The Exhibition Inaugural Cantata : Victoria : A Poem : For the Inaugural Cantata, Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880

y The Exhibition Inaugural Cantata : Victoria : A Poem : For the Inaugural Cantata, Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880 single work poetry "In slumbers deep - where branching ferntrees wave,"

Author:agent J. W. Meaden

Issue Details: First known date: 1880... 1880 The Exhibition Inaugural Cantata : Victoria : A Poem : For the Inaugural Cantata, Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880

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This poem also appeared in The Australian Reader. Selections from Leading Journals on Memorable Historic Events with introductory remarks and explanatory notes by J. Arbuckle Reid. (1882): 98-100.
This poem was written for the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880. It was set to music by Leon Caron and performed by choir and orchestra at the opening of the Exhibition on 1st October 1880.

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y The Leader 27 March 1880 Z614092 1880 periodical issue 1880
(
1880
)
pg. 19
Melbourne, Victoria,: 1880 .

Printed by Mason, Firth and M'Cutcheon

Extent: 1 folded sheetp.

Note/s:

Libretto.

'By "Eucalyptus" (J. W. Meaden)' (Title page)
Composer: Leon Caron

Publisher: Novello ; Allan and Co.

London,
c
England,
c

c
United Kingdom (UK),
c
Western Europe, Europe,: Melbourne, Victoria,: Novello ; Allan and Co. , 1880 .

Alternative title: Victoria : Prize Cantata

Link: U2476Digital copy of 1880 publication

Extent: 1 score (192 p.)p.

Note/s:

Dedication: Dedicated to His Excellency the Most Noble the Marquis of Normanby.

Musical setting of poem for voice and piano.
Appears in:

y The Poet's Discovery : Nineteenth Century Australia in Verse Richard Douglas Jordan (editor), Peter Pierce (editor), Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1990 Z299524 1990 anthology poetry biography Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1990
(
1990
)
pg. 320-323

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