clarson, Shallard and Co (1859-66) was re-organisied as Clarson, Massina and Co. The last established volume to date is No 21 (1892). A publication date for No 21 is yet to be verified.

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y separately published work icon The Australian Melodist Frank Weston (editor), Nicholas La Feuillade (editor), Frank Hussey , Weston and Hussey Minstrels , 1869 8006827 1869 anthology lyric/song

'Containing the words only of the songs of Weston and Hussey Minstrels and other popular melodies' (inside back cover of The Weston and Hussey Minstrels Book of Songs : No 2).

 1869

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This entry has been sourced from research undertaken by Dr Clay Djubal into Australian-written popular music theatre (ca. 1850-1930). See also the Australian Variety Theatre Archive
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