y separately published work icon Centennial Cantata selected work   lyric/song  
Note: Lyrics by William Allen; music by Henry John King.
Issue Details: First known date: 1888... 1888 Centennial Cantata
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Notes

  • Written for and first performed at the inauguration of the Centennial International Exhibition in Melbourne in 1888.
  • Includes the following songs: The welcome, Australia's solitary past, Solitude invaded - honour the pioneers, Said of old, Before whose spells, Where the Warrigal and Laus Deo.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Form: musical notation
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Random Rhymes Rev. William Allen , Melbourne : A. and W. Bruce , 1886 Z490832 1886 selected work poetry lyric/song Melbourne : A. and W. Bruce , 1888
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: W. H. Glen and Co. , 1888 .
      Extent: 89p.
      Note/s:
      • 'For solo voices (SATBarB), chorus and orchestra. Accompaniment reduced for piano.' (Libraries Australia)
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