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Issue Details: First known date: 1879... 20 September 1879 of The Freeman's Journal est. 1850 The Freeman's Journal
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Ned the Larrikini"A song that is bitter with grief - a ballad, as pale as the light", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 14)
Cantatai"Songs of morning, with your breath", Henry Kendall , Paolo Giorza (composer), single work lyric/song

Cantata.

Written expressly for the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney International Exhibition, and dedicated to His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.

The cantata is set out in four parts: Part 1 - Prelude / Chorus 'Songs of Morning...' / Solo (soprano) and Chorus 'Lo, they come...' / Solo (tenor) 'By the days...'; Part 2 - Solo (bass) 'Where now a radiant city stands...' / Solo (contralto) 'Upon the hills...' / Solo (soprano) 'Ah! Haply on some mossy slope...'; Part 3 - Chorus of Children 'A gracious morning...' / Solo (soprano) 'And hence a fair dream...'. Part 4 - Solo (bass) with Chorus and Finale Tutti 'Father, all bountiful humbly we kneel to thee...'.

(p. 15-16)
Note: Text of the libretto.
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